Former soldier tells military judge she was raped by Army officer [View All]

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FORT RUCKER, Ala. -- A former New Jersey National Guard soldier testified Monday that she was raped twice within an hour by a fellow Army officer despite her attempts to fight off the attack in her barracks room.

Jennifer Dyer told a military judge that 1st Lt. Mike Hall forced himself into her room and tore off her clothes after she had tried to make him stop groping her in the barracks hallway.

But in cross-examination, Hall's defense attorney questioned why she sought no help throughout the attack, even when she got a cell phone call, and argued that Dyer made up the rape story to get out of the Army and avoid duty in Iraq

Dyer, 26, who has said she went public with her allegation after Army investigators doubted her story, accused Hall of raping her in August 2004 at Camp Shelby, near Hattiesburg, Miss. Hall, 35, from Nashville, Tenn., contends the sex was consensual.

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