Attorneys with California's Attorney General's office believes if given the chance, former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner would have raped his victim.
California's Department of Justice, in a brief filed Friday, March 16, 2018, argues "there was substantial evidence demonstrating that he assaulted Jane 1 with the intent to rape her and would have done so had he not fortuitously been interrupted."
Turner, sentenced to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, is appealing his convictions. Meanwhile, Turner's lawyer, Eric Multhaup, argued in the initial brief the trial was "fundamentally unfair," noting that the prosecution's characterization of Turner taking the woman "behind-the-dumpster," implied callousness.
Moreover, Multhaup notes, testimony established that Turner's intent was not to rape, but "rather to engage in a different form of sexual activity short of sexual intercourse."
Turner's attorney did not have a comment on the state's brief.
According to the case's docket, Turner's lawyer has until April 5, 2018, to reply to the state's brief, which you can read in full below:
