2 U.S. Soldiers in Germany to Face Rape Charges
Two U.S. Army sergeants will face courts-martial on charges of rape and other crimes against 18 female soldiers in one of the most serious sexual abuse scandals for American forces in Germany.
Sgt. 1st Class Julius Davis of Fayetteville, N.C., and Sgt. Paul Fuller of Columbus, Ohio, will be arraigned Friday on charges of rape, sodomy and other crimes at the Darmstadt military training center, the Army said Wednesday.
No date has been set for their courts-martial.
Davis, of the 440th Signal Battalion in Darmstadt, and Fuller, assigned to the 77th Maintenance Company in Babenhausen, have been held since Feb. 8 at Coleman Barracks in Mannheim.
Both men are also accused of obstruction of justice and intimidation of victims or witnesses during a five-month investigation of charges by 21 women that they were sexually attacked or harassed at Darmstadt.
The Darmstadt center, 25 miles south of Frankfurt, is where U.S. soldiers are instructed on local customs and life in Germany.
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