Air Force Academy cadet acquitted of sexual assault

Cadet 1st Class Samuel Fuller, a senior at the Air Force Academy, was acquitted of sexual assault on Saturday.

Fuller faced a court-martial on a specification of violating Article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and was accused of having sex with a woman last year while she was under the influence of alcohol and incapable of consenting.

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Sexual assault court-martial to begin for Air Force Academy cadet

A senior cadet at the Air Force Academy will face a court-martial on a charge of sexual assault beginning Monday.

By Stephen Losey

A panel of nine officers who heard testimony and reviewed evidence at the general court-martial found him not guilty, the academy said in a release Saturday.

The court-martial began May 7.

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