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The world knew Chanel Miller’s story long before they knew her name.
She was ‘Emily Doe’, the woman who had survived a 2015 sexual assault at the hands of Stanford University swimmer, Brock Turner. The woman who’d fallen unconscious after a party, and been attacked by Turner until two passersby intervened.
Brock Turner was ultimately found guilty on three charges, including sexual assault with intent to rape. On June 2, 2016, he was sentenced to six months behind bars. He served three.
Following the sentence, Miller shared a searing victim impact statement, which became a beacon to other survivors; “You took away my worth, my privacy, my energy, my time, my safety, my intimacy, my confidence, my own voice,” she famously wrote, “until today.”
In 2019, the 27-year-old shirked anonymity in order to share the entire, ugly truth of what she’s been through.
She was Emily Doe – the unidentified victim of a terrible sexual assault by a college swimming champion. But now, Chanel Miller wants you to know who she really is. TONIGHT on #60Mins, why this brave woman refuses to remain anonymous. pic.twitter.com/CVlHHI1MWU
— 60 Minutes Australia (@60Mins) March 1, 2020