Draggingtree Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Military’s new sexual-assault rules present uncharted legal ground By Michael Doyle McClatchy Washington Bureau June 6, 2014-06-09 WASHINGTON — The Navy corpsman said a colleague raped her. Then she told him to pay up or she’d talk. He paid, but it was a sting. Special agents had him wired.Now one sailor stands accused of sexual assault while his accuser is the subject of an extortion investigation. Their tangled fates are playing out in a legal arena recently rebuilt by Congress, whose members pushed changes in the sexual assault rules that the military must now figure out how to implement.“It’s a new animal,” Navy Cmdr. Paul Walker said in court earlier this week.For two days in a Washington Navy Yard courtroom, Walker oversaw a hearing to determine whether there’s probable cause to think that Hospitalman Kevin McCormick Jr. sexually assaulted the sailor following a night of drinking and dancing. McClatchy’s policy is to not name alleged victims of sexual assault.McCormick’s case is both typical and extraordinary. What’s typical is the role of alcohol and the he-said-she-said conflict over events. The accuser says she was raped after she’d blacked out. McCormick says the sex was consensual. http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/06/06/229627/militarys-new-sexual-assault-rules.html##storylink=cpy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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