Case Results - John Calcagni Successfully Defends Soldier in Afghanistan Rape Case

Soldier in Afghanistan Not Guilty of Rape after Trial

Attorney John L. Calcagni III represented a U.S. Soldier stationed in Afghanistan charged with forcefully raping a fellow service member. After trial by general court-martial, a military panel found the accused Soldier NOT GUILTY of the charged sex offense.

The U.S. Soldier, an Army Staff Sergeant, deployed to Afghanistan last spring for his second tour. He previously deployed there for a period of one year several months prior to his current deployment. The Soldier was a Personal Security Officer (PSO) for a General Officer. He was assigned to a small unit known as a Personal Security Detachment (PSD), which provides personal security or body guard services to high ranking officers. While stationed in Kabul, Afghanistan, the Staff Sergeant shared a relationship with a female, junior enlisted Soldier. Though the two had no direct duty or supervisory relationship, they belonged to the same PSD. Their relationship began as one of mentor and mentee. It then progressed to a friendship and then ultimately to intimacy. Their intimate relationship involved almost daily encounters for several weeks

Approximately one week after the couple's last sexual encounter, the female Soldier reported to her chain of command that she was sexually assaulted by the Staff Sergeant. Thereafter, she cooperated with military law enforcement such as the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID), and military prosecutors, which facilitated criminal charges against the Staff Sergeant.

Continue reading John Calcagni's excellent defense strategy and the outcome here:

Afghanistan Rape Court Martial Result

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As a Criminal and Military Defense Attorney and former prosecutor with the US Army JAG Corps, John Calcagni, is admitted to practice in the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces and the U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals, as well as the state and federal courts in Rhode Island, New York, Connecticut, Florida and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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