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US general “closed to the list” for “doing wrong” with his sister-in-law

“Major General William T. Cooley has been convicted of sexual abuse by Colonel Christina M. Jimenez, Senior Military Judge,” the New York Times reported. “The case was heard at Wright Air Force Base. -Patterson in Dayton, Ohio, on April 23 and Major General William T. Cooley face seven years in prison.

This is the first time in the military’s 75-year history America Only one Air Force general was convicted by a military court, according to the New York Times.

It is expected that the US Air Force court will sentence Major General William T. Cooley on April 25 (US time).

According to the indictment, after an evening barbecue in Albuquerque, New Mexico on August 12, 2018, Major General William T. Cooley was drinking alcohol and asked his sister-in-law to drive him to another family house to get it. thing. At this time, there were only 2 people in the car and Mr. Cooley began to have rude words towards his sister-in-law.

“Cooley then pressed on to her sister-in-law and committed many acts of sexual assault on her, such as forcing kisses, touching sensitive parts of the body,” the New York Times quoted military court prosecutors as saying. The US Air Force said.

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Major General William T. Cooley faces seven years in prison and is fired from the US Air Force. PHOTO: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE US Air Force / FACEBOOK

The case broke out after the sister-in-law and her husband reported Major General William T. Cooley’s behavior to the US Air Force’s Office of Special Investigations in December 2019.

After Cooley’s impeachment trial, the victim, who did not want to be named, said: “The price for peace in the extended family was my silence and the price paid was too high.”

Not only facing a 7-year prison sentence, the major general was also removed from the army, lost his salary and other benefits of the US Air Force.

Prior to that, Mr. Cooley directed the Air Force Research Laboratory, which develops combat technology for the US space, space and cyber forces.

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