Defense Secretary Calls Viral TikTok Video ‘Disturbing,’ Seeks To Rid Military of Sexual Assault Scourge – By WJ Hennigan (TIME) / Feb 19 2021
After a video of a female Marine tearfully discussing her sexual misconduct case went viral, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin revealed he has directed his staff to gather more information about the situation and ensure she was safe.
“I found the video deeply disturbing,” he told media on Friday during his first briefing at the Pentagon. “We have to get the facts. We have to understand what just happened.”
The 54-second video, which was posted to TikTok on Thursday, features a woman sobbing and describing how a commanding general decided a male Marine could remain in the military despite possessing evidence of the incident and the man’s admission of guilt. “This is exactly why f*cking females in the military f*cking kill themselves,” she said in a widely shared video tweeted out by the advocacy group #NotInMyMarineCorps.
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