Army didn’t prosecute NCO accused of rape. So he did it again. And again
Kyle Rempfer
Staff Sgt. Randall S. Hughes was sentenced to more than 13 years in prison following a series of rapes and assaults. (Army)
Staff Sgt. Randall S. Hughes got off with a slap on the wrist after he raped the wife of a young soldier under his charge during a Super Bowl party in 2017.
It wasn’t the first time Hughes raped someone, according to charge sheets, and it wouldn’t be the last.
The victim, Leah Ramirez, reported the rape to Army CID the next day. It happened after a party held at Ramirez’s home near Fort Bliss, Texas. Ramirez’s husband was passed out drunk after Hughes had egged him on to continue taking shots of whiskey throughout the evening.
Ramirez put her husband to bed, the party ended and everyone else left. Ramirez was outside alone with Hughes when he propositioned her for sex. She said no, so Hughes grabbed her, forced himself upon her against a grill and later dragged her by the hair into her home where he raped her, she said.
https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2021/04/12/army-didnt-prosecute-nco-accused-of-rape-so-he-did-it-again-and-again/
