What the NCIS File Says
A person connected to USNS Comfort reported that after drinking with shipmates in Fort Lauderdale, she had no memory for part of the evening and later woke naked in bed with a sailor in a Marriott hotel room.
The reporting person said she consumed an estimated six alcoholic drinks and became intoxicated. She initially reported memory loss from dinner until later that night, when she was roused by a phone call.
A witness provided a recollection of what he overheard after receiving a call from the reporting person's phone and gave NCIS three recordings of phone conversations from the night of the alleged assault, plus a sworn statement.
After being confronted with the phone recordings while on vacation, the reporting person contacted NCIS and said she no longer wanted to cooperate. She signed a victim preference statement.
The subject was interrogated and said the sexual intercourse was consensual. The file says command verbally declined prosecution, and NCIS closed the investigation.
Case Timeline
The reporting person went to dinner with shipmates in Fort Lauderdale and later reported waking naked in a Marriott hotel room.
The investigation was initiated, according to the report.
The subject was interrogated and described the sexual intercourse as consensual.
Command provided verbal declination of prosecution.
The closed Report of Investigation was dated.
Why This Record Matters
- The case shows how intoxication, memory loss, phone recordings, victim participation, subject denial, and command discretion shaped the outcome.
- It is another example where the useful facts appear in the executive summary, not just the narrative closure language.
- The extracted file references interim reports and exhibits that are not included in the readable transcript.
