Dear Mr. Turner,

I have known from a very young age that humanity is a double-edged sword. It is not a new concept to me that there are people who are born into this world who aim to take advantage of those who are weaker or less privileged than them, yet I also believe that there is a reason for every injustice inflicted upon a person. There must be a cause to every effect.

Your son, whom I am sincerely sure you love dearly, made the inexcusable choice to sexually assault an unconscious woman. He is the cause of a woman’s painful journey to reassert her own identity as she struggles to cope with the reality that she will forever be seen as a rape victim. He is the cause of her alienation and deterioration of rationality as she examines her body every single night hoping that she is worthy of respect. He is the cause. She is the effect. She was the effect of the “20 minutes of action,” as you had so crudely described her sexual assault in your letter to the judge regarding the serious rape allegations made toward your son during the court trial.

Your son will forever be registered as a sexual offender under the federal law. His name will forever be tainted, as his face continues to circulate all over social media, and the nation remains shocked by the leniency of his sentencing for such an irreversibly heinous crime. As I stated previously, I believe there is a reason that your son believes that he can remain in denial of how he sexually assaulted a woman who was so inebriated that, as she sat in the hospital the next morning, she could not even recall her night. She waited for the results of the rape kit to come back to tell her that her worst nightmares were actually a reality. You are the reason your son is a rapist.

Like every other child, your son is the product of his environment. The entitled mentality that he now hones in his obliviousness was a result of your poor parenting. The reason why white privilege is such a prevalent issue in our society today is because of your refusal to recognize that your son is not the victim in this situation. Your son is the rapist. He will forever be known as such by an entire nation that now recognizes this woman’s eternal suffering as their own. Campus culture is not to blame. “Alcohol and sexual promiscuity” is not to blame. You are to blame, the parent who failed to teach their child right from wrong.

Sincerely,

A disturbed daughter