I was just wondering what happened to that guy. It was an "alleged" rape, but it seemed quite likely that he did it and she simply let him off the hook since they were both drunk. The "Where are they now" section on the PBS site never mentions this guy or how he ended up. Does anyone know?
shareBob Patrick, is his name mentioned in Episode 3 "Super Secrets" of Carrier documentary.
all episodes can be viewed here: http://www.pbs.org/weta/carrier/
Well, whatever happened to Bob Patrick?
shareHe never raped her! It was totally consensual.
Robert Patrick was/is one helluva sailor. That girl, however, should be absolutely ashamed of herself for pulling a stunt like that.
He must have been REALLY wasted to even think about getting with her.
"Kill 'em all. Let God sort them out."
I can't believe you would defend this guy. Patrick should have known better, and he NEVER should have put himself in a position where there was even an appearance of impropriety. He ruined his own career, and from what I saw in the documentary, there is ample reason to believe the sex was less than consensual. He was lucky he wasn't facing a Court Martial.
Best Wishes,
Fitz
Search Rolling Stone magazine's web site for "The Rape of Petty Officer Blumer." Quoting one line from the article: "Research suggests that one out of every three women in the U.S. military is the victim of sexual assault..."
shareThat is alarming, but I always feel uncomfortable about gendering assaults like this. Men are actually raped and sexually abused in larger numbers in the military http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/20/victims-of-sex-assault s-in-military-are-mostly-sil/?page=all, but of course men make up the majority. The assaults on women are larger proportionally.
What matters, in my opinion, is that it's criminals, deviants who are behaving with impunity and becoming repeat offenders, and that they got into the military in the first place. Recent research, at least one source I've seen, indicates as many 95% of rapes are done by a tiny percentage of repeat offenders who never get convicted, or even charged. I don't know what happened on the Carrier, but I would not be surprised if there were several victims of rape of both genders on the same vessel.