Navy expels quarterback in rape case
The Navy expelled the former quarterback at the U.S. Naval Academy who was cleared of rape but found guilty of lesser offenses.
Navy Secretary Donald C. Winter called Lamar Owens Jr.’s conduct “unsatisfactory” and ordered the 23-year-old to reimburse the school $90,797, or two-thirds of his education expenses.
A military jury acquitted Owens in July of raping a female midshipman in her academy room in early 2006. But the jury of five Naval officers convicted him on charges of conduct unbecoming an officer and disobeying a lawful order. Jurors had recommended no punishment.
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