Capt. Devery L. Taylor, the former chief of patient administration at Eglin Regional Hospital, is accused of drugging and raping the men, four of whom were also servicemembers, after meeting them in area bars. Taylor faces a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole if convicted of all the charges against him. He is charged with two counts of attempted sodomy, four counts of forcible sodomy, three counts of kidnapping and one count of unlawful entry.
A military jury will begin hearing testimony in the case Tuesday.
Prosecutors told Col. Thomas Cumbie, the military judge, that Taylor’s alleged victims would describe similar encounters in which they met Taylor at bars, had drinks, blacked out for various periods and believed they were drugged.
The “victims had experiences similar to use of the date-rape drug gamma-hydroxybutyrate, or GHB,” said Maj. Kathleen Reder.