{"id":36696,"date":"2021-02-02T23:23:08","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T23:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/02\/02\/navy-drops-rape-charges-against-seal-pulled-from-iraq\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:55:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:55:25","slug":"navy-drops-rape-charges-against-seal-pulled-from-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/02\/02\/navy-drops-rape-charges-against-seal-pulled-from-iraq\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy drops charges against SEAL accused of sexual assault"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SAN DIEGO \u2014 The U.S. Navy on Tuesday dropped sexual assault charges against an enlisted SEAL in a case involving a female sailor at a Fourth of July party in Iraq that had prompted the rare withdrawal of the special operations unit from the Middle East in 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the agreement accepted by the military court at Navy Base San Diego, Special Warfare Operator First Class Adel A. Enayat pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of battery and assault for biting the sailor\u2019s face and grabbing her neck during what his lawyer described as rough, consensual sex. He will serve up to 90 days in the brig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the special court martial Tuesday, a masked Enayat wearing his Navy dress uniform said without emotion that he was guilty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He told the judge he did not have a \u201csolid memory\u201d of what happened in his room because of the \u201ccopious amounts of alcohol I\u2019d consumed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t