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LA Times: Military’s record on sexual assault: From bad to worse

The LA Times reported on May 15, 2013:

Another day, another military sexual assault scandal.

On Tuesday, a week after the Air Force announced its chief of sexual assault prevention had been arrested in Arlington, Va., on suspicion of drunkenly assaulting a woman in a parking lot, the Armyannounced that a sergeant first class who works in the sexual assault prevention office at Ft. Hood was under investigation for possible sexual assault and pandering.

Pandering — as in “pimping.” CNN reported that the sergeant is being investigated for possibly forcing a subordinate into prostitution, as well as sexually assaulting two others.

Read the full report here.