Arrest Warrant Issued for Rape Counselor in Air Force Academy Case

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Sun May-29-05 12:25 AM
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Arrest Warrant Issued for Rape Counselor in Air Force Academy Case

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DENVER (AP) - An arrest warrant has been issued for a rape counselor who refused to turn over records of her sessions with a former Air Force Academy cadet, one of the women whose allegations touched off a scandal that toppled the academy's top leaders.

Jennifer Bier is fighting a subpoena in the court-martial of airman Joseph Harding, who is accused of sexually assaulting two women at the academy in 1999 and 2000. His attorneys say their client's right to a fair trial overrides the alleged victim's right to privacy.

Bier's attorney, Wendy Murphy, said on Saturday that she planned to seek an emergency order Tuesday in federal court to prevent Bier's arrest, but she was not sure if the court would accept the case.

Bier "did the right thing that is ethically and legally demanded of her," said Murphy, who teaches at the New England School of Law in Boston.

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autorank

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Sun May-29-05 01:19 AM
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1. The rape counselor did the right thing. The material is confidential.

The patient/client holds the right of to release the records. I don't know the applicable law but in terms of ethics, the counselor did the right thing. I'm sure he was just good and fed up with the executive incompetence and enabling. This was not, in all likelihood, the only rape victim he counseled at the Academy from the stories that are coming out.

Good for him.

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nothingshocksmeanymore

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Sun May-29-05 02:44 AM
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2. Nothing like a little witness intimidation to make this all go away.

Read a little further down too. This is astounding

The troubles, however, have not disappeared. A separate court-martial was under way Saturday at the academy for a senior cadet accused of raping another cadet after a night of heavy drinking while on a scuba diving trip to New Mexico.

Witnesses testified at a preliminary hearing in November that senior cadet Benjamin Kuster said he was drunk and may have mistaken the woman for his girlfriend. Kuster, his girlfriend and other cadets were sleeping in the same motel room.

Translated...oops..I was drunk..I thought I was raping *my* girlfriend, not the victim.

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donsu

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Sun May-29-05 10:36 AM
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3. rapists do not deserve to be protected

from investigation.

I wonder about women who protect rapists.

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MaineDem

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Sun May-29-05 10:42 AM
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4. I'm getting really pissed off

...at the abuses that are allowed to take place in our military.

Especially this mess at the AF Academy.

Doesn't anyone in authority recognize LAW???

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mbperrin

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Sun May-29-05 02:30 PM
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5. She's doing the right thing. I hope she doesn't end up in

prison over it. There's just so much craziness around these days!

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