Brock Turner

Rene Naufahu and the Groundhog Day nature of sexual offending cases

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Following local actor Rene Naufahu’s guilty plea to charges of indecent assault, Madeleine Holden looks at the pattern that occurs when prominent men are accused of sexual abuse, and the role that both the media and the public play in perpetuating rape culture.  Lee Rene Naufahu, of “ambulance driver Sam from Shortland Street” fame, pled … Read more

‘This is how you raise a rapist’: on the culture which created Brock Turner

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The statements of Stanford student athlete and rapist Brock Turner’s family and friends point to the poisoned atmosphere which helps prominent men believe they are entitled to rape, says Madeleine Holden. Trigger warning: this opinion piece addresses rape and sexual violence. On January 17, 2015, Stanford student athlete Brock Turner raped an unconscious women behind a dumpster. In … Read more