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nastyleg
12-16-2009, 01:32 PM
Command sergeant major pleads guilty after sexual contact with subordinate
Specialist says incident led to severe depression, suicide attempts
By Jon Rabiroff, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Friday, December 18, 2009

CAMP CASEY, South Korea — A brief moment of sexual contact between a senior noncommissioned officer and a subordinate sent both soldiers down different roads of guilt and despair.

Command Sgt. Maj. Antonio Holder found himself ostracized by his peers, and his impressive 29-year military career tarnished as he faced a court-martial. His former driver, a specialist, said the May incident left him unable to eat or sleep normally and with scars on his arms that he attributed to self-inflicted wounds resulting from depression. He said he has repeatedly attempted suicide.

Ultimately, Holder pleaded guilty to fraternizing with a subordinate enlisted man and was sentenced to a reduction in rank to E-8 and.........................................http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=66716