Brock Turner rape victim reveals her identity

The woman who was sexually assaulted by former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner has revealed her identity for the first time.

Chanel Miller, whose searing statement at the sentencing of Turner caused a public outcry that led to the judge in the case being recalled, was known as “Emily Doe” for years.

Ms Miller was 22-years-old when she was assaulted while unconscious by a 20-year-old Turner outside an on-campus fraternity house.

Victims of sex crimes are usually not identified by media, but Ms Miller has identified herself in a memoir, "Know My Name", scheduled to be released on September 24.

CBS will air an interview with her on September 22 (local time) and The New York Times published a story about the book.

A jury found Turner guilty of assaulting Ms Miller while she was incapacitated by alcohol in January 2015.

The emotional victim impact statement read by Ms Miller at his sentencing went viral, serving as a rallying cry for victims of sexual abuse.

In it, she detailed how the assault and the aftermath affected her life.

"My independence, natural joy, gentleness, and steady lifestyle I had been enjoying became distorted beyond recognition. I became closed off, angry, self-deprecating, tired, irritable, empty," Ms Miller wrote.

Many people were enraged when Turner was sentenced to six months in jail in 2016 after his conviction for felony sexual assault, more than a year before the #MeToo movement took off.

Judge Aaron Persky, who imposed the sentence, was recalled by voters in 2018, the first judge to be recalled in California since 1932.

"When people read her book, they will be impressed with her. They will be convinced that Judge Persky and Stanford University behaved very badly," Michele Dauber, a Stanford law professor who launched the recall campaign, said.

Ms Miller's author page on Penguin Random House's website describes her as a San Francisco resident, and a writer and artist with a degree in literature from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

"Many victims of sexual violence are subjected to the same terrible treatment by courts and universities that Ms Miller experienced," Ms Dauber said.

To critics, Mr Persky embodied an outdated judicial system that treated sexual assault too lightly and seemed overly concerned with the male attacker, in this case an athlete with a budding career.

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