U.S. General Charged With Sexual Abuse, Threats
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An Army general isn't just accused of sexually assaulting a female subordinate. According to newly released military documents, the one-star general "threaten[ed] to use his rank, position, and authority to damage or ruin [the captain's] military career if she ended their sexual relationship." And he disobeyed a direct order from his superior officer to leave the female officer alone.
Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair, the former deputy commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, "received a lawful command from Major General (O-8) James L. Huggins," then Sinclair's superior officer, to cease contact with an unnamed female Army captain that Sinclair stands accused of sodomizing "without [her] consent." That's according to Sinclair's official charge sheet, which Danger Room has acquired. Sinclair "attempt[ed] to willfully disobey the same by calling her cell phone" in March 2012. That attempted contact occurred after Sinclair allegedly sexually abused the captain.
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