Military Rape and Sexual Assault
Class Action Lawsuit Press Conference
February 15, 2011
at the National Press Club
On Tuesday, February 15, 2011, a group of U.S. military veterans who allege that they were raped or sexually assaulted during their international and domestic military service will discuss at the National Press Club at 9:30 a.m. Eastern, their forthcoming federal-court litigation, which will have been filed earlier on February 15, 2011.
Scheduled to speak at the news conference in the National Press Club Murrow Room are:
• Several of the veteran plaintiffs in the lawsuit.
• Keith Rohman, president, Public Interest Investigations, Inc. (PII), Los Angeles, Calif.
• Eleanor Smeal, president, Feminist Majority Foundation, Washington, D.C.
• Anuradha Bhagwati, executive director, Service Women’s Action Network (SWAN), New York, N.Y.
• A representative of the veterans’ legal team.
Contact: Erin Powers, Powers MediaWorks LLC, (281) 703-6000, info@powersmediaworks.com
To get some additional insight about why this lawsuit is necessary, read this.
Media reports and articles on this issue can be viewed at the links below:
Lawsuit to Claim Vets Were Sexually Assaulted Navy Times, February 11, 2011
National Press Club Schedule and Information
U.S. Military Violence Against Women 