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Washington Post: Naval Academy football players face charges over alleged 2012 rape

Washington Post talks to Susan Burke, lawyer for the assault victim and Protect Our Defenders collaborator:

The charges follow a Navy Criminal Investigative Service probe that began more than a year ago. The length of the investigation drew criticism from Susan Burke, the victim’s lawyer, who accused Miller of foot-dragging.

“We are pleased at moving forward after this long delay,” Burke said.

The latest Naval Academy case joins a long string of sex assault scandals in various branches of the military, including the arrest last month of an Air Force sexual assault prevention officer on charges of sexual battery for allegedly groping a woman in a Crystal City parking lot.

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