乱暴／暴力を加える as Serena Williams says 16-year-old 強姦 犠牲者 was 'lucky' and 'shouldn't have put herself in that position'

• Tennis Number 1 made the astonishing 起訴，告発 of the 16-year-old 犠牲者 in an interview with Rolling 石／投石する magazine
• Williams said: 'I'm not 非難するing the girl, but if you're a 16-year-old and you're drunk like that...'
  
• High school football players Trent Mays and Ma'Lik Richmond were each 宣告，判決d to a year in juvenile 刑務所，拘置所 in March for 強姦
• 発言／述べるs 怒り／怒るd fans who took to Twitter to 爆破 Williams as a 役割 model
  

By Helen Pow

Published: 02:03 BST, 19 June 2013 | Updated: 12:21 BST, 19 June 2013

Serena Williams has 誘発するd an 激しい （激しい）反発 after she 示唆するd the 16-year-old 犠牲者 in the Steubenville, Ohio, 強姦 事例／患者 was asking to be 強襲，強姦d.

The world Number 1 tennis 星／主役にする made the astonishing 起訴，告発 in an interview with Rolling 石／投石する magazine, which was 地位，任命するd online on Tuesday.

In the article, Williams said the 犠牲者 'shouldn't have put herself in that position' and 述べるd her as 'lucky.' Some are already labeling the 31-year-old's 発言／述べるs the most controve rsial of her career.

陳謝: Serena Williams had 誘発するd an 激しい （激しい）反発 after she appeared to make an astonishing 起訴，告発 of the 犠牲者 in the Steubenville 強姦 事例／患者

乱暴／暴力を加える: Serena Williams, pictured on Tuesday at Burberry Menswear Spring/Summer 2014 fashion show in London, has 誘発するd 乱暴／暴力を加える with her 議論の的になる comments

'Do you think it was fair, what they got? They did something stupid, but I don't know,' she told the magazine. 'I'm not 非難するing the girl, but if you're a 16-year-old and you're drunk like that, your parents should teach you―don't take drinks from other people.'

'She's 16, why was she that drunk where she doesn't remember? It could have been much worse. She's lucky. 明白に I don't know, maybe she wasn't a virgin, but she shouldn't have put herself in that position, unless they slipped her something, then that's different.'

High school football players Trent Mays and Ma'Lik Richmond were each 宣告，判決d to a year in juvenile 拘留，拘置 in March for 強姦ing the intoxicated teen. The two friends were caught after other students who watched the 強襲，強姦 laughed and joked about the horrific 罪，犯罪 in an online ビデオ.

Williams' jaw-dropping 発言／述べるs to Rolling 石／投石する 誘発するd a wave of 批評 on Twitter on Tuesday.

Shocking: Williams said the 16-year-old 犠牲者, pictured, 'shouldn't have put herself in that position'

宣告，判決d: Trent Mays, left, and Ma'lik Richmond were 宣告，判決d to juvenile 拘留，拘置 in March

One 使用者, Jamil Smith, tweeted: 'プロの／賛成の tip for @serenawilliams or others discussing 強姦: if "I'm not 非難するing the girl, but…" 出口s your mouth, stop there. There is no "but."'

A 女性（の） Titter 使用者, Sabrina Siddiqui, wrote 'Disappointing that powerful woman like Serena Williams, who many young girls look up to, 非難するs the 犠牲者.'

一方／合間, Kate R ?tweeted: 'Seems Serena Williams needs a muzzle. Or compassion for a teenage 強姦 犠牲者? Either or...' and a 使用者 called JB wro te: 'Hopefully Serena Williams realises her mess & 直す／買収する，八百長をするs it. So many women look up to her.'

Disappointing that powerful woman like Serena Williams, who many young girls look up to, 非難するs the 犠牲者. http://t.co/kje6RJ7g0Y

― Sabrina Siddiqui (@SabrinaSiddiqui) June 18, 2013

プロの／賛成の tip for @serenawilliams or others discussing 強姦: if "I'm not 非難するing the girl, but…" 出口s your mouth, stop there. There is no "but."

― Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) June 18, 2013

The tennis superstar, who recently won the French Open, put her foot in her mouth in the past.

At the 2011 U.S. Open, she was 罰金d for 口頭で 乱用ing a lineswoman. More recently, the younger Williams sister had a 言葉の tit for tat with American tennis player Sloane Stephens after the up-and-coming player 否定するd Williams was her 助言者, 追加するing that she had never reached out to he r.

In 返答, Williams tweeted 'I made you' to Stephens.

She was also slammed for doing a Crip Walk synonymous with a dangerous ギャング（団） in California after she won the Olympic gold in London.