Posted on 03/28/2015 11:38:33 AM PDT by huldah1776
Joining the US Army at 19 years of age is an exciting and intimidating move. But with youth and vigor readily available, a promising recruit can climb the ranks of success and dream of a bright future.
DAN SICKMAN, non-attorney veterans’ advocate, is representing rape victim Diana Moore, from Bensalem, Pa., in her fight for justice and veteran’s benefits.
Diana Moore, who is now 29 and lives in Bensalem, Pa., never had that opportunity.
While stationed in Ft. Campbell, Ky. as an automated logistical specialist, she was raped by a superior.
Not only did she find no justice in the Army – she was arrested herself.
Rubbing salt in her wound, to this day she cannot get treatment from the Dept. of Veterans Affairs. The reason? It denies she ever served in the Army. Her records, it seems, have disappeared.
(Excerpt) Read more at phillyrecord.com ...
Something is strange here, sounds like there is more to this story.
Right. Haven’t we learned anything from the Duke lacrosse and UVA gang rape cases?
Not all rape accusations are true.
Quite possibly this one is, but it’s just plain foolish to be getting all hot and bothered over an injustice that simply may not have happened.
the “disappearing records” bit is too weird. Bank records, military ID, eyewitness testimony from people she served with, etc.
Occan’s Razor: which is more likely? That all information that someone served in the military has disappeared, or that someone is lying about their service?
I don’t know the answer, but I think it’s an appropriate question.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh it was just a technical glitch and the VA is very very very sorry, ohhhhhhhhhhhh!
(And in the meantime the evil supervisor who actually mashed the DELETE button is snickering in some corner somewhere.)
It should be said with today’s “enlightened sexuality” sometimes it’s hard to tell a rape from an intended romp. Oh for the old days where adultery was agreed to be bad. Sexual libbers, you have opened a Pandora’s box on steroids.
I find these stories where a victim or their attorney presents a tale as if it is fact to be disturbing.
Or, more accurately, I find it disturbing that so many people accept it without while assuming it is the entire truth.
In principle she could be dissembling, but the claim that the VA vanished her records is easy enough to verify if so. Let it go through the wash.
Does the “one in three female servicemembers are raped” statistic sound familiar?
I wonder why so many freepers are so quick to slander servicemen and the military?
When they are counting rape as something as vague as bumping into the gal on a battleship, but again that would never be pushed to the point of this case.
What exactly would the motivation be to vanish her records?
Does the VA have some sort of connection with the unit where the supposed rape took place?
This story, at least as presented, does not pass the smell test.
I am, of course, willing to be convinced otherwise, if evidence is presented, not just an article on the internet making wild claims.
Let’s watch and by all means pray for the lady’s soul. This is also the age of Bill Clinton, so we must exercise some degree of proper concern, which is not equivalent to witch hunts.
I mentioned congressman but mom discussed advocate. I’ll add that to the list for monday.
You have not dealt with the VA recently have you?
Right now it is about 50/50.
We keep copies of everything because the VA is quite capable of lying right to your face until you pull out the letter they sent you and show them.
You know, I’d be perfectly happy with capital punishment for rape.
But I think it’s important that such a crime be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, not jumping to the conclusions that “women don’t lie about rape.”
Well, sure they do! Women, like men and children, lie about all kinds of things for all kinds of reasons.
I thought it interesting they gave the name of the purported rapist. Seems like a potential libel case.
Is the VA the only section of the military that keeps records?
Does she not have any paperwork from her period in the service?
I have no doubt VA could lose records, just seems like there would be other ways for her to prove she was in the military.
Notarized orders pictured in comments from article and mom has photo of her with her graduating class with signatures of well-wishing unit buddies. She is not lying about her service.
Do those convicted of rape in the military have to be listed as sexual predators once a civilian?
And yes, she has copies of her records.
And the VA won’t even read the medical and military records that she kept – all of them, for proof.
The disappearing military records thing is not “weird”.
The correct term is “par for the course.”
She isn’t going for conviction. Her family just wants her to be able to get her medical benefits. Her VA records are gone. Once they are found she should be able to get help in about a year afterwards, right? If all goes well.
The motivation for disappearing military records is usually “incompetence.”
Sometimes they reappear.
Other times they do not.
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