Posted on 05/16/2013 1:18:56 PM PDT by rickmichaels
WARNING: Story contains graphic language
MONTREAL - A stolen iPhone and a sex tape that's been circulating for three years has left a young woman's military career in ruins.
Alexandra-Kim Martin-Roberge joined the Canadian Forces in May 2009, dreaming of serving in the infantry.
One of only two women in the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment, the Quebecer had planned to join the combat mission in Afghanistan.
But one indiscretion destroyed her reputation, her self-esteem and her integrity in the eyes of comrades.
In 2010, while on a 12-month assignment in Alberta, a fellow soldier stole her smart phone and copied a 13-minute clip that depicted her having sex, her face clearly visible.
"He managed to take my phone during a patrol," Martin-Roberge told QMI Agency. "Ten days later I found out all the guys were swapping it. It was like an atomic bomb. For a woman in the infantry, this is the worst thing that can happen."
Other soldiers began making fun of her, even to her face.
"They said I was doing porn movies," said Martin-Roberge. "They called me a slut and a bitch. I'm so sorry that I made this video, but I didn't do anything wrong. It was stolen from me, and since then, I've suffered a public rape."
Foreign troops eventually watched the sex tape and American soldiers even asked her for her autograph. She went on leave, then rejoined the 3rd Battalion but got into an altercation with another soldier who insulted her.
Martin-Roberge now faces a court martial over the confrontation and is currently on sick leave. She has yet to obtain a full discharge and is trying to switch to a career in real estate.
Officials at CFB Valcartier near Quebec City tell QMI that they're aware of Martin-Roberge's case.
The Department of National Defence says it's taking the woman's allegations very seriously and is looking into her claims.
Meanwhile, Martin-Roberge is seeing a therapist.
"My dignity and reputation are dirt," she said. "I think everyone at Valcartier base must have (the clip)."
"People who know me know that I would have given anything to my regiment. I made an effort to be accepted as a woman in a male environment."
It's not the first time a soldier's sexual escapades have gone public.
A soldier in Kingston, Ont., was charged in 2001 following release of a video depicting a male soldier having sex with a female student.
It IS very unique.
And THAT'S why I will never go to Alberta....
“Plus I don’t want someone so stupid fighting for Canada or the US! “
Bottom line.
She looks like Alfalfa without the cowlick?
I see your point, but on a scale of one to ten, all women jump two to three points upon deployment. Especially in an infantry unit and especially after a few months in Afghanistan, she would be the Queen of All Desire.
I have no sympathy for people this stupid, especially the young tech-savvy people. When it comes out how much of your activity is tracked, why does anyone assume that people working at the cellphone vendor haven’t already seen it and passed it around anyway?
Plain stupid; will others learn from it?
Oxymoronic phrase.
Way too many people, mainly Libs, like to equate "did nothing wrong" with "did nothing illegal"; and then make the leap that that makes it not immoral.
Making such videos is just a bit perverted; and keeping it on such a device is just plain stupid.
Have to wonder if it was lesbian, rather hetero, sex romp she videoed...adding another dimension of wrongness.
Yeah but I was thinking of normal people. :-)
“It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others”
Caption on a poster with a pic of the Titanic going down
Bingo! You win the prize for the best thread response for May 16, 2013.
Sounds like you already have.
The tattoo doesn’t help.
No, it’s not fair but there it is.
uhhh.....don’t carry a smart phone with sex tapes of yourself around in a combat zone??
Seriously, there are many soldiers who have done some really stupid things in their lives... i am sure of it... i know a few...
“I think her problems started when she decided to make that tattoo on her arm.”
Indeed! All of us fellow freepers with tats are the vilest of mental scum! Absolute human garbage we are. And morally corrupt to boot.
Little wonder Conservatism is in such a freaking mess...
>> Alexandra-Kim Martin-Roberge
do those two intact hyphens make her extra-virgin?
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