Posted on Nov 18, 2023
Soldiers who say Army doctor sexually abused them plan to sue
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"The soldiers allege the doctor took them into a room alone, ordered them to strip naked and examined them without gloves."
Soldiers who say Army doctor sexually abused them plan to sue
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Sexual Assault Lawsuit
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LTC Eugene Chu
..."A group of soldiers is preparing a lawsuit that will ask the Army to pay $5 million per person in damages over sexual abuse they say they suffered at the hands of an Army doctor at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington.
In August, the Army preferred court-martial charges against Maj. Michael Stockin, an anesthesiologist at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, for abusive sexual contact, indecent viewing and other related offenses. In statements obtained by Task & Purpose, soliders claim Stockin forced them to be naked for routine exams and groped their genitals.
The doctor’s defense attorney Robert Capovilla called the criminal case against Stockin a “witch hunt” in a statement to Task & Purpose. Capovilla is defending the doctor in the criminal case, which is separate from the civil lawsuit. Capovilla said that several of the Army’s witnesses in the criminal case refused to testify in a preliminary hearing against the doctor, and that the Army has refused to produce law enforcement officers behind the investigation as witnesses.
The Army has not released the criminal charging sheet against Stockin, but Task & Purpose obtained Federal Tort Claims Act complaints filed as part of the civil suit. In one, a soldier described a January 2022 visit with Stockin, where Stockin insisted on conducting a sensory exam. In previous similar tests, the soldier said, a doctor would touch the soldier’s arms to gauge whether the soldier could feel the contact. In contrast, the soldier said Dr. Stockin ordered him to “drop trou,” indicating he should remove his pants. The soldier did so, leaving on his boxer shorts, but Stockin insisted they be removed as well."...
..."A group of soldiers is preparing a lawsuit that will ask the Army to pay $5 million per person in damages over sexual abuse they say they suffered at the hands of an Army doctor at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington.
In August, the Army preferred court-martial charges against Maj. Michael Stockin, an anesthesiologist at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, for abusive sexual contact, indecent viewing and other related offenses. In statements obtained by Task & Purpose, soliders claim Stockin forced them to be naked for routine exams and groped their genitals.
The doctor’s defense attorney Robert Capovilla called the criminal case against Stockin a “witch hunt” in a statement to Task & Purpose. Capovilla is defending the doctor in the criminal case, which is separate from the civil lawsuit. Capovilla said that several of the Army’s witnesses in the criminal case refused to testify in a preliminary hearing against the doctor, and that the Army has refused to produce law enforcement officers behind the investigation as witnesses.
The Army has not released the criminal charging sheet against Stockin, but Task & Purpose obtained Federal Tort Claims Act complaints filed as part of the civil suit. In one, a soldier described a January 2022 visit with Stockin, where Stockin insisted on conducting a sensory exam. In previous similar tests, the soldier said, a doctor would touch the soldier’s arms to gauge whether the soldier could feel the contact. In contrast, the soldier said Dr. Stockin ordered him to “drop trou,” indicating he should remove his pants. The soldier did so, leaving on his boxer shorts, but Stockin insisted they be removed as well."...
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