Posted on 09/25/2006 8:42:45 PM PDT by SmithL
College Park, Md. (AP) --
The sexual assault case against a U.S. Naval Academy football player was dropped Monday, a day before it was to go to trial, but school officials said new charges could be filed.
Kenny Ray Morrison, a senior from Kingwood, Texas, who was accused of taking advantage of a drunken female midshipman on Feb. 4 in a Washington hotel room, was to face a special court martial Tuesday at the Washington Navy Yard. Morrison had pleaded not guilty.
His attorney said he first learned the case was dropped when his witnesses were informed they were no longer needed.
Navy prosecutors then confirmed the charges of indecent assault and conduct unbecoming an officer against Morrison were dropped, but gave few details why, defense attorney William Ferris said.
"The way this was handled was outrageous," Ferris said.
Academy Superintendent Vice Adm. Rodney Rempt ordered the charges be dropped without prejudice because "the Naval Academy anticipates proffering new charges," said academy spokesman Cmdr. Ed Austin.
He would not say what those charges may be or give details about the new information that has "recently become available" to Navy investigators. Any new charges would likely be referred to an Article 32 hearing, the military's form of a grand jury, Austin said
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We know the name of the assailant. What is the name of the drunk cadet? I'd like to know since they're both going to school on my tax-payer's dollar.
Noooo shes like the victim and stuff and women dont lie and stuff
What can you do with a drunken female midshipman,
What can you do with a drunken female midshipman,
What can you do with a drunken female midshipman,
Early in the morning?
Must be the "don't ask - don't tell" policy.
The atmosphere at the Naval Academy is so tense, "reliable sources" inform me, that the male midshipmen do not speak to the female midshipmen except when forced to.
And, the smart ones never allow themselves to be one-on-one (male/female) anywhere, on or off the Academy grounds.
A very sad situation, and not likely to be remedied anytime soon, under the current RoE. And, it is driving the good guys (and probably some of the gals) out of the Academy.
idiot.....
Tell me about it! I was there.
To this day, it hurts to think about the damage Paul Coughlin did to the Naval Aviation community with her lies and misrepresentations.
HST, the NIS and the Naval leadership were complicit in allowing the Feminazis to do what they did to Naval Aviation. The senior officer lack of intestinal fortitude beginning in 1991 manifests itself to this day: IMHO, Naval leadership testicals are still in the Feminazi lockbox!
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