{"id":49014,"date":"2024-11-07T22:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T22:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/11\/07\/army-officers-faces-rape-sexual-assault-charges-involving-20-victims\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:02:10","slug":"army-officers-faces-rape-sexual-assault-charges-involving-20-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2024\/11\/07\/army-officers-faces-rape-sexual-assault-charges-involving-20-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Army officer faces rape, sexual assault charges involving 20 victims"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>*Update: This article has been updated to include a statement from the Army Criminal Investigation Division.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An Army major faces sexual assault-related charges involving at least 20 alleged victims in the Washington D.C. area over a roughly three-year period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army\u2019s Office of Special Trial Counsel confirmed to Army Times Thursday that the office preferred three charges that include 76 specifications of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2023\/04\/27\/sexual-assault-in-the-military-keeps-rising-while-prosecutions-fall\/\" target=\"_blank\">sexual assault-related charges<\/a> on Oct. 16 against Maj. 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Batt, who is assigned to the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center in Crystal City, Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A military preliminary hearing officer at a Nov. 1 hearing recommended that the charges against Batt be referred court-martial, officials said, and the special trial counsel office will make the final call as to whether the charges go forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe width=\"315\" height=\"560\"\nsrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4MF7CnmvPds\"\ntitle=\"YouTube video player\"\nframeborder=\"0\"\nallow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\"\nallowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army declined to provide Batt\u2019s charge sheet and additional details about the offenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Batt faces 14 specifications of rape, 20 specifications of sexual assault, three specifications of abusive sexual contact, 15 specifications of aggravated assault by strangulation, one specification of aggravated assault by suffocation, 22 specifications of assault consummated by a battery and one specification of obstructing justice, Office of Special Trial Counsel spokesperson Michelle McCaskill told Army Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The alleged offenses took place between December 2019 and February 2023 in the Washington, D.C. area, McCaskill said.<\/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\/2024\/02\/23\/army-doctor-faces-charges-he-sexually-assaulted-42-patients\/\" 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=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/new-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\">Army doctor faces charges he sexually assaulted 41 patients<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">An Army doctor faces arraignment over charges that he sexually assaulted 42 male patients he treated while working as an anesthesiologist.<\/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\">Batt\u2019s civilian defense attorney, Phil Cave, declined comment Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe intend to represent him vigorously and we have no further comment at this time,\u201d Cave said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McCaskill referred further questions to CID. 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