By JESSICA GRESKO
Associated Press
WASHINGTON – Closing arguments were expected today in the court-martial of a former U.S. Naval Academy football player accused of sexually assaulting a classmate.
Midshipman Joshua Tate of Nashville, Tenn., faces charges of aggravated sexual assault and lying to investigators in a trial that turns on whether his classmate was too drunk to consent to sex during a 2012 party. The party, where men wore togas and women wore yoga pants, was held at an off-campus house in Annapolis, Md., where the Naval Academy is.
Tate’s court-martial, the military equivalent of a trial, is being closely watched case as the military tries to improve the way it handles sexual assault cases.