As the Daily Mail reports,
Casual in a navy polo shirt and pink shorts, disgraced Indiana University frat boy John Enochs appeared not to have a care in the world as he enjoyed a round of golf on Thursday (6/30).
But his relaxing afternoon on the links comes just days after he was handed just 12 months' probation following his conviction for misdemeanor battery – and despite having originally been charged with two counts of felony rape.
Details of the soft sentence meted out to Enochs, 22, of Downers Grove, Illinois, and a plea deal struck with prosecutors sparked national outrage when it was announced.
The victim stated that she had been attacked at the Delta Tau Delta fraternity house, where Enochs, now 22, was a member, in April 2015.
When the allegation emerged, another woman alleged that she too was raped by Enochs, in October 2013, and he was charged with both.
But Enochs instead pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of felony battery, while the two rape charges - which could have seen him jailed for 16 years - were thrown out.
A judge in Monroe County, Indiana, then reduced the felony to a misdemeanor.
His two victims have since spoken of their 'shock' at the soft sentence handed to the former frat boy – and say they had no prior knowledge of the deal that kept him out of jail.
Their attorney, Jeff Herman of Boca Raton, Florida, also used a strongly-worded statement to accuse his defense team and the prosecution of 'victim shaming' after they pointed out that other DNA, along with Enochs' own, was discovered on the 2013 victim.
He added: The comments about the other DNA are disappointing. It amounts to nothing more than victim shaming.
'The only relevant question is whether the perpetrator's DNA is present. Both of these young women should be applauded for their bravery in coming forward.'
In a statement presented to court, she described how she had been held down and forced into sex by Enochs – and was left with lacerations to her vagina as a result.
The victim told prosecutors that she did not know Enochs but was able to pick him out in a police line-up on April 21.
The second incident, which happened prior to a campus fraternity-sorority party, took place two years earlier in October 2013 and Enochs' DNA was found on the victim's body.
She says that she had no memory of the attack but woke to find herself in a lot of pain, while her friends claim to remember seeing the 22-year-old in her room.
Although the rape charge for the assault on the second victim was dismissed, she is now pursuing a civil case against him – along with two of his friends, Indiana University and the Delta Tau Delta fraternity itself.
That, however, appeared not to concern Enochs - who looked relaxed as he sped across the manicured links at Naperville Country Club in a golf buggy accompanied by a friend yesterday.
ForeverMeah says...
John Enochs (1 yr probation) and Brock Turner (6 month sentence) for raping women. Hope the country never forgets. pic.twitter.com/RJo52kh32G— D. (@Daliaaaa23) June 25, 2016
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