Williams apologized in a blog post Wednesday morning after comments from her Rolling Stone profile prompted an outcry.
Rolling Stone profiled Williams about her life on and off the court. It also covered more serious topics like her thoughts on the Steubenville, Ohio rape case.
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Many who read the profile thought that she was victim-blaming and perpetuating rape culture by putting the responsibility on the victim to protect herself.
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"Do you think it was fair, what they got? They did something stupid, but I don't know. I'm not blaming 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. Obviously 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."
