Flight surgeon found guilty of raping civilian

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Flight surgeon found guilty of raping civilian
By Ashley Rowland, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Saturday, February 2, 2008

KUNSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — An Air Force flight surgeon faces possible dismissal and life in prison after being found guilty Thursday of raping a civilian worker in her dorm room after she took a sleeping pill.

After five hours of deliberation, the six-member court-martial jury found Maj. Mark Seldes guilty of rape, conduct unbecoming to an officer and a gentleman, and adultery in connection with the Nov. 4, 2006, attack. Seldes pleaded not guilty to all charges when the case began Monday and did not testify in the case.

According to court testimony, Seldes and the civilian employee met about a week before the attack at a dinner party at his dorm. She said she told him she was suffering side effects from taking the sleeping medication Ambien.

During the week, they started a relationship that included kissing and oral sex, though the woman, who is not being named to protect her identity, said she declined Seldes’ request for sex three or four times.

She said she invited Seldes to her room on Nov. 4 to watch television. She told Seldes she was taking an Ambien, then sat on her couch and began to rub his sore shoulder.


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