Brock Turner files appeal in Stanford sexual assault case

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Show Caption Hide Caption Brock Turner trying to get his sexual assault convictions overturned Brock Turner, who served three months in jail for sexual assault, is appealing his conviction, and looking for a retrial.

SAN FRANCISCO — A former Stanford student convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman after a campus fraternity party is appealing.

In an appeal filed Friday, lawyers for Brock Turner said the initial trial was “a detailed and lengthy set of lies.”

They hope a new trial will also help overturn his mandatory lifetime requirement to register as a sex offender.

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

NBC Bay Area reported that John Tompkins, Turner’s legal adviser, said what happened was not a crime.

Tompkins said the facts do not reflect the verdict, which is why they are appealing.

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