Navy Doctor Charged With Taping Midshipman Having Sex at His Home

[jocklover]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,278352,00.html

 

Navy Doctor Charged With Taping Midshipman Having Sex at His Home

Tuesday, June 05, 2007

 

 

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The military has charged a Navy doctor who hosted Naval Academy midshipmen at his home with secretly videotaping the students having sex.

 

Cmdr. Kevin Ronan is charged with the military equivalent of 18 counts relating to conduct unbecoming an officer and obstruction of justice, as well as violating federal wiretapping law and a Maryland law against making secret recordings, according to a news release from the Navy's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.

 

A hearing, similar to a civilian grand jury hearing, is scheduled for Monday at the Washington Navy Yard to determine whether the charges will go forward. They could result in a court-martial, be handled administratively or be dismissed.

 

Defense attorney William Ferris denied the allegations Tuesday, saying "none of this happened." He said his client is a victim of an extortion attempt by a former student.

 

"I believe the former midshipman, who was expelled for academic reasons and who wanted Commander Ronan to give him money to complete his education, fabricated this situation in order to extort money from Commander Ronan, and the situation got out of that young man's control," Ferris said.

 

Ferris said the student asked Ronan for money several times, hoping to find a way to complete his education, get a military commission and avoid having to pay the government back his academy tuition.

 

Ferris said prosecutors have told him they have a DVD and two videotapes showing students having sex at Ronan's Annapolis home. Ferris, who hasn't seen the recordings, said it's unclear how many midshipmen are shown.

 

Ferris also said the expelled midshipman had custody of the recordings and showed them to another midshipman, who filed a complaint. Authorities then got the videos from the expelled midshipman, Ferris said. He noted that none of the videos showing midshipmen having sex was found in Ronan's home, office or vehicle.

 

"The only things that they have are the things that this former midshipman had," Ferris said.

 

Ferris said he has known about the charges for about a week. The Navy's statement didn't say when Ronan was charged, nor did it identify any of the alleged victims or say how many there were.

 

"It is important to note that charges are merely accusations and that Commander Ronan is presumed innocent until proven guilty," the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery said in its statement.

 

If convicted on all charges, Ronan could get up to 18 years in prison, Ferris said.

 

Ronan was a medical officer at the academy and worked as a doctor for some of its athletic teams. He was transferred to the Navy's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in May 2006, months before the allegations reportedly happened.

 

He was also a "sponsor" at the service academy. Sponsors typically are Annapolis residents who open their homes to midshipmen so they can relax on weekends or school holidays. Ronan's participation in the program is suspended pending further investigation, according to an academy spokeswoman. She declined to comment further on the case.

[Guest zipperzone]

Strange that the report does not specify if the midshipmen were haveing sex with males or females.......

 

Hmmmmm

[+ Gar1eth]

>Strange that the report does not specify if the midshipmen

>were haveing sex with males or females.......

>

>Hmmmmm

 

Ok--I'm having trouble here. I must admit I went to college in the same city I grew up in, so I didn't have to go to a stranger's house to relax, but my parents occasionally asked college students who were from out of town over for holiday dinners--and not once do I remember these college students having sex at my parents' house. And when I moved out of town after college for graduate school and later for jobs and was invited over to people's homes for holidays, I never had sex at those people's houses.

 

I guess things have changed. Next time I am living away from my family and am invited to someone's house for relaxation, by gosh I am definitely going to relax and have sex--of course I'll disable the camera beforehand.

 

Gman

[+ Axiom2001]

If Garleth's response is meant to be humorous-- I failed to obtain this!

In fact, while I read his take on what the thread reports-- I wonder its point! :-)

[+ Gar1eth]

>If Garleth's response is meant to be humorous-- I failed to

>obtain this!

>In fact, while I read his take on what the thread reports-- I

>wonder its point! :-)

 

 

Possibly I didn't make the point I was trying to make because it was after 2AM when I wrote it-I think.

 

The point was that the article said they had been invited over to the Doctor's House --my impression was as a weekend get-away from school. I don't know whether they had ever met the Doctor before, but wouldn't your average person--even a horny college student--feel a little awkward having sex in a stranger's house. I mean it's not a motel. Similar situations have even been plots of sitcoms--girl brings home date to stay at family's house over the weekend--are they in separate rooms, do they sneak together once lights are out?

 

 

Maybe it's just my age and I am a closet prude.

 

Gman

[jocklover]

>Strange that the report does not specify if the midshipmen

>were haveing sex with males or females.......

>

>Hmmmmm

 

Great minds think alike.

 

Those were my thoughts.

[Guest]

>Strange that the report does not specify if the midshipmen

>were having sex with males or females.......

>

When the article said the commander invited midshipmen to his home and videotaped them having sex, I assumed this meant with eachother...

[Guest zipperzone]

>>Strange that the report does not specify if the midshipmen

>>were having sex with males or females.......

>>

>When the article said the commander invited midshipmen to his

>home and videotaped them having sex, I assumed this meant with

>eachother...

 

Now that's a scene I can appreciate.

[fedssocr1]

I wonder how well they knew this doctor. I guess this sponsor program is pretty old though and from what I gather it is something that is a real benefit to the students. Unless they are getting videotaped without their knowledge.

[jocklover]

>>>Strange that the report does not specify if the midshipmen

>>>were having sex with males or females.......

>>>

>>When the article said the commander invited midshipmen to

>his

>>home and videotaped them having sex, I assumed this meant

>with

>>eachother...

>

>Now that's a scene I can appreciate.

 

Midshipmen going at it is definitely a scene I could get into zipperzone.