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The Hunting Ground captures the story of 2 survivors, Andrea Pino and Annie Clark, who took the matter of campus sexual assault into their own hands and employed the use of Title IX to fight against the unfair legal protection and institutional cover-ups students face within college campuses. I personally couldn’t take these statistics – especially when I know that many women I have met, along with myself, are part of these numbers. Moreover, of the women currently attending college or university in the United States, 673,000 of them have experienced rape at some point in their lifetime. In the United States, 1 in 4 college women report being survivors of rape at some point in their lives, with 5% of women on college campuses experiencing rape or attempted rape every year. In the UC’s alone, over 26,830 are sexually assaulted each year – 1 in 5 women and 1 in 33 men. I attended as a member of University of California Student Association (UCSA), for which I was the Vice-Chair of the Campus Action Committee and tabled alongside an Associate Court Justice of UC Merced to discuss campus climates, issues, counter-narratives, and the UConsent campaign, a UC student-led campaign whose goal was to protect the basic right of student protection from sexual assault on their campuses, and that a culture of consent is not just supported, but enforced. Atkins, Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, Chair Assemblymember Cristina Garcia – who is also the Vice-Chair for the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA) – and many other organizations that work on bringing awareness to epidemic of campus sexual assault. In April I attended the screening of the documentary The Hunting Ground in Sacramento, where I was able to meet the producer of the film Amy Ziering, along with California State Assembly Speaker Toni G.
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The full text of Winston’s attorneys’ letter can be read below.By Aurea Bolaños Perea, President’s Assistant Intern
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Winston’s lawyers allege actual malice, a required condition in a defamation suit against a public figure, saying they “believe that CNN has actual knowledge that the film is replete with factual errors and factual assertions that have deliberately presented in a way that is designed to mislead viewers.” The 21-year-old Alabama native filed a counterclaim against his accuser in May, one week after signing a four-year, $23.35m contract with the Bucs. The perception of a lackadaisical investigation by local police and school administrators received enough public criticism to prompt reforms, though no charges were filed.
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Winston, who led Florida State to a national championship in 2013 and was chosen by Buccaneers with No1 overall pick in this year’s NFL draft, was the subject of a high-profile sexual assault complaint by another student. “We urge CNN to reconsider the reckless decision to proceed with the broadcast of this deeply-flawed documentary in the face of the overwhelming evidence the film’s producers consciously and intentionally failed to adhere to any accepted journalistic standards.” “We are writing to formally caution CNN that the portions of the film The Hunting Ground pertaining to Mr Winston are false and defamatory to Mr Winston,” states the letter from Winston’s attorneys to CNN’s Jeff Zucker.