Chanel Miller reflects on Brock Turner and separating herself from 'Emily Doe'
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In a powerful and emotional interview with CBS News' 60 Minutes, Chanel Miller, who was sexually assaulted in 2015 near a Stanford University frat house, described her relationship to her body and to "Emily Doe," the pseudonym used to refer to her in legal proceedings.
"I did not want that body. I did not want to own that body or occupy it. I did not want to have anything to do with that image," Miller said.
After she was assaulted by then 20-year-old Brock Turner, two students found her unconscious near a dumpster.
"I pretended it wasn't mine," she continues. "It was Emily's. She's this abstract entity who belongs to the case. I thought 'That's not me. That's not Chanel.'" Read more...
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