Kristy McCray

Otterbein University

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Assistant Professor of Health and Sport Sciences at Otterbein University in Ohio

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Former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner was convicted last week of sexual assault for raping an unconscious woman behind a dumpster on the university’s campus.

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Former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner was convicted last week of sexual assault for raping an unconscious woman behind a dumpster on the university’s campus.

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