Soldier says *** was consensual
But defendant Johnny Jackson’s accuser
massage shanghai testified that he physically forced her into a Humvee and ***** her after a late-night party with fellow soldiers at the base involving cards, dominoes and alcohol. The Tribune is withholding the woman’s name because she is the alleged victim of a *** crime. The two got to know each other during a two-week training exercise as part of their Army National Guard duties, they both testified. Both testified that Jackson, 24, gave her a back rub two nights before the alleged crime in the presence of another male soldier who encouraged the shanghai massage after she complained of back pain. dhw83 The night of the party, the female soldier testified she drank a 16-ounce glass of beer at Tahoe Joe’s in San Luis Obispo and had a few “swallows” of another beer at the restaurant before drinking one additional beer during the party at the base. But defense lawyer Michael Adams played a taped recording in court in which she told a ****** assault response worker that she’d had 32 ounces of beer at the restaurant and three more beers at the party. But the woman testified that she wasn’t aware of the size of the glass at the restaurant — which she learned later was 16 ounces and not 22 ounces — and recalled drinking one beer at the base party. She said Jackson sat next to her and coached her in card playing,
massage shanghai and later called her to him outside where people were smoking and led her behind a white van away from the others before kissing her face and neck. She testified she told him to stop and that he was “crazy,” but she said he physically forced her into a nearby Humvee and ***** her before a witness came along and pulled Jackson off. Jackson recalled coaching her at the party in card playing, whispering to her and holding her face when giving advice, while he and others were drinking beer. She touched his leg and put her hands on his shoulders during the party, he said. Jackson said that about 1:30 a. m.—after he’d gone outside to smoke a cigarette and talk with another female soldier for about an hour — the alleged victim called him over. Jackson testified that she initiated the kissing and groping and it was a mutual decision to go into the Humvee, which was unlocked, and that she unbuttoned his pants and made ****** comments to him. He testified that she repeatedly
massage shanghai said that “it hurts”
