A civil case filed by an Army colonel accusing a high-ranking general of sexual assault ended Wednesday in a nearly $1 million settlement from the Justice Department, the first known resolution of its kind involving an active-duty service member.
without a determination of “guilt or innocence,” or a conclusion about whether Spletstoser’s allegations had been “substantiated or unsubstantiated.”Hyten, who retired in 2021 after a two-year term with the Joint Staff, heads the foundation arm of the space venture company Blue Origin, focusing on developing interest in science and exploration among students, along with duties advising senior executives. A spokesperson for Blue Origin did not return a request for comment.
occurred in December 2017, when Spletstoser said Hyten ejaculated after pinning her against him in her hotel room at the Reagan National Defense Forum.“The military almost never prosecutes those accused of rape or sexual assault and usually loses on the rare occasions it does,” Don Christensen, a former Air Force prosecutor who worked on the case, including the negotiations over the settlement, said in a statement.
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