The victim was so intoxicated with alcohol that she recalled nothing of the entire evening. The judge in the case, judge Aaron Persky, commented afterward to a [[journalist]] that he believed Turner's version of the events, in particular that the victim explicitly granted him consent for sexual activity.<ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/news/brock-turner-ex-swimmer-judge-in-stanford-sex-assault-case-i-take-him-at-his-word/</ref> Persky received a great deal of negative publicity for the 6-month sentence he meted out. He later switched to handling civil cases for at least the rest of the year. | The victim was so intoxicated with alcohol that she recalled nothing of the entire evening. The judge in the case, judge Aaron Persky, commented afterward to a [[journalist]] that he believed Turner's version of the events, in particular that the victim explicitly granted him consent for sexual activity.<ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/news/brock-turner-ex-swimmer-judge-in-stanford-sex-assault-case-i-take-him-at-his-word/</ref> Persky received a great deal of negative publicity for the 6-month sentence he meted out. He later switched to handling civil cases for at least the rest of the year. |