Chanel Miller is an American sexual assault victim. She was sexually assaulted by Brock Turner at the Kappa Alpha fraternity on the Stanford University on January 18, 2015.
Chanel Miller was born in 1993. She holds American nationality and belongs to white ethnicity. She was born to a father named Chris Miller and a mother named May May Miller. She has a sister referred to as Tiffany Doe or Jane Doe 2 during the sexual assault trial and aftermath. She was an alumna of a different college at the time of her assault.
Chanel Miller was attending the party at Kappa Alpha Fraternity at Standford University. Brock Turner, who was a freshman on Swimming scholarship at Standford was also attending the party. The two got along with each other at the party, drinking beers and dancing. They left the party to go back to his dorm around 1 am on January 18, 2015. They were walking holding hands together. She slipped on a slope behind a wooden shed behind a dumpster and then Turner got down to the ground and started kissing Miller. Turner asked Miller if she wanted to finger her, to which she said yes. Turner then fingered miller for a minute. Two Swedish graduate students spotted Turner on top of Miller, while she was unconscious. After they confronted Turner, he ran away from there. One of the students chased Turner, while the other checked if Miller is breathing. The students grabbed Turner and held him to the ground until the campus police arrived and arrested Turner. She was taken to the hospital where she regained her consciousness at around 4:15 am. A nurse who administered a sexual assault response team examination at the hospital determined that Miller had experienced significant trauma and penetrating trauma. Miller reported that she did not recall anything from the incident. She also stated that she did not remember telephone calls to her sister. She had vomited on the scene before being taken away by ambulances.
The trial People v. Turner at the Santa Clara Country Superior Court began on March 14, 2016. He was found guilty of three felonies, assault with intent to rape an intoxicated woman, sexually penetrating an intoxicated person with a foreign object, and sexually penetrating an unconscious person with a foreign object on March 20, 2016. Prosecutors recommended six-years prison sentence for Turner. Judge Aaron Persky sentenced Turner to six months in the Santa Clara County Jail followed by three years of probation. He was permanently registered as a sex offender. He served three months in Santa Clara County Jail. He was released on September 2, 2016.
A-7,138 word victim impact statement was published online by Palo Alto Online and BuzzFeed on June 3, 2016. The Statement went viral over social media, having garnered 8 million views in just three days. Santa Clara County subsequently formally released the statement.
He appealed in December 2017 to cancel his registration as a sex offender for the rest of his life. He lost his overturn appeal on August 8, 2018.
He revealed her identity in September 2019. Her identity was kept secret thought the case. Her identity was referred to as Emily Doe. She also announced that she will release a book, Know My Name: A Memoir on September 24, which discusses her experience of the assault, trial, and the aftermath.