{"id":45671,"date":"2018-01-05T21:21:44","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T21:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/01\/05\/army-lawyers-rape-charges-stem-from-kinky-sexual-relationship-allegedly-gone-wrong\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:45:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:45:23","slug":"army-lawyers-rape-charges-stem-from-kinky-sexual-relationship-allegedly-gone-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2018\/01\/05\/army-lawyers-rape-charges-stem-from-kinky-sexual-relationship-allegedly-gone-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Army lawyer\u2019s rape charges stem from kinky sexual relationship allegedly gone wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FORT LESLEY J. MCNAIR, Washington, D.C. \u2014 What started as a consensual relationship of rough sex and role playing between two Army attorneys could be headed to court-martial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Members of the defense and prosecution teams made their closing statements Friday, on the third and final day of a preliminary hearing for Capt. Scott Hockenberry, an Army attorney and former special victims prosecutor accused of sexual assault and battery against a former girlfriend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hockenberry faces three counts of sexual assault and three counts of assault consummated by battery, based on accusations that he choked, slapped and held a knife to the accuser\u2019s throat, in addition to forcing her to have sex without a condom during the summer of 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The case\u2019s fate hangs on whether Hockenberry was mistaken about the nature of the incidents, in the context of a relationship in which both accuser and accused agree that acts like slapping and hair-pulling were fair game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The prosecution presented the accuser, who declined to testify at the hearing, as an educated, professional woman who \u2014 despite her knowledge of self-defense techniques \u2014 froze up when she felt threatened by a man she was intimate with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShe doesn\u2019t hide the fact that she\u2019s done things she\u2019s not proud of,\u201d special victim prosecutor Lt. 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Carol Brewer said. \u201cShe doesn\u2019t deny that she should have known better.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The defense pushed back with multiple letters and testimonies from Hockenberry\u2019s friends and former lovers, who described him as a top-notch officer, as well as kind and considerate of the women he had been intimate with.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2017\/11\/15\/former-girlfriends-testify-in-support-of-army-sexual-assault-prosecutor-accused-of-rape-battery\/\" 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=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ARM-gavel.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\">Former girlfriends testify in support of Army sexual assault prosecutor accused of rape, battery<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The defense for Capt. 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She added that he acknowledged his actions during the recorded call, when the alleged victim told him she had visited a dentist almost two weeks later because of persistent jaw pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c \u2018I\u2019ll only hit the soft parts of you,\u2019 \u201c Brewer said, quoting Hockenberry. \u201c\u2019I thought you were a fighter. Why do you have such a glass jaw?\u2019\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Helixon argued that not only did the two have a consensual relationship of this nature, but because the alleged victim is a trained martial artist and boxing instructor, she should be able to defend herself if she felt the situation getting out of control.<\/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 Brewer said, adding that while Hockenberry\u2019s charges stem from two specific incidents, they were not the only times the victim felt threatened by his temper or actions.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOn these two dates, it rose to the level where it would be criminal and we could charge it,\u201d she said.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brewer contended that the accuser had nothing to gain by reporting Hockenberry, because she did not believe they were in a serious relationship and that, in fact, Hockenberry continued to engage her over text messages after the accuser had cut off communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Helixon pushed back, alleging that the alleged victim is out for revenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s at that time that she discovered the breadth and depth of the other individuals\u201d he was having a sexual relationship with, Helixon said.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision to proceed to trial is in the hands of Col. 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