[Girlene]

The woman said she has been a friend of Laurean for about four years; they were employed in the Personnel Department at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Did this woman know him in highschool? Is CNN sure she's not a poser, or did they get the number of years wrong? She goes on to say quite a bit about Lauterbach, as well.

[Brian S. Fitzgerald]

4 years sounds inflated.

[freema]

FROM THE CNN LINK:

The friend said Lauterbach confided in her that she had consensual sex with Laurean, but that a verbal argument had occurred, and the alleged rape followed in Laurean’s office at Camp Lejeune.

The March encounter was judged to be “not criminal in nature,” or consensual, said Col. Gary Sokoloski, staff judge advocate for the II Marine Expeditionary Force. The second encounter, in April, involved no threats or force, Lauterbach said.

The woman said Lauterbach told her she feared Laurean, and sought a protective order, which expired in September.

Officials have indicated that was the only such order, but the woman told CNN Lauterbach came to her a second time and had her prepare a second protective order, which was in force when Lauterbach died.

“She came in September when her original military protective order had expired, asking whether she could have, A, a copy of the original one and, B, a second one put into place,” the woman said.

She also said Lauterbach told her she was thinking about withdrawing the rape allegation because she didn’t think officials were taking her seriously.

There is no way Lauterbach and Laurean had a relationship after the alleged rape, the friend said, disputing information from authorities who have said the two maintained contact after the alleged rape.