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Navy Drops Charges Against Second Midshipman Accused of Sexually Assaulting Female
Daily Mail Online ^ | January 10, 2014 | AP

Posted on 01/11/2014 7:46:55 PM PST by centurion316

Original Title (Too Long)Navy Drops Charges Against Second Midshipman Accused of Sexually Assaulting Female Officer During Boozy Party

A U.S. Naval Academy midshipman accused in a sexual assault case will not face charges, leaving just one of three original defendants in the case remaining.

A Naval Academy spokesman said charges against Midshipman Eric Graham of Eight Mile, Alabama, were dismissed following a recommendation from prosecutors.

Prosecutors initially accused three men of sexually assaulting a woman, also a midshipman, in 2012 at an off-campus house in Annapolis, Maryland.

The woman said she didn't remember being sexually assaulted after a night of heavy drinking but heard from others she had had sex with multiple partners at a party.

The men were all football players at the academy at the time of the alleged assault

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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KEYWORDS: courtmartial; midshipmen; sexualassault
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The author/editor are clueless about the miliary. There is no such thing as a "U.S. Naval Army officer" and the female "victim" was a midshipman, not an officer. All involved are midshipmen.

Quite a dilemma for the Left and the feminists. Sexual Assault in the military. A mere allegation is sufficient for conviction, but at least one of the accused is a Black man, the victim did not come forward for some time, and evidence is in short supply. What to do, what to do?

1 posted on 01/11/2014 7:46:55 PM PST by centurion316
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To: centurion316

The woman said she didn’t remember being sexually assaulted after a night of heavy drinking but heard from others she had had sex with multiple partners at a party.

WTF?
What evidence do they have a rape even took place?


2 posted on 01/11/2014 8:01:18 PM PST by servo1969
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To: servo1969

Apparently none, as all charges against two of the midshipmen have been dropped. One more remains under charges. However, evidence did not seem to matter as events initially unfolded.


3 posted on 01/11/2014 8:05:36 PM PST by centurion316
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To: servo1969
What evidence do they have a rape even took place?

If there isn't any, and the allegations are false, I would think it might be a little difficult getting motivated, to work hard for people who just tried to screw them.

4 posted on 01/11/2014 8:14:05 PM PST by Mark17 (Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Veteran, 70-71)
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To: centurion316

OMG it’s the DMO


5 posted on 01/11/2014 8:14:55 PM PST by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds)
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To: P-Marlowe; Uncle Chip

And will be everyday with a valid news story until I either grow weary or am run off.


6 posted on 01/11/2014 8:21:14 PM PST by centurion316
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Ditto.

The Daily Mail ROCKS!


7 posted on 01/11/2014 8:26:32 PM PST by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds)
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To: centurion316

Ladies, if you want to preserve your honor in a roomful of drunken men, maintain consciousness. Or choose a better grade of drunken men BEFORE you party.


8 posted on 01/11/2014 8:35:46 PM PST by AZLiberty (No tag today.)
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The men were all football players at the academy at the time of the alleged assault

Football produces cannon fodder, not leaders.

9 posted on 01/11/2014 8:38:22 PM PST by meadsjn
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Maybe this woman should reconsider her occupation as she drinks so much she doesn’t remember events.


10 posted on 01/11/2014 8:39:11 PM PST by RginTN
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To: centurion316

LOL — it will definitely give them something to CHAT about.

As they say in the news business — it ain’t news until the Daily Mail posts it.


11 posted on 01/11/2014 8:40:36 PM PST by Uncle Chip
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It's the new definition of Rape. Now if the girl is drunk it's rape even if she is an enthusiastic participant. All it takes is for her to have regrets the next day.
12 posted on 01/11/2014 8:41:46 PM PST by Kozak ("Send them back your fierce defiance! Stamp upon the cursed alliance! To arms, to arms in Dixie!)
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To: RginTN

Precisely! Good post and bullseye!


13 posted on 01/11/2014 8:48:52 PM PST by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid!)
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To: Kozak
even if she is an enthusiastic participant. All it takes is for her to have regrets the next day.

Here's a new concept:

If the couples aren't married....IT'S RAPE!

Both parties get charged.

14 posted on 01/11/2014 8:53:59 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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Since when?

Many times when you read about great soldiers, military leaders and Special Ops, you are reading about athletes, and football players.


15 posted on 01/11/2014 8:55:30 PM PST by ansel12 ( Ben Bradlee -- JFK told me that "he was all for people's solving their problems by abortion".)
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To: Kozak

Yep. By that logic, the male should be able to claim rape too, since he was drunk as well. But it never works out that way, does it?


16 posted on 01/11/2014 8:59:29 PM PST by Wyrd bið ful aræd (Gone Galt, 11/07/12----No king but Christ! Don't tread on me!)
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To: Uncle Chip; centurion316

All the news that’s fit to print... And some that isn’t.


17 posted on 01/11/2014 9:03:18 PM PST by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

Yeah, and the punishment should be stoning. Do I need a sarc tag here?


18 posted on 01/11/2014 9:04:50 PM PST by Kozak ("Send them back your fierce defiance! Stamp upon the cursed alliance! To arms, to arms in Dixie!)
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To: centurion316

I don’t get all this mixing of hydrogen and oxygen in the same bottle with an open flame so close by. As to this case, I thought that they only important issue was, are the parties telling the truth?


19 posted on 01/11/2014 9:05:42 PM PST by RobbyS (quotes)
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To: centurion316

As usual, the woman is unknown and invisible.


20 posted on 01/11/2014 9:18:31 PM PST by ansel12 ( Ben Bradlee -- JFK told me that "he was all for people's solving their problems by abortion".)
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