JAG cleared of ethics violations in rape case

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JAG cleared of ethics violations in rape case
By Erik Holmes - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Feb 27, 2008 18:36:00 EST

A senior Air Force judge advocate was cleared in early February of allegations that he violated professional ethics rules last year by attempting to withhold evidence in a sexual assault case involving four airmen at Pope Air Force Base, N.C.

The allegations against Lt. Col. Philip Wold, then the staff judge advocate at Pope, were investigated and determined to be without merit, Maj. Linell Letendre, a spokeswoman for the Judge Advocate General Corps, said Wednesday.

An investigating officer working under the authority of Maj. Gen. Jack Rives, Judge Advocate General of the Air Force, conducted the investigation, she said. Under Air Force rules, Rives makes the final determination on whether a JAG violated ethics rules.

Letendre would not go into further detail on why the ethics complaint was unsubstantiated, citing Privacy Act concerns. The case is now closed, she said.

Air Force Times first reported the complaint against Wold in December.


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