DailyMail.com has learned that Turner's sentence has already been shortened to just three months, and he will be released on September 2

Persky, who banned Turner from alcohol and drug use during his three years of probation, has not commented on the release of these photos

Judge Persky was aware of these images and text messages prior to sentencing Turner to just six months in prison

The phone of the Stanford rapist, which was confiscated by police, also contains messages where he talks about using LSD and MDMA

The pictures prove he lied to Judge Aaron Persky when he denied ever using 'illicit

A new picture has surfaced that show Stanford rapist Brock Turner with a hash pipe.

Prosecutors in the case now say that the image - and another of what appears to be a bong - prove that Turner partied and used drugs well before his college days, and lied to the judge in the case when he denied ever using 'illicit substances' in the past.

'Coming from a small town in Ohio, I had never really experienced celebrating or partying that involved alcohol,' Turner said in his letter to Judge Aaron Persky.

One image, obtained by ABC, shows Turner smoking a hash pipe according to prosecutors.

These images were found on the college student's phone, along with text messages that referenced doing LSD and MDMA.

Judge Persky had seen these images and text messages prior to sentencing Turner to just six months in prison.

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Consequences: The pictures prove Brock Turner lied to Judge Aaron Persky when he denied ever using 'illicit substances ' in the past claim prosecutors (above with hash pipe)

Timing: The image of the bong (above) which was found on Turner's phone came from a video recorded on December 27, 2014, a month before the rape

Turner (pictured left, from the night of his arrest, and right in a later sentencing photo) was sentenced to just six months in county jail for raping a 23-year-old in January 2015

The image of the bong which was found on Turner's phone came from a video of him that was recorded on December 27, 2014, almost a month before the rape.

He also asked about buying wax to 'do some dabs' in a December 18 text, referencing a form of butane hash oil, which is highly concentrated with tetrahydrocannabidiol, or THC.

Turner also said he took acid in a text message to a friend on July 25, 2014.

When his friend mentioned 'candyflipping', slang for taking LSD and MDMA together, Turner said: 'I gotta [expletive deleted] try that. I heard it's awesome.'

In another exchange with his sister on June 3, 2014, she asked, 'Did you rage last night?'

He said: 'Yeah kind of. It was hard to find a place to drink. But when we finally did could only drink for like an hour and a half.'

Turner stated in his letter to Judge Persky: 'Living more than 2,000 miles from home, I looked to the guys on my swim team as family and tried to replicate their values in how they approached college life.'

These photos however make it clear he had used drugs and alcohol well before his college days claim prosecutors, something that Judge Persky did not seem to take issue with when handing down his sentence.

DailyMail.com learned earlier this week that Turner will not even serve a full six months in prison either, with three months already cut off his sentence despite his lies to the court.

The 20-year-old will be released on September 2 after just three months behind bars.

Judge Persky also sentenced Turner to three years of probation and banned the 20-year-old from the possession and consumption of alcohol following his release from jail.

Turner will be subject to random drug and alcohol tests during the three years, during which he will also be prohibited from visiting places where alcohol is the primary item of sale.

Outrage: Judge Persky (above) was aware of these images and text messages prior to sentencing Turner to just six months in prison

Out in half the time: Turner is behind bars at the Elmwood Correctional Facility in Milpitas, California, but will be released on September 2 after serving just half his sentence

He is now petitioning to be able to serve his probation in Ohio rather than California.

Turner no longer has any ties to California after Stanford not only expelled him but also banned him from stepping foot on their Palo Alto campus two weeks after the assault occurred.

More than a dozen people submitted letters to Judge Persky on behalf of Turner vouching for his character during the trail, which likely played some role in the lenient sentence he received for his attack.

Many of those supporters are now trying to distance themselves from those statements however, especially since they are now being published and the authors widely criticized for defending Turner after his assault.

Kelly Owens, who was Turner's high school guidance counselor at Oakwood High School in Dayton, Ohio wrote that the young man was 'undeserving' of prison in her letter to the court.

Owens went on to say in her letter: 'In spite of what was said about him during that time, what I know to be true is that he is a young man of character, integrity, possesses great love and respect for his parents, honors his friends, seeks opportunities to help others, and is absolutely undeserving of the outcome.'

She was forced to issue an apology however after the superintendent of the school district, Kyle Ramsey, said that not only was Owens' letter not vetted but that the district was unaware she had even submitted a statement on Turner's behalf in the case.

Owens said earlier this week in a statement that ran in the Dayton Daily News: 'In the statement I submitted to the judge during the criminal proceedings and before sentencing referencing Brock’s character, I made a mistake.

'Of course he should be held accountable. I pray for the victim, her family and all those affected by this horrible event.

'I am truly sorry for the additional pain my statement has caused. I tell my students they have to be accountable, and Brock is no exception.'

Letters of support: Turner's friend Leslie Rasmussen (left) has backtracked on statement she made to the court about the convicted felon while Judge Margaret Quinn (right) is standing by her letter of support

Revising her statement: Rasmussen apologized profusely for her letter in a Facebook post on Wednesday night

Turner's childhood friend Leslie Rasmussen has also distanced herself from a character statement she wrote on behalf of the convicted felon that, despite her claims to the contrary, seemed to blame the victim.

'I don’t think it’s fair to base the fate of the next ten + years of his life on the decision of a girl who doesn’t remember anything but the amount she drank to press charges against him,' wrote Rasmussen.

'I am not blaming her directly for this, because that isn’t right. But where do we draw the line and stop worrying about being politically correct every second of the day and see that rape on campuses isn’t always because people are rapists.'

She went on to write that Turner, and others who commit similar acts, are 'not rapists' but 'idiot boys and girls having too much to drink and not being aware of their surroundings and having clouded judgement.'

She closed by stating: 'I would not be writing this letter if I had any doubt in my mind that he is innocent.'

Rasmussen backtracked on some of these statements however earlier this week in a long Facebook note, posted after she and her band Good English had multiple Brooklyn shows cancelled as a consequence of her letter and the outrage it caused among members of the public.

'I understand that this appeal has now provided an opportunity for people to misconstrue my ideas into a distortion that suggests I sympathize with sex offenses and those who commit them or that I blame the victim involved,' wrote Rasmussen.

'Nothing could be farther from the truth, and I apologize for anything my statement has done to suggest that I don’t feel enormous sympathy for the victim and her suffering.'

She also stated: 'I know that Brock Turner was tried and rightfully convicted of sexual assault. I realize that this crime caused enormous pain for the victim. I don’t condone, support, or sympathize with the offense or the offender.'

Family: Brock Turner arrives in court for his sentencing last Thursday with his mother while his brother and father follow behind

Heroes: Carl-Fredrik Arndt (left) and Peter Jonsson (right), the two men who came upon Turner and stopped the assault

Rasmussen then wrote a second post on Wednesday night, stating: 'As I said previously, as part of the sentencing process, I, and at least 39 others wrote character statements to the judge in the case.

'Although I was asked to share how I knew him, how long I have known him, his character and personality, time spent with him, activities together, and any other opinion I had on the matter, I was not there that night. I had no right to make any assumptions about the situation.

'Most importantly, I did not acknowledge strongly enough the severity of Brock’s crime and the suffering and pain that his victim endured, and for that lack of acknowledgement, I am deeply sorry.

'I fully understand the outrage over Brock’s sentencing and my statement. I can only say that I am committed to learning from this mistake. I am 20 years old, and it has never been more clear to me that I still have much to learn.'

Not all the 39 individuals who wrote letters in support of Turner are backing down however, including Margaret Quinn, an Oakwood Municipal Court Judge and former federal prosecutor who argued that Turner did deserve to serve any time in jail for his actions.

'There is no doubt Brock made a mistake that night - he made a mistake in drinking excessively to the point where he could not fully appreciate that his female acquaintance was so intoxicated,' wrote Quinn.

'I know Brock did not go to that party intending to hurt, or entice, or overpower anyone.'

Quinn said she will not comment on her letter any more, and revealed she had been receiving threats at her workplace.

'If people wanted to do some good instead of being so hateful, they would look at the whole cultural situation and how change could be affected on campuses,' she said in an interview with the Dayton Daily News.

'It’s a sad situation for everyone. There’s a lot more to this story that what is on social media,'

EXCERPT FROM BROCK TURNER'S SENTENCING STATEMENT: The night of January 17th changed my life and the lives of everyone involved forever. I can never go back to being the person I was before that day. I am no longer a swimmer, a student, a resident of California, or the product of the work that I put in to accomplish the goals that I set out in the first nineteen years of my life. Not only have I altered my life, but I’ve also changed [redacted] and her family’s life. I am the sole proprietor of what happened on the night that these people’s lives were changed forever. I would give anything to change what happened that night. I can never forgive myself for imposing trauma and pain on [redacted]. It debilitates me to think that my actions have caused her emotional and physical stress that is completely unwarranted and unfair. The thought of this is in my head every second of every day since this event has occurred. These ideas never leave my mind. During the day, I shake uncontrollably from the amount I torment myself by thinking about what has happened. I wish I had the ability to go back in time and never pick up a drink that night, let alone interact with [redacted]. I can barely hold a conversation with someone without having my mind drift into thinking these thoughts. They torture me. I go to sleep every night having been crippled by these thoughts to the point of exhaustion. I wake up having dreamt of these horrific events that I have caused. I am completely consumed by my poor judgement and ill thought actions. There isn’t a second that has gone by where I haven’t regretted the course of events I took on January 17th/18th. My shell and core of who I am as a person is forever broken from this. I am a changed person. At this point in my life, I never want to have a drop of alcohol again. I never want to attend a social gathering that involves alcohol or any situation where people make decisions based on the substances they have consumed. I never want to experience being in a position where it will have a negative impact on my life or someone else’s ever again. I’ve lost two jobs solely based on the reporting of my case. I wish I never was good at swimming or had the opportunity to attend Stanford, so maybe the newspapers wouldn’t want to write stories about me. I wish I had the ability to go back in time and never pick up a drink that night, let alone interact with [redacted]. I can barely hold a conversation with someone without having my mind drift into thinking these thoughts. They torture me. All I can do from these events moving forward is by proving to everyone who I really am as a person. I know that if I were to be placed on probation, I would be able to be a benefit to society for the rest of my life. I want to earn a college degree in any capacity that I am capable to do so. And in accomplishing this task, I can make the people around me and society better through the example I will set. I’ve been a goal oriented person since my start as a swimmer. I want to take what I can from who I was before this situation happened and use it to the best of my abilities moving forward. I know I can show people who were like me the dangers of assuming what college life can be like without thinking about the consequences one would potentially have to make if one were to make the same decisions that I made. I want to show that people’s lives can be destroyed by drinking and making poor decisions while doing so. One needs to recognize the influence that peer pressure and the attitude of having to fit in can have on someone. One decision has the potential to change your entire life. I know I can impact and change people’s attitudes towards the culture surrounded by binge drinking and sexual promiscuity that protrudes through what people think is at the core of being a college student. I want to demolish the assumption that drinking and partying are what make up a college lifestyle I made a mistake, I drank too much, and my decisions hurt someone. But I never ever meant to intentionally hurt [redacted]. My poor decision making and excessive drinking hurt someone that night and I wish I could just take it all back. I’ve been shattered by the party culture and risk taking behavior that I briefly experienced in my four months at school. I’ve lost my chance to swim in the Olympics. I’ve lost my ability to obtain a Stanford degree. I’ve lost employment opportunity, my reputation and most of all, my life. If I were to be placed on probation, I can positively say, without a single shred of doubt in my mind, that I would never have any problem with law enforcement. Before this happened, I never had any trouble with law enforcement and I plan on maintaining that. I’ve been shattered by the party culture and risk taking behavior that I briefly experienced in my four months at school. I’ve lost my chance to swim in the Olympics. I’ve lost my ability to obtain a Stanford degree. I’ve lost employment opportunity, my reputation and most of all, my life. These things force me to never want to put myself in a position where I have to sacrifice everything. I would make it my life’s mission to show everyone that I can contribute and be a positive influence on society from these events that have transpired. I will never put myself through an event where it will give someone the ability to question whether I really can be a betterment to society. I want no one, male or female, to have to experience the destructive consequences of making decisions while under the influence of alcohol. I want to be a voice of reason in a time where people’s attitudes and preconceived notions about partying and drinking have already been established. I want to let young people now, as I did not, that things can go from fun to ruined in just one night. Advertisement

Persky's leniency has been widely criticized, and signatures on an online petition calling for his ouster has already exceeded 500,000 signatures.

Senator Barbara Boxer on Tuesday decried Persky's decision and said: 'Six months for someone who viciously attacked a woman, especially after she was so brave to come forward, is outrageous.'

Stanford law professor Michele Dauber has vowed to start a more formal recall effort against Persky, but that is a difficult process rarely used in California.

The outrage surrounding Turner's sentencing was fueled in part by the 20-year-old's father, who wrote a tone-deaf letter calling the rape '20 minutes of action'.

On Sunday, Turner's father, Dan A. Turner, penned an open letter detailing his son's tribulations, which include consuming food 'to exist' when he once enjoyed eating ribeye steaks and other snacks.

Turner was convicted of assault with intent to commit rape of an intoxicated woman, sexually penetrating an intoxicated person with a foreign object and sexually penetrating an unconscious person with a foreign object.

Turner's victim made an emotional speech at Thursday's sentencing hearing explaining the devastating effect the rape has had on her life, and the letter has been viewed more than six million times since it was published on BuzzFeed News.

He meanwhile actually lied about the assault, telling police and his probation officer different versions of what happened on the night of the assault.

Turner told his probation officer that he and the victim had been talking and kissing prior to the assault, which contradicted what he had told police the night of the attack.

He also refused to admit that the victim was unconscious at the time claiming he had asked if 'she wanted sexual interaction' and was told 'yeah' in response.

The probation report discloses that the Santa Clara district attorney intervened to point out that the 'defendant was untruthful in his testimony' to the probation officer, which was made after his conviction.

In his statement, which was made to his probation officer and filed with sentencing documents, Turner claims to have been 'very drunk' and says he 'got close' with the victim at the party.

He continued: 'We danced and kissed. Then I asked her if she wanted to go back to my room with me.

'She agreed and we were walking back to my room and she slipped on a slope beside a wooden shed and I got down on the ground with her and we started kissing.'

However, in the statement he made to police immediately after the attack, Turner claimed to have met the victim outside and later told officers that he 'would not recognize her if he saw her again'.

Nevertheless, in his statement, Turner claimed the victim had 'made a positive response' when he brought up the idea of 'sexual interaction' – adding:

'I idiotically rationalized that since we had been making out when each of us fell to the ground, that it would be a good idea to take things a step further since we were just in the heat of the moment at that location.

'I pull away from kissing her and whisper in her ear if she wanted me to finger her. She responds to me and acknowledges what I said with saying 'Yeah'.

'Having heard her response, I decided to take her underwear off.'

He added: 'I thought she was satisfied with the sexual interaction that had taken place based on her moaning and the way in which she held on to me with her arms on my back.'

This account was discredited yet again on Thursday morning by Stanford Ph.D student Carl-Fredrik Arndt, one of the two men who found Turner on top of his victim and managed to stop the assault.

Arndt stated that he and his friend came upon Turner dry humping an unconscious woman, and said that he did not even believe that the swimmer was drunk at the time, saying he did not appear to be intoxicated.