{"id":41589,"date":"2018-03-08T18:56:50","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T18:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/03\/08\/former-army-prosecutor-defers-plea-at-arraignment-on-rape-charges\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:14:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:14:18","slug":"former-army-prosecutor-defers-plea-at-arraignment-on-rape-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2018\/03\/08\/former-army-prosecutor-defers-plea-at-arraignment-on-rape-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Army prosecutor defers plea at arraignment on rape charges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fort Belvoir, Virginia \u2014 A trained Army special victims prosecutor chose to defer entering a plea Thursday at his arraignment on six charges of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/01\/05\/army-lawyers-rape-charges-stem-from-kinky-sexual-relationship-allegedly-gone-wrong\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">sexual assault and battery<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2017\/11\/15\/former-girlfriends-testify-in-support-of-army-sexual-assault-prosecutor-accused-of-rape-battery\/\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\" target=\"_blank\">Capt. Scott Hockenberry<\/a>, through an attorney, opted to defer entering a plea in the first hearing of his impending <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/03\/07\/former-army-special-victim-prosecutor-faces-court-martial-for-sexual-assault\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\">court-martial<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A judge will set a deadline for that plea and schedule a trial for a later date, according to Lauren Poindexter, a spokeswoman for Military District Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hockenberry faces three counts of forcible intercourse and three counts of assault consummated by battery, for allegedly choking, slapping and holding a knife against the throat of a former lover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The charges stem from the summer of 2016, when Hockenberry and another Army attorney based at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, entered into a consensual sexual relationship, characterized by domination-submission and violently themed role play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The relationship went sour, according to the accuser, when he began breaking their rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hockenberry\u2019s defense has argued that the conduct was consensual and that the accused went to Army Criminal Investigative Command after finding out the \u201cbreadth and depth\u201d of Hockenberry\u2019s concurrent relationships with other women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But according to the prosecution, the defendant admitted to the accuser in a recorded phone call that he knew he had gone too far.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2017\/12\/16\/veterans-groups-sue-the-military-for-sexual-assault-records\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635533104880211984-mar-sex-assault-prevention-1jpg.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Veterans groups sue the military for sexual assault records<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Veterans groups have filed a lawsuit against the Defense Department and Department of Homeland Security, alleging that the government is illegally denying records requests involving sexual assault and harassment cases.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through a multi-day Article 32 hearing in late 2017 and early 2018, Hockenberry\u2019s defense presented several character statements from former girlfriends and lovers testifying to Hockenberry\u2019s respectful treatment of women, while arguing that the accuser \u2014 a trained martial artist \u2014 is physically capable of fighting off potential attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBeing a strong, smart person does not make you immune from being the victim of a crime,\u201d prosecutor Lt. 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