Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair will admit guilt on three criminal charges, but denies five other counts related to allegations he sexually assaulted a junior officer.
Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair (center) leaves the courthouse with attorneys Richard Scheff (left) and Ellen Brotman (right) at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, N.C., on Mar. 4.
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On Thursday morning Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair will plead guilty to three criminal charges, his attorney Richard Scheff said.
Sinclair will admit to having improper relationships with two female Army officers and to committing adultery with his junior officer, which is a crime in the military. He will also admit to violating orders by possessing pornography in Afghanistan.
Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair talks with Haji Faziluddin Agha, governor of Panjwa'i District, Afghanistan on Dec. 3, 2011.
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The 51-year-old general's court-martial began on Tuesday and is one of only a few such proceedings against a high-ranking U.S. military officer. Sinclair, a father of two, still faces five other sexual assault charges.
A junior officer, who was his lover during deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, accuses him of forcing her twice to perform oral sex and threatening to kill her and her family if she revealed their three-year affair.
The defense will argue that the relationship was consensual and that the junior officer pursued allegations to avoid being prosecuted herself for adultery.
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