John Clune, the attorney for the survivor of the alleged sexual assault committed by three Oregon men’s basketball players in March, sent The Emerald a response to the statement released Tuesday night by the three players’ lawyers.

Clune’s statement came less than two hours after the statement from the players’ lawyers, who are Shaun McCrea, Laura Fine Moro and Greg Veralrud. The three attorneys said their clients engaged in consensual sex throughout the night of the incident, thus making them innocent, but they believe the University “all but declared these young men guilty” when they were dismissed from the team on April 30.

Clune’s response in full:

This is a pretty poorly spun version of the night in question which noticeably omits all of the facts that incriminated their clients. The description doesn’t mention that two of the three men admitted in police recorded phone calls that what they did to the victim that night was wrong with one of the men calling their behavior “very inappropriate and not something he would want to happen to his mother or sister”. The the third man who refused to give a statement is facing his second sexual assault allegation in the past year.

I won’t blame the lawyers though as they are trying to help their clients explain some pretty ugly facts.