Klay v. Panetta Oral Argument

Klay v. Panetta Oral Argument The District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in the military sexual assault case Ariana Klay v. Leon Panetta. A lower court judge in 2013 dismissed the case in part due to a rule that shields federal officials from lawsuits. Ms. Klay, a former Marine officer, said she was raped while serving on active duty by a fellow Marine officer and another individual at the Marine Corps barracks. The officer was convicted of adultery but not rape. She sued former Pentagon leaders for allowing a hostile climate toward sexual assault victims and retaliating against those who reported such abuses. close