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Attorneys Complete Arguments in Naval Academy Sexual Assault Case
An investigator testified Tuesday that the victim may have been too drunk to remember giving consent to the acts.
Attorneys finalized arguments Tuesday in a U.S. Naval Academy sexual assault case that stretched on for more than a week.
Three Naval Academy football players are accused of engaging in sexual acts with a female midshipman who was drunk at the time of an off-campus party in 2012.
Prosecutors in an Article 32 hearing said the football players lied about the act repeatedly to investigators, while defendants said no proof of the sex acts was presented, according to The Baltimore Sun.
An investigator further testified that the female victim in question drank so much that night that she was unsure whether or not she had consented to the sexual acts with the men, according to The Capital.
All three football players—Midshipmen Tra'ves Bush, Joshua Tate and Eric Graham—could be charged with making false statements, and possibly a court-martial.
The tensions over sexual assaults are rising at the Naval Academy, months after President Barack Obama spoke during the academy's graduation speech, underscoring the damage such acts have on the military institution at large.
This fall, Naval Academy midshipmen will undergo 30 hours of sexual assault prevention.
A decision on the case may take several weeks, according to The Capital.
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