Military sex assault lawsuit aims to remove some commanders from overseeing cases

Sex assault victims filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the

Department of Defense in an effort to take commanders with “misogynistic and sexist tendencies” out of legal proceedings for sexual harassment and sexual assault cases.

The lawsuit doesn’t seek any financial damages, but it does ask the military to ensure that commanders who have been involved in sexual harassment or assault accusations themselves are not presiding over those types of cases, according to Susan Burke, a Maryland-based lawyer who represents military sexual assault victims.

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