A letter written by the father of ex-Oakwood and Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner, coupled with a lenient sentence has roiled social media.

Dan Turner wrote the letter before his son’s sentencing in a sexual assault case Friday.

Turner wrote his son wasn’t violent. He referred to his son’s sexual assault as “20 minutes of action” and mentioned that his son doesn’t like eating steaks any more in his letter requesting probation instead of incarceration.

“This is a steep price to pay for 20 minutes of action out of his 20 plus years of life,” Dan Turner said in the letter.

This news organization was unable to contact Dan Turner for comment.

The letter was posted on Twitter by Michelle Landis Dauber, a Stanford law professor, who called it offensive and criticized the court probation report.

Dauber tweeted, “#brockturner court probation report is fetid pond of victim-blaming rapeyness.”

Local residents voiced similar concerns about the letter.

“It’s part of the problem, we still have an issue with good ol’ boy, whatever’s for fun and never owning up to your responsibility as a man with integrity,” said Joanna McGuffey of Centerville.

Jenn All, of Oakwood, said she felt there was “a little bit of a lack of accountability when it came to the letter.”

“We know them and my prayers go out to the family and it’s unfortunate that people can post whatever they want behind the scenes and be anonymous.”

Brock Turner, 20, was sentenced Friday to six months in jail in Palo Alto, Calif. He was facing up to 10 years in prison, and with good behavior, could be out in three months, the Mercury News reported. He also must register as a sex offender for the rest of his life and will have three years of probation following his release.

Turner’s sentencing was decried by many, including District Attorney Jeff Rosen, as too lenient, but Turner’s defense attorney said they plan to appeal.

Turner was convicted on assault with intent to commit rape of an intoxicated/unconscious person; penetration of an intoxicated person; and penetration of an unconscious person charges in March. The charges stemmed from a January 2015 incident where two people reported they saw Turner, then 19, assaulting his accuser behind a dumpster on Stanford’s campus after a fraternity party. Turner ran but witnesses stopped and held him until police arrived, according to a statement released by Rosen.

Turner is a three-time All-American Oakwood High School swimmer and Stanford swimmer who had aspired to swim in the Olympics.

Before Turner was sentenced, the victim read her impact statement in court and addressed the defendant.

“You took away my worth, my privacy, my energy, my time, my intimacy, my confidence, my own voice, until today,” she said.

“The damage is done, no one can undo it,” the victim’s statement reads. “And now we both have a choice. We can let this destroy us, I can remain angry and hurt and you can be in denial, or we can face it head on, I accept the pain, you accept the punishment, and we move on.”