Soldier punished for adultery, assault

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Soldier punished for adultery, assault
By Erik Slavin, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Friday, April 18, 2008

CAMP CASEY, South Korea — Spc. Jacob Martinez Jr. shut his eyes the moment his pregnant mistress began testifying against him.

He rarely, if ever, opened them for the next 20 minutes.

Pfc. Monica Chatman, 19, bowed her head so low that only the top peeked over the witness stand while testifying in court Wednesday; her voice trembled, and her sniffles interrupted her clipped answers.

Martinez, 25, would be found guilty of violating an order, adultery and assaulting Chatman, followed by a sentence of four months in jail, reduction to E-1 and a bad-conduct discharge.

However, Chatman, who is 12 weeks pregnant, made it clear she wasn’t going to help too willingly.


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