Brock,

I have heard a lot about you lately, about how you are, or were, an all-star swimmer and Stanford student. I have also heard of the gruesome "20 minutes of action" as your father would put it, that you committed in January 2015. I find that action disgusting. I don't care if you were drunk. I don't care if the girl whose life you changed forever was drunk. You made a choice. You made a choice to drink. You made a choice commit a heinous act on an unconscious woman. I don't care if she was wearing something that provoked you. I don't care.

What I do care about is the aftermath and where your case is now. Your choice will forever impact her life. You deserve time behind bars, and not just county jail. I believe that your sentence was way too lenient. You are a criminal. I don't care if you can no longer enjoy your favorite foods. You deserve it and more. I'm appalled at your wimpy sentence. Six months?! You changed a woman's life. She will never be the same again! Six months is nothing compared to a life filled with horror and nights filled with nightmares of January 17, 2015. I'm floured that people have come out in your defense. What you did cannot be defended. You took advantage of someone.

Words cannot express how lowly I think of people like you. How your academic and athletic history resulted in a lighter punishment.

As a woman myself, these stories are terrifying to hear, especially when the rapist, yes, you are one, gets a light sentence. You are a rapist, a criminal, not an All-American swimmer. You don't deserve to continue swimming. You made a choice, and now you have to face the consequences. That's life.

I hope that you understand the maliciousness of those 20 minutes. I hope you understand how not only will this affect you, but many others. It will affect your victim, her family, and all women out there. I hope you understand how well off you are with all of this. You could have received ten or more years in prison, but you got five percent of that. I hope you understand why you were punished in the first place and that you got those six months because you are in a lucky group of people who are favored by the justice system.

I am not writing this out of pure hatred or disgust. I simply want you to understand the extent of what you have done. It will affect the lives and decisions of many people. You have made national news headlines, and only recently was your mugshot released. You are an example of male and white privilege. I hope you understand the privilege that you have and that, next time, you use those privileges for good.

Sincerely,

An anxious woman and college student