He told the judge he did not have a “solid memory” of what happened in his room at the Al Assad Air Base in Iraq because of the “copious amounts of alcohol I’d consumed.”
Still, he said after reviewing the evidence he agreed that he grabbed the sailor by the neck and bit her on her face, ignoring her pleas for him to stop. He agreed with the facts read by the judge that he “applied pressure to her neck that caused her to have difficulty breathing.”
When asked by the judge why he did not stop when she asked him, Enayat said it was not an excuse for the crime but he was intoxicated.
Navy drops charges against SEAL accused of sexual assault February 2 Petty Officer First Class Adel Enayat leaves the building after appearing for a hearing at Naval Base San Diego, Friday, Aug. 21, 2020, in San Diego. (Eduardo Contreras/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP) SAN DIEGO The U.S. Navy on Tuesday dropped sexual assault charges against an enlisted SEAL in a case involving a female sailor at a Fourth of July party in Iraq that had prompted the rare withdrawal of the special operations unit from the Middle East in 2019. Under the agreement accepted by the military court at Navy Base San Diego, Special Warfare Operator First Class Adel A. Enayat pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of battery and assault for biting the sailor’s face and grabbing her neck during what his lawyer described as rough, consensual sex. He will serve up to 90 days in the brig.
The U.S. Navy has dropped sexual assault charges against an enlisted SEAL accused of raping a female sailor at a Fourth of July party at a base in Iraq