Court-martial starts in rape case
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Men who say they were drugged and raped by an Air Force officer lied to avoid being revealed as gay in the military, a defense attorney told a military jury at Eglin Air Force Base.
Capt. Devery L. Taylor, former chief of patient administration at Eglin Regional Hospital, is gay and engaged in consensual sex with the men, his civilian attorney, Martin Regan, said during opening arguments in Taylor’s court-martial.
Taylor, 38, has pleaded not guilty to raping four men and attempting to rape two others. Prosecutor Capt. Eveylon Westbrook described him as a serial rapist.
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