Navy prosecutors have charged a Marine with sexual assault of a minor after a 14-year-old woman was discovered in June within the barracks of Camp Pendleton, officers mentioned.
The teenager woman was found June 28 on the army base, greater than two weeks after she went lacking from her Spring Valley house.
Kin of the unidentified minor informed The Occasions they believe she had been bought to the Marine for intercourse and mentioned they had been involved officers had been attempting to cowl up the incident.
On Friday, Camp Pendleton officers introduced {that a} Marine has been charged by army prosecutors with sexual assault of a minor however they declined to establish the suspect. Marine officers weren’t instantly out there to say what jail time the marine confronted if convicted.
The Marine additionally faces an unrelated cost of violating liberty restriction, that means he did not comply with a rule or order about his day off — for instance, being restricted from leaving an space, or returning to base or barracks by a sure time.
An Aug. 17 preliminary listening to has been scheduled.
A spokesperson for Camp Pendleton mentioned extra particulars relating to the fees couldn’t be launched.
Officers mentioned the Marine’s id wouldn’t be launched until the case was referred to a court-martial after the preliminary listening to.
Casaundra Perez, the woman’s aunt, alleged in a earlier interview with The Occasions that her niece was raped on the bottom, and has criticized how army officers dealt with the case.
In a press release Friday, Perez mentioned she and her household had been hoping for full accountability and transparency within the case.
“If the protection tries to settle, the household won’t settle for the [Marine’s] plea deal until he takes a most sentence, is dishonorably discharged and registers as a intercourse offender,” she mentioned.
Perez mentioned she additionally needed army officers to handle what she mentioned was mishandling of the case.
“We would like full transparency, accountability and justice,” she mentioned.
In a earlier interview, Perez mentioned army police questioned her underage niece with no guardian current and earlier than notifying her guardian that she had been discovered.
She mentioned investigators prompt her niece had been speaking with the Marine and alleged he was her boyfriend, which she has mentioned is fake.
“She doesn’t even know the Marine’s identify,” she mentioned.
