Carson Kessler

@CarsonKessler

investigative reporter | @nyu @columbiajourn alum | words in @nytimes @propublica, @THECITYNY, @fortunemagazine, @VICE | [email protected]

Manhattan, NY

Joined March 2012

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The Athletic@TheAthletic · Apr 21

While the effort to record consent before sexual encounters in the digital age is on the rise, one expert cautions those videos "may be misleading." More ⤵️

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Carson Kessler@CarsonKessler · Apr 21

As the Hockey Canada trial begins, there are 18-secs of video that’ll likely be at the center of the case — a digital record of her “consent.” Somewhere along the way this practice became known (even encouraged). I ventured to find out how. nytimes.com/athletic/62921…

CarsonKessler's tweet card. While the effort to record consent before sexual encounters is on the rise, one expert cautions those videos "may be misleading."

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Dan Robson@RobsonDan · Apr 21

Excellent reporting here from ⁦@CarsonKessler⁩ with the investigations team at ⁦@TheAthletic⁩. An eye-opening look at the prominence of “consent videos” and pro-athletes. nytimes.com/athletic/62921…

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Carson Kessler@CarsonKessler · Mar 31

What a beautifully told and detailed account of a random reaction and the reverberations that would ultimately alter the course of dozens of lives by @NYTMetro’s @maiarcoleman & @ParnellWesley nytimes.com/2025/03/31/nyr…

CarsonKessler's tweet card. Gary Anderson hit Domingo Tapia for reasons never explained, sending Mr. Tapia into a coma and Mr. Anderson to prison. Mr. Tapia later died, and his attacker faces manslaughter charges.

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Carson Kessler@CarsonKessler · Mar 27

This just in from @KatieJStrang and team: nytimes.com/athletic/62360…

CarsonKessler's tweet card. A lawsuit alleges that a group sexual assault by four members of the Windsor Spitfires took place in 1984 in Tecumseh, Ontario.

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