Drinking habits of rape accuser raised at Naval Academy [View All]

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WASHINGTON -- Witnesses testified Monday that a U.S. Naval Academy midshipman who has accused the school's former star quarterback of rape was often seen drunk at an Annapolis bar and would aggressively pursue men.

The witnesses said she was obviously intoxicated in the hours before Midshipman Lamar S. Owens Jr. came into her room early Jan. 29.

"She didn't need to drink any more from my point of view," said 2nd Lt. James Winston.

Owens, 22, of Savannah, Ga., is charged with rape and other offense and could get life in prison. His attorneys say that the sex was consensual and that Owens stopped when he realized the woman had passed out.