Serena Williams Apologizes After Saying Steubenville Rape Victim 'Shouldn't Have Put Herself In That Position' [VIDEO]

Serena Williams is in some hot water due to comments she made about the Steubenville Ohio rape victim in an upcoming issue of "Rolling Stone."

The Grand Slam winning Tennis star questioned why a 16-year-old girl would put herself in a position where she was so drunk that she would not remember what happened to her. Then Williams goes on to blame the girl's parents for not teaching her to avoid alcohol at a young age.

If you are unfamiliar with the Steubenville rape case a pair of Ohio high school football players raped an unidentified 16-year-old girl while she was passed out drunk at a party. The victim said she did not remember the events of the rape but later realized what happened after photos of the incident were posted on Facebook.

The two Ohio teens accused of raping the 16-year-old were sentenced to jail in March.

While being interviewed by "Rolling Stone" Serena Williams said she didn't understand why the 16-year-old put "herself in that position." She later goes on to question the fairness of the jail sentence the two boys received.

"Do you think it was fair, what they got?" Serena Williams asked the "Rolling Stone" interviewer. "They did something stupid, but I don't know."

I'm not blaming the girl," Williams said. 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? I could have been much worse. She's lucky. Obviously I don't know, maybe she wasn't a virgin, but she didn't have to put herself in that position, unless they slipped her something than that's different.

Now Serena Williams is apologizing to the young victim and her family saying she feels horrible about what the girl had to go through and apologized for her statements. Serena Williams issued an apology on her official website saying,

What happened in Steubenville was a real shock for me. I was deeply saddened. For someone to be raped, and at only sixteen, is such a horrible tragedy! For both families involved-that of the rape victim and of the accused. I am currently reaching out to the girl's family to let her know that I am deeply sorry for what was written in the "Rolling Stone" article. What was written-what was supposedly said-is insensitive and hurtful and I by no means would say or insinuate that she was at all to blame.