Brock Turner Appeals Sex Assault Conviction

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Brock Turner, the former Stanford swimmer who was convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman outside a campus frat party, filed an appeal on Friday. Lawyers for the Ohio native said Turner's initial trial was "a detailed and lengthy set of lies" and said they hope a new trial will help overturn his mandatory lifetime requirement to register as a sex offender.

The case garnered national attention when Judge Aaron Persky sentenced Turner to six months in jail.

John Tompkins, Turner's legal adviser, said what happened wasn't a crime, NBC Bay Area reported. Tompkins said they're appealing because the facts don't reflect the verdict.

Turner was convicted of three felony counts of sexual assault. At the time of his case, he was a decorated swimmer at Stanford.

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