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Jeffrey Sinclair Trial: Sex Crime Victim Says U.S. Army General Threatened To Kill Her
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/06/jeffrey-sinclair-trial-se_n_2081908.html
Jeffrey Sinclair Trial: Sex Crime Victim Says U.S. Army General Threatened To Kill Her
By MICHAEL BIESECKER 11/06/12 05:44 PM ET EST
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — An Army captain testified Tuesday that her commanding general initiated a sexual affair during a combat tour in Iraq and threatened to kill her and her family if she told anyone.
The woman said Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair was extremely controlling, even telling her how much water to drink and when and where she could use the bathroom during a later combat tour in Afghanistan.
She said she repeatedly tried to end the relationship and asked Sinclair, a married man, for a transfer.
On two occasions, she testified the general ended such conversations by exposing himself and physically forcing her to perform oral sex. The Associated Press does not identify victims of alleged sexual assaults.