He’s been painted as a small-town boy who was ‘out of his element’ at Stanford University – where he was a rising swimming star – but Brock Turner was anything but, according to new claims.
Speaking to the Standford women’s swim team InTouch have learned the team have been long suspicious of the Ohio native.
“Brock’s arrest wasn’t surprising to anyone on the team,” an anonymous source told InTouch.
“From the beginning, the women swimmers had found him to be very, very odd. Brock would make comments to the women such as ‘I can see your t–s in that swimsuit’.”
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She added one of her team members vowed to ‘never be alone’ with Turner after witnessing him getting drunk at a party.
Turner, of course, is the 20-year-old student convicting of raping a 23-year-old woman behind a dumpster after a party.
The survivor, who has chosen to remain anonymous, released her heart-breaking statement she made in the trial two weeks ago, thrusting the case into the global arena and sparking outrage and debates about consent. Turner was sentenced to just six months in jail for his crimes, a leniency granted to him by the judge who said he had a ‘promising future’.
"He was warned by upperclassmen on the team to scale back on the partying, but he just didn’t listen," the insider continued to tell InTouch.
"There were rumblings that the women were pressured by Stanford officials to not do it [talk to the media] since they hadn't witnessed any crime that Brock had committed.
"The team has been instructed to not discuss Brock Turner publicly or to the media; however, the entire team completely supports the victim and wishes that Brock had gotten a much harsher sentence."
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Interesting, first all the supporters came out, send letter to the judge, now the public is crying out all the others crawling out. Where were you when you were needed and sending your statement to the judge? Not that he would have taken it into account though, I think.
Umm the first time I saw a picture of him I got the creeps even before I read anything about him. To me he has really creepy weird eyes & I really trust my first instincts about anybody as they are usually spot on.
You know I'm the same, my instincts are always right about people. When I was younger my sisters had (and still do) mad crushes on Johnny Depp - I told them straight up that lucky they would never date him as he is a pig. I feel so vindicated now! I told them over 20 years ago he was deranged, they would get so angry, I just pat myself on the back now whenever he is the news.