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Lt. Col. Keithen Washington, shown in this November 2013 photo during his tenure as commander of the 86th Force Support Squadron, is being court-martialed on charges of sexual assault and aggravated assault. Some of the alleged assault incidents took place while Washington was commander of the 86th. (Senior Airman Jonathan Stefanko\/Air Force<\/p>\n
A Lieutenant Colonel is being court-martialed on charges of sexually assaulting a civilian woman with whom he was in a relationship, and repeatedly hitting her in 2014 and 2015 while he was a squadron commander.<\/p>\n
Portions of Lt. Col. Keithen Washington\u2019s court-martial began at Joint Base Andrews in Washington on Oct. 15. Although his court-martial was originally scheduled to end five days later, the judge delayed the hearings to address a scheduling issue, said Lt. Col. Darrick Lee, the spokesman for Air Force District Washington at Andrews. A new date has not yet been set for the court-martial to resume.<\/p>\n
Washington was commander of the 86th Force Support Squadron at Ramstein Air Base in Germany from July 2012 to August 2014, during which some of the alleged abuse took place.<\/p>\n
Washington faces one specification of a sexual assault charge, which allegedly occurred in or near Philadelphia in late June or early July 2015, according to his charge sheet, which was provided by the Air Force. Washington allegedly digitally penetrated the woman without her consent, and \u201cwith an intent to abuse, humiliate or degrade\u201d her by causing bodily harm.<\/p>\n
He also is charged with five specifications of aggravated assault inflicting grievous bodily harm, in violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, according to the charge sheet. While in Germany, Washington allegedly struck the woman in the leg with his foot in March or April 2014, and allegedly struck her in the head with a cell phone in June 2014.<\/p>\n
And in February 2015, in or near San Antonio, Washington allegedly struck her in the leg with his foot on multiple occasions, allegedly struck her in the face with his hand on multiple occasions, and allegedly struck her in the hand and stomach with his fist.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Everyone is innocent until proven otherwise, but obviously there was enough evidence at the Article 32 to advance this case to a Court Martial. That being said, this sort of behavior is completely unwarranted, and those found guilty should face the full legal consequences under the law. <\/p>\n
The entire article my be found at The Air Force Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"