Aaron Persky, the judge who handed ex-Stanford swimmer Brock Turner a mere six months for sexually assaulting a woman behind a dumpster, was involved in another rape case involving athletes. Would it surprise you to know that he made several rulings that went in in favor of the male athlete defendants?
In 2011, a group of baseball players from DeAnza Junior College went on trial for allegedly raping an intoxicated 17-year-old girl who had passed out at a party. Persky presided over that trial. New York Daily News:
The controversial calls came during a 10-week civil trial that ended with a handful of private settlements and the jury letting two defendants off the hook, lawyer Barbara Spector told the Daily News.