{"id":146661,"date":"2023-09-01T09:15:25","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T13:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=146661"},"modified":"2023-08-31T12:26:15","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T16:26:15","slug":"army-major-charged-for-sexual-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=146661","title":{"rendered":"Army major charged for sexual abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Army has charged Major Michael Stockin with sexual abuse involving at least 23 victims. These charges include abusive sexual contact and indecent viewing. The investigation that led to this charge spanned a year. Stockin, an anesthesiologist, is alleged to have asked one of the victims to lower his pants before proceeding to touch his ankles, legs, and genitals.<\/p>\n

From The Washington Post:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The case comes after years of Defense Department struggles to protect personnel from alleged sexual predators. A Pentagon report released in April said the military recorded 8,942 reports of sexual assault in the previous year, despite recent policy changes intended to address the issue.<\/p>\n

Stockin’s lawyer, Robert Capovilla, said in a statement that the charges were brought Tuesday and that the defense “has been given very little opportunity” to review the Army’s investigation.<\/p>\n

“We look forward to being given full access to the evidence and we hope to conduct our own thorough investigation into these allegations free from unlawful command influence,” Capovilla said, referring to practice in which a commander seeks to sway the potential actions or outcomes in a case.<\/p>\n

One soldier who has accused Stockin of assault told The Post in an interview last week that he reported the doctor to authorities after first encountering him at Lewis-McChord’s Madigan Army Medical Center in January 2022 during a visit to the facility’s pain management clinic. The soldier said he was seeking treatment for a chronic back injury, and Stockin asked him to drop his pants, touching the soldier’s ankles and legs. Stockin, the soldier alleged, then held his genitals.<\/p>\n

A charge sheet obtained by The Post on Wednesday shows that Stockin is now charged in that case with one count of sexual assault. It is not clear whether other charges are pending. The Post generally does not identify the victims of sexual assault.<\/p>\n

Ryan Guilds, a lawyer representing multiple people who allege abuse by Stockin, said in a statement Wednesday that he is “deeply concerned” with a lack of communication from the Army “and what appear to be significant failures by hospital leadership to prevent these alleged assaults from taking place.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Washington Post provides the balance of the story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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