APPENDIX F INDIVIDUAL VICTIM/ASSAULT SUMMARIES VICTIM NUMBER 1 Status/Service/Rank: Lieutenant (0-3) United States Navy/Female Date/Time of Incident: Thursday, September 5, 1992 - 7:00 p.m. Place of Incident Hallway. Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 1 is a 29-year-old Navy lieutenant. According to the victim, she entered the third floor hallway at approximately 7:00 p.m. As she walked up the hallway she was bitten on the buttocks. The victim turned, kicked her assailant in the shins and threw her drink on him. She was able to identify her attacker as a foreign exchange pilot. The victim felt that she handled the incident and objected to being labeled as a "victim" despite the fact that the bite caused a bruise on her buttocks. VICTIM NUMBER 2 Status/Service/Rank: Lieutenant (0-3) United States Navy/Female Date/Time of Incident: Thursday, September 5, 1991 - 8:00 p.m. Place of Incident. Hallway (just outside CNATRA suite), Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 2 is a 31-year-old Navy lieutenant. She attended Tailhook 87 but did not participate in the related social activities in that year. According to the victim, she was talking to friends in the hallway outside of the CNATRA suite when she was approached from behind and bitten on the buttocks by an unidentified white male. She felt something touch her buttocks, looked down and noticed a man bent over with his face next to her buttocks. Before she realized she had been bitten the male fled the vicinity. The victim witnessed the individual return to the area within 5 minutes of her attack and bite her female friend on the buttocks. The man again quickly left the area. The victim and her friend subsequently referred to the individual as "Shark," as they had heard other witnesses to the incidents use the name in describing the individual. VICTIM NUMBER 3 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Thursday, September 5, 1991 - 9:00 p.m. Friday, September 6, 1991 - 2:00 a.m. Place of Incident: VMFAT-IOI Administrative Suite, Room 355 Hallway Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 3 is a 32-year-old civilian who resides in the San Diego, California area. She attended Tailhook 91 with her friend a male Marine captain. According to the victim, she and her friend were sitting in the VMFAT-101 administrative suite, room 355, when she was bitten. She described the assault as follows: ÒA British pilot came up to me and bit me on the left hip. He bit me hard enough that his one tooth went through my cloths (sic) and broke the skin. The bite hurt me but I did not know I was bleeding until I lifted up my clothes to look. I could smell alcohol and I think he was very drunk." Her friend admonished the man who apologized and walked away. At around 2:00 a.m. on Friday, the victim was in the hallway on the third floor in the area of room 307. "The same British guy came up behind me and bit me on the buttocks. The British man had bitten me so hard that he left a welt on my buttocks. It left a red mark and a large bruise." According to the victim's friend, he and the victim were standing in the VMFAT-101 administrative suite when a man he recognized as a foreign military exchange officer approached the victim from behind and bit her on the buttocks. The victim shouted "Ouch!" and the witness told the man to ÒKnock it off. What are you doing?" The witness opined that the foreign officer had had too much to drink. We note that this victim objected to being classified as a "victim" despite the fact that she was the subject of a physical assault. VICTIM NUMBER 4 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Thursday, September 5, 1991 10:00- 11:00 p.m. Place of Incident: Pool Patio, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 4 is a Federal Government employee. According to the victim she was standing on the pool patio talking with some friends when an unidentified man came up behind her and bit her on the buttocks. She turned and told the man, "DonÕ t ever do that again.'' Approximately 30 minutes later, while the victim was still on the pool patio. The same man again approached her and bit her on the buttocks. She turned and admonished the man. She described him as being a white male who spoke with an Australian or English accent. About 30 minutes after the incident, the victim remained on the pool patio. She was talking with two unidentified men whom she described as senior Navy officers. While talking to the two officers, a different man came up behind her put his arms around her and grabbed both her breasts. She turned and yelled at the man. One of two men she had been talking to said to the man "There are some people you donÕt do that to." The man then apologized but held up a "flight tag" and said "see this ID, this gives me the right." VICTIM NUMBER 5 Status/Service/Rank: Lieutenant (0-3) United States Navy/Female Date/Time of Incident: Thursday September 5, 1991 Evening, Time Unknown Place of Incident: Administrative Suite. Third Floor Las Vegas Hilton Victim 5 is a 25-year-old Navy lieutenant. She attended Tailhook 91 with one male and two female friends both of whom are navy officers. According, to the victim she went to the third floor of the Hilton Hotel on Thursday evening and entered, one of the administrative suites in the vicinity of room 307. She was engaged in conversation with two male military officers, when an unknown male approached her and attempted to place his hand up her dress The victim grabbed the man by the collar and slammed him into a wall. She told him that, she was a Navy officer and an aviator, and she did not want him to touch her. A few moments later the same man bit her on the right side of her buttocks. The victim smashed her elbow into the manÕs body. He fell to the ground, and crawled out the suite door into the hallway. She described the assailant as having an accent that she believed to be Australian. He was "around 6', sort of dumpy, weighing between 175 to 200 pounds, with light brown hair." VlCTIM NUMBER 6 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Thursday, September 5, 1991 9:00-11:30 p.m. Place of Incident: Unknown Hospitality Suite Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 6 is a 24-year-old civilian from the Las Vegas, Nevada area, who attended the Tailhook Association convention on Thursday, September 5, 1991, with her spouse who is an Air Force captain. According to the victim, she and her husband visited several hospitality suites on the third floor of the Hilton. While standing in one of the suites, an unknown male walked by her and grabbed her buttocks with one hand. She turned around and told the man not to touch her again. She stated that the individual appeared to be "extremely intoxicated" and he continued to the bar to get a drink. The same individual returned to her, walked by and grabbed her again. She told her husband what had occurred, and her husband told the individual not to do it again. At approximately 11:30 p.m.. she and her husband walked down the third floor hallway to exit the area The hallway was crowded with intoxicated males who were grabbing and pinching women as they walked down the hallway. She was grabbed on the buttocks with "full hand grabs" three or four times and men intentionally tried to rub up against her chest as she pushed through the crowded hallway. She was unable to determine who grabbed her because "hands would just come out from the sides and grab me. VICTIM NUMBER 7 Status/Service/Rank: Lieutenant (0-3) United States Navy/Female Date/Time of Incidents: Thursday, September 5, 1991 10:30-11:00 p.m. Saturday, September 7, 1991 7:30-9:30 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor. Las Vegas Hilton Victim 7 is a 30-year-old female United States Navy lieutenant. She attended Tailhook 91 with two female friends one civilian and one Naval Reserve officer. This was the second convention she attended, the first in 1990. The victim told us that at Tailhook 90. she went down the hallway and was grabbed. She believed that the ÒbrassÓ knew about the harassment and lewd behavior toward women in the hallway at Tailhook 90 and assumed they would address the behavior. Thus, she did not report her assault nor anything she saw to any higher authority. According to the victim, while outside on the pool patio area at approximately 10:30 to 11:00 p.m on Thursday. September 5, 1991, several males placed squadron stickers on her buttocks. Also on that evening, three males touched and patted her on the buttocks. Later, while in a suite, possibly the Top Gun suite, she attempted to enter the rest room. A male blocked the doorway and would not let her enter. She told the male that her friend was in the rest room, but he still would not let her in. When she tried to go around him, he grabbed her shoulder with one hand to stop her. She told the male to take his hands off her and pushed his hand away. The male then grabbed her again, and she pushed him away from her. The male called her a "cunt," whereupon she threw her drink on him and ran out the door. The male began to follow, until she stopped to talk to three older men. She told the male that the older men were her protection, and he left her alone. The victim told us that as a result of her being assaulted in the hallway at Tailhook 90, she knew to avoid the hallway In 1991 and was able for the most part to do so. The only exception was one incident on Saturday, when she was escorted by three other naval officers, one female and two males. According to the victim while walking down the main hallway of the third floor, she was grabbed on the crotch by a male. She turned around, grabbed the male's arm and punched him with her free hand The victim felt very capable of dealing with the crowd because she had other "guys" with her; she indicated that she is not the "type to let some guy get away with pawing me if I can help it." The victim explained that the gauntlet, as experienced and witnessed by her, "was not a formal organized thing. It was a bunch of drunken men in the hallway abusing women as they walked by." The victim stated that the gauntlet started at the elevator bays and continued along the hallway through room 360. VICTIM NUMBER 8 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, September 5-7, 1991 Place of Incident: CNATRA Suite (Room 364), Third Floor, Las Vegas Victim 8 is a 24-year-old woman. At the time of Tailhook 91, she had just graduated from bartenders school and, on graduation, the victim and a second female bartender were asked to serve drinks in the CNATRA suite on a tips only basis. They worked from 5:00 p.m. until 3:00 a.m. on each of the three nights. According to the victim, on Thursday, while she served drinks in the suite, males pinched and grabbed her on the buttocks. She told them to stop and they would for a time. Later, they resumed pinching and grabbing her. She stated that that happened five or six times during the evening. Also, some males zapped her on the buttocks with various squadron emblems. She told them to stop, but they continued to place the stickers on her throughout the evening. On Friday she was grabbed and pinched on her buttocks and breasts throughout the evening with more frequency than on Thursday. The behavior in the suite was more "rowdy" than on the previous evening She and her friend left the suite twice and they were both grabbed and pinched walking down the hallway. The victim stated that the behavior was the worst on Saturday. She was constantly grabbed and pinched. The aviators would grab her T-shirt, pull it open from the neck and try to look down her shirt to see her breasts. In addition, they would verbally abuse her by saying things like Òare those your tits, are they real,Ó "you got big tits," and "I'd like to f... you." The victim witnessed two males exposing themselves in the CNATRA suite on Friday evening. She also saw a blond stripper in the suite. After her performance, the stripper left the suite and returned later, wrapped in a towel, crying and upset. The victim thought the stripper had had sex with some of the males from the suite. The victim said she returned each night because she is a single parent and needed the money. VICTIM NUMBER 9 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Thursday Friday, Saturday, September 5-7 l 991 Place of Incident: CNATRA Suite (Room 364), Third Floor, Las Vegas Victim 9 is a 23-year-old woman. At the time of Tailhook 91, she had just graduated from bartenders school. The victim and a second female bartender were hired to serve drinks in the CNATRA suite. She worked from 5:00 p.m. until 3:00 a.m. on each of the three nights. According to the victim, on Thursday while she served drinks in the suite, males ÒzappedÓ her on the breasts and buttocks with various squadron emblems. She told them to stop but they continued to place the stickers on her throughout the evening. On Friday, she was grabbed and pinched on her buttocks and breasts throughout the evening. The men were more vulgar and their behavior was more aggressive than on the previous evening. The men continually tried to Òlook down her shirtÓ and were lewd and abusive in their comments. Remarks such as, "ÒI want to get down your pants" "Òcute ass," "Ònice tist"Ó were directed at her throughout the night. The victim also witnessed two males exposing themselves in the CNATRA suite. On Friday evening, the men in the suite told her to look over at two men across the room who were ballwalking. She did not know what the term meant until she saw the men exposing their testicles. The men in the suite acted as though it was extremely funny. The victim stated that the behavior was the worst on Saturday, when most of the aviators were drunk. She noted that when strippers entered the suite and performed, the men went Òcrazy.Ó After the show, the victim was pinched and grabbed all night long. The more the victim would tell the men not to touch her, the worse the grabbing got. At one point the victim was bitten on the buttocks while she was serving drinks. A white male came up behind her and very forcefully bit her buttocks. The bite was hard enough to cause a bruise. The man who bit her was in the suite all three nights. The aviators who saw the incident merely laughed about it. The victim also stated that the hallway was extremely crowded and grew progressively worse each night. She needed to go through the hallway to get to the elevators on her way to dinner. She and several other women entered the hallway and were pinched and grabbed. On subsequent trips to dinner, she took a male bartender with her to help protect her from the crowd. VICTIM NUMBER 10 Status/Service/Rank: Lieutenant Junior Grade (0-2) United States Navy/Female Date/Time of Incidents: Friday and Saturday, September 1990 Saturday, September 7, 1991 Times Unknown Place of Incidents: Guest Room and Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton - 1990 VMFP-3 Administrative Suite, Room 308, Las Vegas Hilton - 1991 Victim 10 is a 24-year-old female Navy lieutenant junior grade. She attended Tailhook 90 and 91. On Saturday night during Tailhook 91, the victim went into the Rhino administrative suite with a male Navy aviator acquaintance. She saw a rhino mural with "a very large rhino penis on it--they wanted women to come in there and please the rhino." The aviator accompanying the victim pushed her head up toward the attached dildo on the rhino mural, "close enough to it that they wanted me to put this in my mouth.Ó She believed that she would not be allowed to leave the suite until she "pleasedÓ the rhino. As the victim was shoved up to the rhino, she resisted, and a liquid substance from the dildo was squirted on her face and clothing. She was finally able to back away from the rhino when the attention in the suite shifted from her to another female who willingly stepped up to the rhino and Òsucked the dildo." At that point the victim quickly exited the Rhino suite. This woman was the alleged victim of an attempted rape while at Tailhook 90. VICTIM NUMBER 11 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/ Female Date/Time of Incident: Friday, September 6 1991 - 10:00 p.m. Place of Incident: VMFP-3 Administrative Suite Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 11 is a 18 year-old student at the UNLV. She attended Tailhook 91 with another female student. According to the victim, she and four or five female friends from UNLV went to the third floor of the Hilton Hotel to attend the party. The hallway was crowded with men and Òthere was puke everywhere,Ó so they decided to cut through one of the administrative suites and go out to the pool patio. The victim and her friends entered a suite single file with the victim at the end of the line. She was holding her friendÕs hand so she would not be separated from the group. There were between 10 and 20 men in the room. The victim and her friends were the only females in the suite. Suddenly, four men Òjerked me awayÓ from her friends and circled her. They began chanting and pushing her toward a painting of a rhinoceros with a penis attached. The victim did not know why they were pushing her toward the rhino, but she Òknew it had something to do with that [penis].Ó She struggled and screamed for her friends to help her. One of her friends grabbed her arm and pulled her out of the suite. The victim later met a Navy officer and told him what had happened to her in the suite. The officer told the victim that the men in the suite were marines. VICTIM NUMBER 12 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Friday. September 6 or Saturday, September 7 1991 - Time Unknown Place of Incident: Patio Area Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 12 is a 21-year-old female student at the UNLV. She attended Tailhook 91 with six other UNLV students. According to the victim, sometime during the evening, an unidentified male came up behind her, bit her on the buttocks and ran away. A second incident also occurred on the same evening that involved another individual. She was asked by a male what she would do if he grabbed her breasts. He then proceeded to grab her breasts. Another male in the vicinity then gave the victim a drink, which she threw on the male who grabbed her. VICTIM NUMBER 13 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female/Tailhook Association Employee Date/Time of Incident: Friday, September 6. 1991 - Evening, Time Unknown Place of Incident: Pool Patio, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 13, a 23-year-old San Diego resident is employed by the Tailhook Association. According to the victim, on Friday evening, September 6, 1991, she and her sister were standing on the third floor pool patio of the Hilton Hotel. They were in front of the MAWTS-1 administrative suite, which was located in room 356. An unidentified male grabbed her around the waist from behind, squatted down behind her and and bit her on the buttocks. The bite was not hard enough to hurt her or break the skin, but she was shocked. She spun around and faced her attacker, whom she described as an obviously intoxicated white male, 190 pounds, 5'10" tall with a "Marine" haircut. As she turned around, the individual saw her Tailhook Association name tag, he got down on his knees and exclaimed, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't know who you were." She told him that he was going to hurt someone or get in trouble, and he could be ejected from the convention for such behavior. Several aviators standing in the area asked her if she wanted them to do anything, and she replied that she was Òjust going to let this one go." VICTIM NUMBER 14 Status/Service/Rank: Ensign (O-l) United States Navy/Female Date/Time of Incident: Friday, September 6, 1991 8:00-9:00 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor Las Vegas Hilton Victim l4 is a 22-year-old Navy ensign. She attended Tailhook 91 with a friend who is a male Navy officer. According to the victim, she was walking in the crowded hallway on the third floor with three male Navy officers when an unidentified young male pinched her on the buttocks. She turned around and pushed him up against the wall. She felt that she resolved the situation and does not consider herself to be a victim of an assault, even though the pinch was nonconsensual. VICTIM NUMBER 15 (See page F-51) VICTIM NUMBER 16 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Thursday or Friday, September 5 or 6, 1991 - 10:30- 11:30 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor. Las Vegas Hilton Victim 16 is a 20-year-old student at the UNLV. She attended Tailhook 90 and 91 with a female friend from UNLV. According to the victim, Tailhook 91 Òreally got out of hand.Ó The hallway was full of crowds of drunken men. When she attempted to walk through the crowd, she was grabbed on the buttocks. The victim also saw a man with his testicles hanging outside his pants. She tried to ignore the incident but was embarrassed. She was not able to identify the men who grabbed her or the man who exposed himself. VICTIM NUMBER 17 Status/Service Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Friday. September 6. 1991 - 9:00 p.m. Saturday September 7. 1991 - 1:00 a.m. Place of Incident: Hallway. Third Floor Las Vegas Hilton Victim 17 is a 24-year-old Federal Government employee. She attended Tailhook 91 with two female civilian friends. According to the victim, she arrived on the third floor of the Hilton Hotel and Òtons of peopleÓ were in the hallway. She ventured into one of the administrative suites and saw an unidentified man exposing his penis/testicles. He said, ÒWhat do you think of this?Ó She and her friend left the suite and walked out into the hallway. A man picked up her friend and began twirling her around. (See Victim 44.) She yelled at him to put her friend down which he eventually did. No matter where she walked men stood by doorways waiting for women to pass by so they could grab them. The victim recalled being grabbed several times but could not recognize any of the men who grabbed her. VICTIM NUMBER 18 Status/Service/Rank: Lieutenant Junior Grade (0-2) United States Navy/Female Date/Time of Incident: Friday September 6. 1991 - 10:00 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor Las Vegas Hilton Victim 18 is a 26-year-old Navy lieutenant junior grade . According to the victim, she and a male friend who is a Navy officer, were walking down the hallway of the third floor of the Hilton Hotel when an unidentified man grabbed her on the buttocks. She quickly turned around and gave the man an angry look. He walked away. The victim did not tell her friend about the incident because she was afraid he would retaliate, and she did not want him to get into trouble. She told her friend she wanted to leave, and they departed the third floor. VICTIM NUMBER 19 Status/Service/Rank: Lieutenant (0-3) United States Navy Reserve/Female Date/Time of Incident: Friday, September 6, 1991 - 3:30 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 19 is a 31-year-old Navy Reserve lieutenant. According to the victim, she went to the third floor of the Hilton Hotel to locate a friend. She exited the main passenger elevator and walked 20 to 30 feet down the hallway when two unidentified males approached her. One of the men, who had a short Òmilitary cutÓ hair style, pushed her up against the wall. Both men put their hands between her legs and grabbed her crotch. They fondled her breasts. She broke free of the men and immediately left the third floor. VICTIM NUMBER 20 Status/Service/Rank: Lieutenant (0-3) United States Navy/Female Date/Time of Incident: Friday September 6, 1991 - 11:00 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor Las Vegas Hilton Victim 20 is a 25-year-old Navy lieutenant. According to the victim, she was walking down the hallway on the third floor of the Hilton Hotel when she was slapped or brushed on the buttocks. She turned around but no one was looking at her, and she was unable to determine who may have touched her. As she walked back down the hallway toward the main passenger elevators, in the area of the HS-1 administrative suite In room 315 she was grabbed on the buttocks. She turned and saw two men, whom she believed to be Marines because of their short haircuts, in the doorway of the suite. She said, ÒYou guys better watch what you're doing." She then told them that she was a Navy lieutenant and they had better be careful. The men did not believe her and responded, "Yeah, right." She did not report the incident to anyone, felt that she had taken care of the situation herself and opined to us that she didnÕt feel she had been "assaulted." VICTIM NUMBER 21 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Friday, September 6, 1991 12:00 midnight Place of Incident: Rhino Suite Victim 21 is a 23-year-old female who resides in California. She attended Tailhook 91 with two female civilian friends. At the time of Tailhook 91, the victim had a cast on her leg and was on crutches, as a result of an accident which occurred prior to the convention. According to the victim,when she and one of her friends arrived on the third floor hallway of the Hilton, they saw a large group of males toward the end of the hall and decided they did not want to go any further into the hallway. They then entered the Rhino suite and immediately saw the rhino mural. Suddenly a male grabbed one of the victim's crutches and pulled her toward the mural. The victim recalled that she looked specifically at the area of the dildo and noticed that an unidentified male standing behind the mural had removed the dildo and placed his penis in the hole where the dildo had been. The male stood there exposing his penis to the victim and others in the suite. At that point, the victimÕs friend pried the other maleÕs hands off the victimÕs crutch, and they (the victim and her friend) immediately left the suite. The victim stated that she did not get upset at the incident and did not feel that she was assaulted. VICTIM NUMBER 22 Status/Service/Rank: Lieutenant Junior Grade (0-2) United States Navy/Female Date/Time of Incident: Friday, September 6, 1991 - 6:00 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway. Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 22 is a 23-year-old lieutenant junior grade in the United States Navy. According to the victim she and her boyfriend a Navy lieutenant junior grade, went to the third floor of the Hilton Hotel on Friday, September 6, 1991 at approximately 6:00 p.m. They exited the passenger elevators and turned to walk up the hallway. A group of four or five men were walking toward her and, as they passed by, one of them reached out and grabbed her buttocks. She immediately turned around and saw one of the men looking at her. Neither she nor her boyfriend recognized any of the men, but she described them as "definitely militaryÓ because of their short hair cut.s VICTIM NUMBER 23 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Friday September 7, 1991 - Time Unknown Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 23 is a 41-year-old civilian who resides in Arizona. She attended Tailhook 91 with a group of female civilian friends. According to the victim, she and two female friends were walking down the third floor hallway of the Hilton Hotel when they were suddenly "swarmed" by men. The victim was grabbed in the breasts and crotch. She and her friends tried to continue down the hallway, but they were thrown to the floor and grabbed repeatedly. The men threw their drinks on the women while the victims screamed and yelled at the men to stop. One of the victim's friends was crying, and the victim told her not all of the men at the convention acted like this and she should not allow this incident to ruin her entire weekend. During Tailhook 91, the victim learned that the hallway was called the gauntlet. She did not recognize any of the men who assaulted her, but she believed them to be lower ranking young military men. VICTIM NUMBER 24 Status/Service/Rank: First Lieutenant (0-2) United States Air Force/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991 - 12:30 a.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor Las Vegas Hilton Victim 24 is a 23-year-old Air Force first lieutenant. She attended Tailhook 91 with two male friends both of whom are military officers. According to the victim, she arrived on the third floor at about 10:30 p.m. on Friday evening. On entering the hallway area, she noted it was extremely crowded and that people were pouring out the doorways of the administrative suites. Her initial impression was, "I can't believe the Navy is paying for this.Ó As she walked alone through the hallway, men made suggestive comments and obstructed her passage by standing in front of her. She again attempted to walk through the hallway at 12:30 a.m.. at which time she was grabbed on the buttocks. Men cornered her and pressed close to her, intentionally brushing their chests against her breasts. Leers and provocative comments were directed at her. The victim also noticed that as other women walked through the hallway, they too were grabbed on the buttocks by men in the crowd. The victim told us that she did not file a complaint because of repercussion she experience in filing a previous complaint against fellow Air Force officers. VICTIM NUMBER 25 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Friday or Saturday September 6-7, 1991 9:00 p.m. or 10:00 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 25 is a 19-year-old student at the UNLV. According to the victim, she went to the Tailhook Association convention with two female friends on wither Friday or Saturday evening and arrived on the third floor at approximately 9:00 or 10:00 p.m. She became separated from her friends and began looking for them in the administrative suites. As she left one of the suites to go into the hallway, a man stopped her and said ÒI donÕt think you want to go through there.Ó She did not think anything was wrong except that there was a Òtremendous crowd and lots of noise.Ó She entered the crowded hallway and felt numerous hands grabbing at her breasts, crotch and buttocks. Men were making Òsexual commentsÓ to her as they grabbed at her body. She swung out with her arms and continued down the hallway. She tripped and fell down on her hands, falling out of the crowd. She looked back at the hallway through which she had just come and saw men Òlined up alongside the wall.Ó She was not able to identify anyone in the hallway. VICTIM NUMBER 26 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/ Female Date/Time of Incident: Friday or Saturday. September 6 or 7, 1991 - 10:00 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway. Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 26 is a 19-year-old student at the UNLV. She attended Tailhook 91 with several friends from UNLV. According to the victim, she walked through the third floor hallway of the Hilton Hotel with two friends. The hallway was crowded with men who appeared to be drunk. The victim believed the men to be in the military because of their short haircuts. Her female friend walked ahead of the victim and male friend walked behind her. Suddenly, men reached out grabbing and groping the victim on the breasts, buttocks and crotch. She screamed and covered herself with her arms. She could see that her female friend was also being assaulted. They finally got to the end of the crowd and left the hallway. After the incident, the victim spent the rest of the evening on the pool patio and avoided the third floor hallway. VICTIM NUMBER 27 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Friday or Saturday. September 6 or 7, 1992 - 10:00 p.m. Place of Incident: Unknown Suite(s), Third Floor, Hilton Hotel Victim 27 is a 19-year-old female student at the UNLV. She attended Tailhook 91 with two girlfriends who are also students at UNLV. According to the victim. she and her friends went to the third floor of the Hilton Hotel at 10:00 p.m. on either Friday or Saturday. The victim went from suite to suite and stated that what she saw was Òhard to believe.Ó In one suite, the victim saw a green statue with an exposed ÒdildoÓ protruding from it that dispensed a margarita drink. She observed a girl on her hands and knees drinking from it. As the victim walked through the suiteÕs doorway to get to the pool patio area, two males on each side of the doorway reached out and grabbed her breasts and buttocks. The victim could not identify her assailants. The victim and her friends also witnessed an instance of indecent exposure in another suite. As they entered this suite, a male tapped one of the victimÕs friends on the shoulder to get her attention. He then exhibited his Òprivate parts.Ó The victim remembers that two other males were laughing about it. The victim and her friends quickly left the area. VICTIM NUMBER 28 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Friday or Saturday Evening, September 6 or 7. 1991 - Time Unknown Place of Incident: Place of Incident: Unknown Victim 28 is a 44-year-old spouse of a Navy officer and resides in California. According to the victim, she was on the third floor of the Hilton Hotel on Friday and Saturday evening, when a military junior officer ÒgoosedÓ her on the buttocks. Another individual put his hand up her long dress to her knees. She told her husband about the incidents and they both laughed about it. She advised us that she did not consider herself a victim of assault. VICTIM NUMBER 29 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Friday and Saturday, September 6-7, 1991, 11:30 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 29 is a 29-year-old woman who resides in Arizona. According to the victim, on Friday night she was in the hallway when a man put his hands inside her top and grabbed her breasts. She chased him as he ran and was able to catch him because he fell. While he was on the ground, the victim proceeded to hit him. There were other persons present who saw the incident and laughed. On Saturday she visited several suites on the third floor. At 11:00 p.m., she came out of a suite into the hallway and noticed about 15 military men standing on each side of the hall making various noises. She was with several friends and they all joined hands in an attempt to get to the elevators. The victim said that she and her friends were grabbed on the breasts and buttocks. She stated there were hands everywhere and the men looked like they were Òin heat.Ó She and her friends were shaken up by the incident and left the hotel. VICTIM NUMBER 30 Status/Service/Rank: Lieutenant Commander (0-4), United States Date/Time of Incident: Saturday September 7, 1991 - 6:30 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway Third Floor. Las Vegas Hilton Victim 30 is a 36-year-old female United States Navy lieutenant commander. She has attended Tailhook convention in 1987, 1989, 1990 and 1991. According to the victim, on Saturday, September 7, 1991, at 6:30 p.m., she entered the third floor hallway of the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel by way of the main passenger elevators. When she reached the area of the hallway between rooms 303 and 306, she felt someone reach around and through her right arm from behind and fondle her fight breast. She immediately turned around and observed a group of five men with their backs to her. She believed one of those men committed the assault, but she did not confront them, and she continued to walk through the hallway. During one previous Tailhook convention, she was grabbed in the crotch by an unknown male while she walked through the third floor hallway. She immediately confronted the individual responsible, grabbed the man by his genitals, and asked Òhow do you like it?Ó The man was quite surprised by her reaction and did not respond. She left the area feeling she had dealt with the situation. VICTIM NUMBER 31 Status/Service/Rank: Spouse of Naval Reserve Officer Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991 - 10:30 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 31, a 48-year-old spouse of a Navy Reserve officer, attended the Tailhook Association convention with her daughter, son-in-law, who is a naval officer, and two female civilian friends. She had attended Tailhook conventions in 1986 and 1990 with her husband. He did not attend the Tailhook convention in 1991. According to the victim, on Saturday evening, September 7, 1991, she, her friends, her daughter and son-in-law, left the ÒRhinoÓ suite (room 308) to go to the VR-57 suite (room 307). The hallway was packed with men lining both sides of the hallway. They proceeded to walk down the hallway with her son-in-law leading them single files. As she walked through the hallway, she was pinched several times. She turned around to find her friend, and her friend said ÒletÕs get out of here.Ó She and her friend quickly exited through a nearby suite and out onto the pool patio where they met with the rest of their party. Even though she was pinched, she was not fearful that anything would happen to her because she has Òbeen associated with the Navy and pilots most of my life.Ó However, she was concerned for her friend, who is 60 years old and probably does not know how a group of aviator having fun might behave. VICTIM NUMBER 32 (See page F-51) VICTIM NUMBER 33 Status/Service/Rank. Civilian/Female Date of Incident: Saturday. September 7, 1991 - After 10:00 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway. Third Floor Las Vegas Hilton Victim 33, a 23-year-old woman from California, attended the Tailhook Association Symposium in 1991 with several friends who were female active duty naval officers. This was the first Tailhook convention she attended. According to the victim, on Saturday evening, September 7, 1992, after 8:00 p.m., she entered the third floor hallway to look for her friends. She asked a male, whom she did not know, to escort her through the hallway because she had heard rumors that at past Tailhook conventions men grabbed and pawed women as they walked through the third floor hallway, and she did not want to be grabbed. She was unable to identify the man, but stated that she nicknamed him ÒSmiley,Ó and he was a Navy pilot. After entering the hallway with Smiley, she was almost instantly caught up in a ÒrushÓ of people. As she walked through the hallway, a Òwall of peopleÓ closed in behind her, and she was catapulted forward. She was grabbed and pawed by numerous hands. She believed she was being grabbed at random, and that men who walked through the hallway were also being grabbed. She was pushed through the hallway so quickly she did not have time to see who was assaulting her. She was unable to identify her assailants or anyone else in the hallway. VICTIM NUMBER 34 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Sunday, September 8. 1991 - 2:00 a.m. Place of Incident: Hallway. Third Floor Las Vegas Hilton Victim 34, a 20-year-old woman from Nevada, attended the Tailhook Association convention in 1991 with a female civilian friend. According to the victim, she , her friend and two male Navy lieutenants went to the third floor of the Hilton Hotel at approximately 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, September 8, 1991. As they exited the passenger elevator and began to walk down the hallway, an unidentified male reached out and grabbed her buttocks. She quickly whirled around and one of the male lieutenants she was with pushed the individual and said ÒYouÕre an embarrassment to the Navy.Ó She did not know the individual who grabbed her. A Navy lieutenant who witnessed the incident, stated that as he and the victim exited the elevators on the third floor of the Hilton on Sunday morning, September 8, 1991, and began to walk up the hallway, he observed an unknown male grab the victim on the buttocks. He physically pushed the man away and made Òsome type of remarkÓ to him. VICTIM NUMBER 35 (See page F-51) VICTIM NUMBER 36 Status/Service/Rank: Lieutenant (0-3) United States Navy/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday. September 7, 1991 After 9:00 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway Third Floor Las Vegas Hilton Victim 36 is a 29-year-old Navy lieutenant. According to the victim she was on the third floor of the Hilton Hotel on Saturday, September 7, 1991 when she was Òinvolved in a gauntlet incident." She was walking through the crowded hallway with a male Navy lieutenant, and "had no idea that this was a gauntlet." Suddenly, hands began grabbing at her. She crossed her arms over her breasts and ran through the closest administrative suite door to escape from the gauntlet. She heard the man she was with yell at her attackers, but does not recall what he said. She was not able to identify any of the men in the gauntlet. VICTIM NUMBER 37 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991 Evening - Time Unknown Place of Incident: Hallway. Third Floor. Las Vegas Hilton Victim 37 is a 31-year-old civilian woman who reside in California. She attended Tailhook with two female civilian friends. According to the victim, prior to attending Tailhook 91, she was warned by another female friend that it was not a goof idea to go on the third floor after 11:00 p.m. On Saturday evening, the victim did go into the third floor hallway to look for her friends. The hallway was crowded and as she proceeded through the hallway men began to grab at her. They grabbed her shirt and ripped her brassiere. She ran through the hallway to a less crowded area. The victim stated that since she had been warned about the third floor and she went anyway, she should not be labeled a victim even though she was subject to indecent assault. VICTIM NUMBER 38 Status/Service/Rank Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991 - 7:30 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway Third Floor. Las Vegas Hilton Victim 38 is a 36-year-old Federal Government employee. According to the victim, she and a female friend were walking down the third floor hallway of the Hilton on Saturday evening at approximately 7:30 p.m. She knew from attending previous Tailhook Association conventions that the hallway could get Òcrazy,Ó but at the time, the hallway did not appear Òpacked with people,Ó and she felt that everything was Òcalm.Ó As she walked down the hallway, she was Òsuddenly surrounded by men.Ó They started grabbing her on the buttocks and Òeverywhere else.Ó She started pushing to get to an exit, screaming Òleave me alone.Ó She noted that she Òknew the hallway was trouble,Ó and she Òshould have known better.Ó VICTIM NUMBER 39 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991 - 11:00 p.m. Place of lncident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 39 is a 35-year-old woman who resides in California. She is the ex-spouse of an enlisted Marine and attended previous Tailhook Association conventions with her spouse. She attended the convention in 1991 with her sister. According to the victim, she and her sister went to the third floor of the Hilton at approximately 11:00 p.m. on Saturday evening. They went into several administrative suites and walked down the hallway. She was Ògrabbed on the buttocks two or three times while walking through the gauntlet.Ó As she felt hands grabbing her buttocks, she turned to see who had done it but was unable to determine who had touched her. The individuals standing in the area all had Òshort, military-style haircuts.Ó She could not identify anyone standing in the hallway. VlCTlM NUMBER 40 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday September 7, 1991 -11: 30 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 40 is a 38-year-old civilian from Massachusetts. According to the victim, she traveled to the Tailhook Association convention in 1991 by herself. She went to the third floor of the Hilton hotel on Saturday evening, and at approximately 11:30 p.m. she and an unidentified male naval officer from the VF-1 squadron walked out into the hallway. There were Òmales lining both sides of the hallway.Ó As they approached the vicinity of room 312, two males, one on each side of the hall, grabbed her on the breasts and buttocks simultaneously. She turned around in shock, but the hall was so crowded she could not determine who grabbed her. The man she was with did not observe her assault. VlCTlM NUMBER 41 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date of Incident: Saturday. September 7, 1991 - 10:30 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 41 a 29-year-old Las Vegas resident, attended the Tailhook Association conventions in 1990 and 1991. On Saturday, September 7, 1991 she and two friends arrived on the third floor of the Hilton at approximately 10:30 p.m. According to the victim, the hallway was extremely crowded as they walked through to go to the pool patio exit. As she walked through the crowd. several men attempted to place unit stickers on her breasts and buttocks. Two men slapped her on the buttocks, affixing unit stickers. When she objected, the men began to throw the stickers at her. She then retreated into one of the hospitality suites to use the bathroom. She discovered the bathroom door in that suite was locked, so she went back out into the hallway to look for another bathroom. As she stepped back out into the hallway, someone removed the baseball cap she was wearing and threw it down the hallway into the crowd. She began to walk down the hallway to retrieve her hat. As she walked into the crowd, men began hooting and hollering at her. A group of men surrounded her and began "groping" her body. Several men ran their hands down her top and grabbed her breasts inside her bra. Several other men ran their hands up her legs inside her loose fitting shorts and grabbed and fondled her buttocks. She attempted to defend herself by striking out at the men, but as she twisted and turned, another group of men fondled her breasts and buttocks from behind. She was finally ejected from the crowd with such force that she was thrown against a man standing in the doorway of one of the administrative suites, and she fell down on top of him. Someone picked her up, stood her against the wall, and told her not to go back down the hallway. She was extremely frightened and crying. She told the man who picked her up that she was just trying to get her hat. She saw someone in the crowd wearing her hat. and the man who picked her up retrieved the hat for her and, at her request, escorted her back to her friends. After finding her friends, she was approached by several men who apologized for what had occurred, one of them stating, ÒOne person canÕt control this crowd.Ó She subsequently walked out on the pool patio where she saw a line of six men walking around the pool deck completely naked. VICTIM NUMBER 42 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991 11 :00 p.m. -12:00 midnight Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 42 is a 40-year-old civilian who resides in Florida. She attended the Tailhook Association convention with two female friends. According to the victim, she entered the hallway on the third floor of the Hilton Hotel at approximately 11:00 or 12:00 midnight on Saturday evening. The hallway was "body to body," and men in the hallway were standing there "like they were waiting and wanting people to walk by." She heard men saying things like "Oh, baby, baby," and "look at the tits on that." She was pinched on the buttocks about six times. She did not like being pinched on the buttocks by strangers even though there was a "party atmosphere" on the third floor. She felt that, when she was walking through the hallway, "the guys had a definite plan in mind they were all in on it, and it was not a random activity. They were planning to pinch and touch women walking through the hall." VICTIM NUMBER 43 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday. September 7, 1991 - 9:30 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 43 is a 19-year-old student and resides in Las Vegas. She attended Tailhook 91 with two female civilian friends. According to the victim, she and her friends arrived on the third floor of the Hilton Hotel at approximately 9:30 p.m. and exited the passenger elevators. As they walked down the hallway to the administrative suite located in room 315, she found she had to push her way through the crowd that lined both sides of the hallway. She was pinched on her buttocks while she walked through the hallway. She could not identify anyone who was in the hallway at that time. VlCTlM NUMBER 44 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday. September 7, 1991 - 9:30 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 44 is a 24-year-old student at the UNLV. She attended Tailhook 91 with two female friends who were also students at UNLV. According to the victim she attended the party on the third floor of the Hilton Hotel from approximately 9:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 7, 1991. At some time during the evening, she and her friends walked down the hallway on the third floor. As they pushed through the crowd, a tall blonde male, approximately 6'2" in height, picked her up and began to spin her around in circles. She became very dizzy and screamed for him to put her down. Her friends were also screaming at him. He ignored their screams until another unidentified male stopped the individual from spinning. One of the victim's friends witnessed the incident. The witness stated that while walking down the hallway, a tall man picked the victim up in the air and twirled her around and around. They both screamed at the man to put her down, which he finally did. The victim related another incident that shocked and upset her. Shortly after she arrived at the party, she and her friends walked into one of the administrative suites located in room 302, 303, 304, or 305 of the Hilton Hotel. While in the suite, a dark complexioned male exposed his penis/testicles to her. He appeared to be of Hispanic or Italian ethnic background, 5'6" to 5'8" in height, with short black hair. He was standing next to two other males. One of the other males reached down, grabbed the man's exposed penis/testicles and shook them at her and her friends saying, "Hey ladies, have you ever seen anything like this before?" She was shocked and could not believe what she had just seen. She and her friends quickly exited the suite. (See Victim 17.) VICTIM NUMBER 45 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991 9:30 -11:00 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 45 is a 34-year-old civilian who resides in Nevada. She attended Tailhook 91 with a female civilian friend. According to the victim, she and her friend went up to the third floor of the Hilton Hotel via the guest elevator near room 364. She began walking down the hallway, which she described as filled with drunken, rowdy men. As she proceeded, she was pushed and shoved as men grabbed at her breasts and buttocks. When she got to the area of the hallway between rooms 304 and 305, she realized that she had lost her pager she wore at her waist. One of the men in the crowd immediately yelled out to the other men in the hallway that she had lost her beeper. The victim stated "the whole crowd stopped and looked for the pager." The victim saw other women in the hallway who were also being grabbed on the breasts and buttocks. The victim's friend was a witness to the incident. According to the witness, she and the victim began to walk down the third floor hallway and were "touched all over the place." The victim was wearing a dress and the witness saw men reach up her dress and grab at her. The witness also corroborated the victim's statement relative to her lost pager, noting that the pager and other personal articles were found and returned to the victim without further incident. VICTIM NUMBER 46 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991 - 10:30 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 46 is a 31-year-old civilian from California. According to the victim, she and a female friend went to Las Vegas on vacation. Her friend's cousin, a male Navy lieutenant junior grade, invited them to attend Tailhook 91. She her friend, her friend's cousin and two other male Navy officers arrived on the third floor of the Hilton Hotel at approximately 10:30 p.m. on Saturday. They exited the passenger elevators and started walking up the long hallway that had "guys standing on both sides, like a gauntlet at a high school football game." She walked closely behind her friend's cousin and felt men from both sides of the hallway intentionally grab her buttocks and attempt to grab her breasts. She pressed her front to the back of her friend's cousin to protect her breasts. She was firmly grabbed on the buttocks by at least six different men. One man grabbed her T-shirt and would not let go. That frightened her, as she did not know what he was going to do next. but he finally released his grip. As she was walking through the hallway, she thought "Why did I do this?" A part of her felt guilty for even being there. She did not report the incident or tell anyone about it because she did not want anyone to know she had gone to the Tailhook party. VICTIM NUMBER 47 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991, 7:00-8:00 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 47 is a 34-year-old Federal Government employee who is married to a Navy officer. She attended the Tailhook Association convention with her husband and has attended three or four conventions in the past. According to the victim, she, her husband and several friends were visiting one of the administrative suites on the third floor of the Hilton Hotel on Saturday evening. She and one of the other females decided to leave the suite to look for a friend. She was aware, from attending previous Tailhook conventions, that the third floor hallway could be dangerous, but she thought that it was early in the evening, and people were moving freely through the crowded hallway. As she and her friend entered the crowd, men began to encircle them. She felt hands grabbing at her breasts, genitalia, and buttocks. The attack was so forceful that she was surprised she was not bruised. She pushed herself up against her friend, who was also being attacked. They were finally able to extract themselves from the crowd. The attack took place between rooms 302 and 308. She did not recognize any of the men in the hallway at the time of the assault. The victim stated she felt humiliated and was upset with herself for not recognizing a known problem and avoiding the hallway. She was aware that there was gauntlet-type activity at previous Tailhook conventions. In the past, she had seen women emerge from the crowded hallway who were upset and had articles of clothing removed. The activity always seemed to take place between rooms 302 and 308. She had not been able to recognize anyone in the hallway at that time, except that some of the men participating in the gauntlet during the 1988 and 1989 Tailhook conventions wore "elephant hats . " -1 VICTIM NUMBER 48 Status/Service/Rank: Lieutenant (0-3) United States Navy/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991 Evening, Time Unknown Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 48 is a 30-year-old Navy lieutenant. According to the victim, she was walking alone down the hallway on the third floor of the Hilton Hotel on Saturday evening when she suddenly felt men intentionally touching her body. She described the touching as a "group grope" with hands everywhere. She was touched and grabbed on her buttocks, breasts and crotch. As she continued down the hall, the men began chanting and whistling at her. She was wearing a strapless evening dress, and someone grabbed the top of her dress under her arm. She brought her own arm down with enough force to dislodge the hand from her dress. She then screamed out, "OK guys, that's enough." After which the men stopped their grabbing and she was able to exit the hallway. VICTIM NUMBER 49 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991 Evening, Time Unknown Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 49 is a 42-year-old civilian from Las Vegas, Nevada. She attended Tailhook 91 with a female civilian friend. According to the victim, she and her friend arrived on the third floor of the Hilton Hotel on Saturday evening. As they started to walk down the hallway, she was "touched all over the place" by the men in the hallway. She was in a state of shock and embarrassed that she had been grabbed all over her body. She pushed through the hallway and at the end of the crowd, a man who said he was a Navy lieutenant advised her to hold his hand and nothing else would happen to her. She took his hand and was escorted from the hallway without further incident. She and her friend then noticed that several items had fallen from their handbags when they were in the hallway. She told the officer who had offered his help about the missing items, and he immediately turned to the crowd and yelled for the men to look for the items. The men in the hallway searched for the items, found them, and returned them to the victim and her friend. VICTIM NUMBER 50 Status/Service/Rank: Lieutenant (0-3) United States Navy/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991 - 11:30 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 50 is LT Paula Coughlin. At the time of Tailhook 91, she was aide to Rear Admiral John W. Snyder, United States Navy, Commander, Naval Air Test Center. According to LT Coughlin, she arrived at the third floor hallway of the Hilton Hotel alone at approximately 11:30 p.m. Saturday evening. She entered the hotel from the pool patio through the doors at the main passenger elevators, turned right and proceeded up the hallway. As she approached the hallway, she found it to be loud and rowdy. Both sides of the hallway were lined with men leaning on the walls. As she began to walk up the hallway, there were approximately six to eight of the young men on each side of the hallway and two in the center of the hallway. Each had their backs to her at the head of the group. As she attempted to pass the man on the right side--the man intentionally bumped into her with his right hip. LT Coughlin excused herself, and one of the men lining the hallway yelled loudly, "Admiral's Aide!" LT Coughlin turned to look at the man who yelled. She described the man who had first bumped into her as having dark skin with short dark hair, perhaps Hispanic or a light skinned black. She was grabbed by the buttocks with such force that it lifted her off the ground and ahead a step. LT Coughlin turned around and yelled at the man, "What the f-- do you think you are doing?" As she said that, she was grabbed on the buttocks by someone from behind. She turned and asked that individual the same question. The men in the group began grabbing her breasts as well as her buttocks. LT Coughlin described the assault as follows: "The man with the dark complexion moved in immediately behind me with his body pressed against mine. He was bumping me, pushing me forward down the passageway where the group on either side was pinching and then pulling at my clothing. The man then put both his hands down the front of my tanktop and inside my bra where he grabbed my breasts. I dropped to a forward crouch position and placed my hands on the wrists of my attacker in an attempt to remove his hands...I sank my teeth into the fleshy part of the man's left forearm, biting hard. I thought I drew blood...I then turned and bit the man on the right hand at the area between the base of the thumb and base of the index finger." The man removed his hands. and another individual "reached up under my skirt and grabbed the crotch of my panties. I kicked one of my attackers...I felt as though the group was trying to rape me. I was terrified and had no idea what was going to happen next." LT Coughlin attempted to escape into one of the administrative suites, but her route was blocked by men who stood in the doorway and would not allow her through. The men in the crowd continued to grab at her buttocks and breasts, and she noticed that one of the men in the crowd turned and began to walk away. "I reached out and tapped him on the right hip, pleading with the man to just let me get in front of him. The man stopped. turned...and pivoted to a position directly in front of me. With this action, the man raised both his hands and put one on each of my breasts." LT Coughlin broke free and ran past him into an open door that led to one of the administrative suites. She sat in the room in the dark, "attempting to understand what had happened to me...I was appalled not only by the brutality of the incident, but the fact that the group did that to me knowing I was both a fellow officer and an admiral's aide." According to one witness, a male Federal Government civilian employee. "I remember Coughlin enter the hallway. Coughlin stood in the hallway for a couple of minutes and then proceeded down the hall. As she advanced through the area, the gauntlet collapsed around her blocking her from my view. I recall Coughlin wrenching around as she disappeared from sight. I never saw her exit the gauntlet." There were approximately 100 men in the hallway at the time, none of whom the witness recognized. A male Navy lieutenant stated that he saw a woman walk into the crowded hallway. He saw her get pinched on the buttocks by an unknown male. As the woman turned to confront the man, another male from the other side of the hallway pinched her on the buttocks. During the confrontation, he heard someone yell "Admiral's Aide!" Later, when the witness saw LT Coughlin on television, he realized that she was probably the woman he witnessed being assaulted in the hallway. Another male Federal Government employee witnessed part of the assault on LT Coughlin. The witness saw a man standing in the hallway whom he described as the "master of ceremonies." The man appeared to be moving about in an animated fashion, trying to get women to walk through the gauntlet where the men in the hallway would then surround them. If a woman did not want to walk down the hallway, the man would physically pick them up and carry them down the hallway. The witness saw LT Coughlin conversing with the "master of ceremonies," and it appeared that she was telling him she was a lieutenant and an admiral's aide. The witness saw a man come up behind LT Coughlin and grab her from behind, wrapping his arms all the way around her. LT Coughlin started to struggle, bending over forward. At the same time LT Coughlin was being assaulted, another woman standing behind the witness was being grabbed by men in the hallway. The witness left the area before LT Coughlin emerged from the hallway. During the course of our investigation, we received several allegations indicating that LT Coughlin engaged in improper activity while at Tailhook 91. We investigated all such allegations but found that the allegations were based on hearsay testimony or were otherwise without merit. None of the people who told us about the alleged incidents or improper conduct involving LT Coughlin actually witnessed the incidents themselves nor could they provide the identity of any eyewitnesses. When interviewed LT Coughlin denied all allegations of impropriety. No credible information was found to support the allegations of misconduct on the part of LT Coughlin. As noted by one male officer, it appeared the allegations were fabricated to discredit LT Coughlin for her public disclosure of facts concerning, assaults at Tailhook 91. VICTIM NUMBER 51 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday. September 7, 1991- 11:00 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor. Las Vegas Hilton Victim 51 is a female from California. According to the victim, she was exiting the hallway of the third floor when she was grabbed on the buttocks by an unidentified white male. She turned and asked "What the hell are you doing?" The man then apologized to the victim. Even though she was a victim of an assault, she did not want to be "listed" as a victim and requested confidentiality. VICTIM NUMBER 52 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991- 10:00 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 52 is a 23-year-old Federal Government employee. She attended Tailhook 91 with two female civilian friends. According to the victim, she and her friends exited the main passenger elevators on the third floor of the Hilton Hotel at approximately 10:00 p.m. on Saturday evening. As they began to walk up the hallway, an unidentified male grabbed the victim and pushed her toward the crowd. She recalled men yelling "women" or "girls" and yelling something like "woo woo." As she was pushed through the crowd, men grabbed her on the arms, legs and buttocks. She exited the crowd and did not return to the hallway. VICTIM NUMBER 53 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991 - 10:30 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 53 is a 28-year-old civilian who resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. She attended Tailhook 91 with a female civilian friend. According to the victim, she and her friend took the stairs to the third floor of the Hilton Hotel. They stepped out of the stairwell into the hallway that was crowded with people, mostly men. A man asked the victim if she had ever "gone through the line before." She did not know what he was talking about and told him she had not. He replied "Be careful." Suddenly a man came up behind her, put his head between her legs, and lifted her up on his shoulders. The man started walking her through the crowd in the hallway. Men reached out and grabbed her on the breasts, buttocks and crotch and she was hit in the mouth. They put their hands up under her shirt to grab at her, while she feverishly attempted to protect herself with her arms. She described the crowd in the hallway as a "riot" and she was extremely frightened. As she was being carried down the hallway, she squeezed her eyes shut and was "totally in shock." At the end of the crowd, the man "dumped" her off his shoulders onto the floor and asked if she was all right. He then disappeared into the crowd. She could not identify any of her assailants because the military men all looked alike to her with their short haircuts. VICTIM NUMBER 54 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991 9:00-10:00 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 54 is a 23-year-old civilian who resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. She attended Tailhook 91 with six friends: four female civilians, one male Navy officer, and one male Marine officer. According to the victim, she entered the hallway through the door of one of the administrative suites on the third floor on the Hilton Hotel. As she entered the hallway, Òthere was no turning back. There were millions of guys and they had no control.Ó She was pushed along the hallway, and men reached up under her skirt to grab at her buttocks. She twisted and swung out at them, but as she turned, more hands would grab her from behind. She heard cheering and chanting as she was propelled down the hallway. Men were blocking the doorways to the suites so she could not escape. She finally made her way into one of the suites and went through to the pool patio to find her friends. She could not recognize anyone in the hallway, because there were so many who looked alike with short haircuts. VICTIM NUMBER 55 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991- 9:30 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 55 is a 25-year-old civilian from Las Vegas, Nevada. She attended Tailhook 91 with three civilian female friends and their dates who were male Navy or Marine officers. According to the victim, she and her friends arrived on the third floor of the Hilton Hotel at approximately 9:30 p.m. on Saturday. As they began to walk down the crowded hallway, she heard someone yell "Deck clear." As she walked through the crowd, men began grabbing her breasts and buttocks and attempted to get their hands inside her shorts. She saw one of her friends get picked up by one man and carried screaming down the hallway. The victim tried to go to her friend's aid, but men blocked her way, still grabbing at her breasts and crotch. She knocked one man's hands away and told him she would hit him if he touched her again. He laughed at her. After the incident in the hallway, the victim and her friends visited three of the administrative suites to get drinks. In all three suites, she was confronted by men who grabbed at her breasts or crotch. She was asked several times by men in the suites if she wanted to "f--." She was unable to identify any of the men who assaulted her. VICTIM NUMBER 56 Status/Service/Rank: Lieutenant (0-3) United States Navy/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991 10:00 - 11:00 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 56 is a 29-year-old Navy lieutenant who resides in Virginia. She attended Tailhook 91 with a female friend who is a Navy officer and two civilian female friends. According to the victim, she entered the third floor hallway, walking behind three male Navy friends. She described the assault as follows: "I was immediately pounced on. I had several hands on every part of my body, my breasts, my buttocks, and my crotch. There were approximately 30 guys in the hallway. I wasn't punching, but I was throwing my arms to move through the crowd." The victim considered striking one man who had grasped her breast, but instead she stared at him and he released her. The victim provided a description of the man to the San Diego Police Department, and a composite drawing was prepared. She lost sight of her companions in the crowd, but thought one of them may have witnessed her emergence from the crowd. The victim later viewed photographs of possible suspects, but was unable to make a positive identification. A Navy officer who accompanied the victim through the hallway told us that he did, in fact, witness her exit the crowd. She passed by a group of five men, and one of them reached out and grabbed her. A second man pushed the victim, and she punched one of the men. The witness walked up to the victim and offered her some assistance. He then escorted her from the area. The witness could not identify any of the men in the hallway at the time and could only describe them as having a general military appearance. VICTIM NUMBER 57 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991 9:00-10:00 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 57 is a 30-year-old civilian who resides in California. She attended Tailhook 85, 87, 89, 90 and 91. According to the victim, she was walking down the hallway when an unidentified male placed his hand on her buttocks. She removed his hand and told him to stop touching her. She recalled that at Tailhook 85, she was walking down the hallway when several aviators tried to grab her breasts and buttocks. She covered herself with her arms and ran from the hallway. VlCTlM NUMBER 58 Status/Service/Rank: Lieutenant (0-3) Date/Time of Incident: Saturday Night, September 7, 1991- Time Unknown Place of Incident: Hallway, Outside VF-124 Suite, Third Floor Las Vegas Hilton Victim 58 is a 31-year-old Navy lieutenant. She went to Tailhook 91 accompanied by her husband who is also a lieutenant in the Navy. She has not attended any other Tailhook conventions. As the victim and her husband were leaving the VF-124 suite, a male naval officer sitting on the floor just outside the suite, reached up her shorts and tried to grab her. The victim slapped the man and continued down the hall. The male appeared to be very drunk. The victim stated that the man looked surprised. She described the attitude as, "It was OK to cop a free feel." The male appeared to be very drunk. The victim stated that, prior to going to the convention, she was warned not to go on the third floor after 11:00 p.m. because of the gauntlet. She stated that, in a matter of 30 minutes, the hallway underwent a major transformation. At 10:00 p.m., it was a quiet place with perhaps 20 people in the hallway. By 10:30 p.m., however, it was apparent to the victim that the gauntlet was starting. People were coming out of the suites into the hallway as though prearranged. The victim stated that the gauntlet started at the VS-41 suite (room 304) and continued to the VMFP-3 suite (room 308). The victim and her husband left the third floor area because they did not want to be in the area when things got out of control. VICTIM NUMBER 59 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991 - 9:00 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 59 is a 27-year-old woman who resides in the Las Vegas, Nevada area. This was the first Tailhook that the victim attended. According to the victim, as she was wandering down the hall, a white male picked her up and threw her over his shoulder. He then ran the length of the hallway with her. As she was yelling for help, she remembered hearing other men in the hallway cheering and laughing. At the end of the hallway, as the man let her down, he spilled a drink on her. The victim although angry, did not show it because she was afraid of what he might do. The victim was not surprised to learn that other women were also assaulted. During the hour and a half the victim was at Tailhook, she also saw a man mooning as she turned the corner to go into a suite. VICTIM NUMBER 60 Status/Service/Rank: Lieutenant Junior Grade (0-2) United States Navy/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991- 10:00 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 60 is a 24-year-old Navy lieutenant junior grade who resides in California. According to the victim, she arrived on the third floor on Saturday evening to look for a friend to go out to dinner. She started to walk down the hallway when it occurred to her that there were "lots of men lined up along the sides of the hallway, leaving a cleared path down the middle." She estimated there were 200 or 300 men lining the hallway at that time, which looked "very strange" to her. She looked around at the men in the hallway, but did not see anyone she knew other than one Navy lieutenant who was "just standing around," but "close enough to the gauntlet that he would have to have seen what happened to me." She also saw two hotel security guards in the area. She stood at the beginning of the hallway for about five minutes looking around for someone she might know. While she stood there, several men walked through the clear passage in the hallway and "nothing happened to them, so I figured it was OK and went too." The victim stated that as she entered the hallway, she was immediately converged on by five or six men. She describes her attack as follows: "My arms were either held down at my sides or behind my back. I remember one guy was behind me and had both his hands grabbing my breasts. I think maybe they were trying to pick me up off the ground so I was struggling downwards. I don't recall specifically how or when it stopped." The victim recalled that she grabbed the wrist of a man who was grabbing her buttocks, swung around with her right hand, and "hit him in the face as hard as I could." The men in the crowd began booing her. She recalled seeing the same lieutenant she recognized from before her attack, still standing there, a little closer to the hallway. During the attack, she saw a Navy captain she knew standing in the area of the hallway. She stated "I was shocked to realize that he knew what was going on and hadn't done anything to stop it...in my opinion, it would have been impossible for anyone to have been there and not know that something strange was going on." The victim stated that she "...wandered around in shock for awhile, looking for someone I knew." She saw someone from her squadron and she asked him to escort her to the VF-126 administrative suite in room 306 where she began crying profusely. She then asked a male Navy officer friend to walk her back to her hotel. The Navy lieutenant identified by the victim as having been a possible witness to the assault was interviewed. He denied seeing or hearing anything unusual in the hallway at the time of the victim's assault. except to say that he witnessed a female he recognized as being a Navy officer, punch a man in the face. He did not see what precipitated the punch, and the female left the area. The victim related that two months after Tailhook 91, she again encountered the lieutenant. She stated, "He laid into me and chewed me out for about an hour. He said that men have been treating women like that since 'caveman days'...all the guys think like he does...He continually told me it was my fault for being there in the first place. He said since I'm...not a Naval aviator, I had no business being there in the first place. He also implied that I was stupid and dumb for not recognizing the gauntlet and knowing what would/could happen to me if I walked down it." VICTIM NUMBER 61 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991-11:00 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 61 is a 34-year-old civilian woman who resides in California. She and a civilian female friend (victim number 69) were staying at the Hilton on vacation during Tailhook 91. According to the victim, at approximately 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, she and her friend, accompanied by at least one male aviator, went to the third floor. As they exited the elevator and turned right, she noticed numerous men on each side of the hallway, laughing and drinking. As the victim walked 10 or 20 feet down the hall, the crowd got denser. A chant started which, to her, had no distinguishable words. At the same time, the victim felt a bump behind her, which pushed her forward into the crowd. The hooting and hollering became louder and men began grabbing her buttocks, breasts and crotch. The victim was wearing a white blouse and black skirt both of which the men were trying to lift. While she held her skirt, many pairs of hands continued to grab her breasts, legs, buttocks and crotch. The victim looked back at her friend who was also being assaulted and saw her friend throw a drink at one of the men. After that, drinks were flung in all directions. As she was forced through the gauntlet, the victim's blouse was soaked with alcohol, beer and some kind of pink-colored drink. Immediately after the assault, the victim was approached by a Marine aviator whom both she and her friend knew. He was covered with alcohol and apologized to the victim for what had happened. The Marine stated that the victim's friend had punched him in the stomach. The victim now thinks that individual may have been in the crowd and participated in the assault. The victim and her friend left the area, returned to their room and discussed the incident. Early Sunday morning, they decided to call the police. The victims had difficulty contacting the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police through the Hilton switchboard. Once contacted, the police referred the matter to the Hilton Hotel security. The victims filed reports with Hilton security and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police. The incident was the only assault found to have been reported to the police. VICTIM NUMBER 62 Status/Service/Rank: Commander (0-5) United States Navy/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991- 10:00 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 62 is a 37-year-old Navy commander whose husband is also a Navy officer. The victim attended Tailhook conventions in the past. According to the victim, on Thursday, when she first arrived at the Hilton, she went to the third floor at 3:00 p.m. While she was walking through the hallway, she was lifted off her feet by a young, tall, broad white male-- wearing a military haircut. His breath indicated he had been drinking. She told him to put her down several times, but he refused and continued his attempts to engage her in conversation. After a minute, a second male identified her as a commander and the young male quickly put her down and apologized. On Saturday at approximately 10:00 p.m., she entered the third floor hallway via the main elevators. As she was trying to push her way through the crowd in the hall, two stickers were "zapped" on either side of her buttocks by unknown person(s). When moving through the hallway, she heard comments such as, "You're ugly" and "Flag wife." The men in the hallway straightened up immediately when the last comment was heard. The victim told us that, in her opinion, she was not a "victim" of an assault merely because she was "zapped" without her consent. VICTIM NUMBER 63 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991 - 12:00 midnight Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 63 is a 30-year-old civilian from California, who went to Las Vegas with a girlfriend to attend a concert. They were invited by an unidentified person to a party on the third floor of the Hilton after the concert. According to the victim, on arriving on the third floor, she met a male Navy lieutenant who asked her to go with him to look for some of his friends. As they began to walk up the hallway, she saw that it was lined with men. As she entered the crowd, the men immediately converged upon her. She felt hands reach out and grab, pinch and touch her on her breasts, buttocks and crotch. The men cheered and yelled as they grabbed at her. She lowered her head and began to swing her arms in an attempt to break free. The Navy lieutenant, who was behind her, grabbed her waist and pushed her through the crowd into one of the administrative suites. The victim was surprised and shocked over the incident but could not identify anyone in the hallway other than the Navy lieutenant she was with. According to the Navy lieutenant, he and the victim were in the hallway near the "Rhino room" (room 308) when he noticed the victim start "jumping around." She subsequently opened the door to one of the hospitality suites and pulled him inside. The victim told him that the men in the hallway were groping her breasts and buttocks and had reached up under her skirt. The officer told us that he wanted to go back out to the hallway to identify those responsible but the victim was adamant about not wanting to go back there. They went out to the pool patio through the administrative suite and did not return to the hallway area. VlCTlM NUMBER 64 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991- 10:30 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 64 is an 18-year-old student who resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. She attended Tailhook 91 with two female civilian friends at the suggestion of a female friend who is a student at the UNLV. According to the victim, she and her friends spent the majority of the evening in the "Helicopter suite," which was located in room 315. The victim drank beer and margaritas that were prepared and served in the suite. She and her friends danced and talked and were given alcoholic drinks by the men in the suite. The victim eventually became intoxicated. As evidenced by a poster signed by some of the men in the suite and given to the victim, the men were aware that she was under the legal age for consuming alcohol. The victim next remembered being out in the hallway and being thrown in the air by a crowd of men. The crowd stripped the victim of her slacks and panties and dropped her on the floor. Security guards helped her dress behind a sheet and then took her to the Security Office to contact her parents. The assault was witnessed by dozens of the people interviewed. One witness stated he saw several males standing in the hallway near the door of the helicopter squadron administrative suite (room 315). He observed the victim in the hallway and saw her surrounded by the men in the hallway. The witness observed an article of clothing thrown into the air above the crowd. Suddenly, the crowd dispersed and within a matter of seconds, the hallway was cleared of people. The witness saw the victim sitting on the floor against a wall near room 315. Security guards picked up the victim and led her down the hallway. A male Navy officer, stated that he observed the victim in the helicopter squadron administrative suite. She was drinking alcohol and was very intoxicated. He and one of the squadron members picked the victim up from where she had fallen on the floor and carried her out to the hallway. They sat her in the hallway, went back inside the suite and closed the door. Moments later, the witness heard a loud commotion in the hallway. He looked out into the hallway and saw that it was completely cleared of people. The victim was sprawled in the middle of the hallway and, he believed, she was wearing only a pair of underpants. He watched as security guards came and removed the girl from the hallway. The witness stated that he was "embarrassed and ashamed" about taking the victim into the hallway. Another witness, a male Navy officer, was standing in the hallway when he saw a fully clothed female being passed along hand-over-hand above the crowd in the hallway. He thought about participating, but decided against it. He watched as men began stripping off the victim's clothing. Someone yelled "broken arrow" and the victim was dropped to the floor. The witness started moving toward the victim because he thought she might have been hurt, but he suddenly realized that he was the only person in the hallway going toward the victim, while everyone else was running away from the incident. He too then turned and went through one of the other administrative suites and out to the pool patio. Several Navy aviators we interviewed witnessed the assault, however, all stated they were merely observers and none were able to identify any individual who removed the victim's clothing. We obtained a photograph from a naval aviator that depicted the minor, nude from the waist down, being escorted from the hallway by security officers. VICTIM NUMBER 65 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991 - 9:00 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 65 is a 20-year-old civilian who attended Tailhook 91 with three civilian female friends and her fiance', a Navy officer. According to the victim, as the group walked through the crowded hallway on the third floor, she was pinched on the buttocks. She quickly turned around but could not determine who had pinched her. She was upset over the incident and told her fiance' what had happened. The victim and her friends then went out to the pool patio, where they stayed for the remainder of the evening. VICTIM NUMBER 66 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991 - 8:30 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 66 is a 32-year-old spouse of a Navy lieutenant commander. She attended the Tailhook Association convention with her husband, her mother, and her mother's two female friends. According to the victim, she, her husband, and one of her mother's friends walked out of the VMFP-3 administrative suite in room 308 of the Hilton Hotel to go to the VR-57 administrative suite in room 357. As they proceeded down the hallway, they walked single file because the hallway was so crowded. Her husband led the way, followed by the victim and the friend. As she walked down the hallway, she was suddenly grabbed around the waist by two men and lifted into the air. She was wearing a formal black cocktail dress and the men lifted the skirt of the dress above her waist. She was not wearing nylons or pantyhose, and the men placed their hands between her legs and attempted to get their fingers inside her panties. The men appeared to be drunk and were laughing while the held her in the air. She did not say anything to them, but thought to herself, "if looks could kill, you would be a goner." She was placed back on the ground, and she hurried down the hall to find her husband. She did not recognize the men, but remembered thinking that they were military "young west coast aviators," because of their haircuts. She felt helpless and feared the men were going to rip her dress off. Immediately after the assault she went to her room and changed into shorts because she "did not want to be mistaken for a prostitute." She felt "helpless, angry, violated and humiliated. " The victim told her husband what had happened, and, together, they decided to keep the assault private, even after other assaults that took place at the Tailhook convention became public. The reason for the reluctance to come forward was the fear that, if they acknowledged or reported the assault, her husband's naval career would be jeopardized. Despite that fact, both the victim and her spouse cooperated fully in the investigation. VICTIM NUMBER 67 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991 - 10:00 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 67 is a 33-year-old civilian. According to the victim, she went to the Tailhook 91 convention accompanied by her sister. They went to the third floor at 10:00 p.m. on Saturday. As they entered and attempted to proceed through the hallway, a group of men attacked them. The victim's buttocks was grabbed at least twice. When she turned, she saw a crowd of men with short hair, most wearing polo shirts and jeans, laughing at her. The victim described the men in the hallway as "rowdy, drunk, throwing up...." She stated that, since the men all looked alike, she could not identify her assailants. She added that after the attack, she felt awful and just wanted to get away. The victim's sister was also assaulted. VlCTlM NUMBER 68 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7 or Sunday, September 8, 1991- 1:00 a.m Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 68 is a 20-year-old female student at the UNLV. She attended Tailhook 91 with four friends. According to the victim, at 1:00 a.m. on Saturday, or Sunday, the victim was walking down the hallway alone when she was forcibly grabbed in her private areas. She was frightened and did not make eye contact with anyone, as she tried to move through the crowd. When she got through, she looked back and saw another girl being thrown around. The victim said it appeared the crowd was stripping this girl's clothes off. The incident seemed so unbelievable and violent that she immediately went to the pool area. She was followed by a dark complexioned male, either Italian or Hispanic, who commented about the girl being stripped naked. He acted as if it was fun, like a "great event" had just occurred. The victim witnessed three or four incidents of ballwalking throughout the evening. The victim also saw naked people in the hot tub. She noted that, although she was not then of legal age, she had no trouble getting alcoholic drinks since no one asked her for identification. VlCTlM NUMBER 69 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991~ 00 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 69 is a 33-year-old civilian woman who resides in California. She and her civilian female friend (victim number 61) were staying at the Hilton on vacation during Tailhook 91. According to the victim, at approximately 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, she and her female friend, accompanied by at least one male aviator, went to the third floor. As they exited the elevator and turned right, she noticed numerous men whom she believed to be young, apparently military officers, in the hall. The victim followed her friend down the hall. A few feet into the crowd she began to hear a chant. There were no words to the chant, just sounds such as "ooh" and "ah." At the same time, the crowd closed in around her and she felt hands all over her. Hands reached up her dress and grabbed her crotch, other hands grabbed her breasts and buttocks. She tried to fight them off, but was unable to because of the number. She threw her drink at someone, then drinks were thrown on her. She also punched someone in the stomach, but did not see whom she hit. Eventually, the crowd thinned out and she was able to extricate herself. At that time, she rejoined victim number 61 and the aviator who was with them when they first entered the gauntlet. They were also joined by a second aviator who was holding his stomach. The second aviator, who was known to both victims, told the victim she had punched him in the stomach. The victim added that she was so concerned with fighting off the men who were grabbing her, and keeping her dress down, that she never realized whom she had punched until the aviator approached her. She now believes that he was either an active participant in the gauntlet or encouraged it. The victim said that both she and her friend had tried to report the incident that night to the Las Vegas Police through the hotel switchboard, but instead, the hotel security came to their room. The security officer was more concerned about the damage to the victims' clothing than what happened to them. The victims filled out reports for the hotel and also filed reports with the Las Vegas Police on Sunday morning prior to leaving. Both victims have provided several statements to authorities that differ slightly in some details, but are consistent with the account of their assault. VICTIM NUMBER 70 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday night, September 7, 1991 12:00 midnight Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 70 is a 24-year-old who resides in the Los Angeles area. She attended the Tailhook Association convention with the female spouse of a Navy officer. According to the victim, at approximately 12:00 midnight on Saturday night, September 7, 1991, she left the VAW-l 10 administrative suite located in room 303 of the Hilton Hotel to look for a friend. As she stepped out into the hallway, she noticed there were many men lined up along the hallway, seemingly minding their own business. As she walked up the hallway, about 10 feet, she was suddenly attacked by at least seven men. She was wearing a "tube top" that was pulled down to expose her breasts. The men grabbed her breasts and buttocks while she attempted to cover herself with her arms. She fell to the ground where the assault continued. During the attack, she bit several of the men on their arms and other places in an attempt to make them stop grabbing her. She did not recognize any of the men in the hallway at that time, but believed they were Marines because of their haircuts and demeanor. Finally, they stopped their assault and allowed her to get up. Immediately after the attack, she was approached in the hallway by a Marine aviator she had met the night before. She was crying profusely, and he told her it is an annual tradition at Tailhook conventions to harass women physically and verbally in the hallway and she should not worry about it. After escaping from her attackers, she looked back down the hallway and observed a white female screaming and fighting her way through the hallway as she was being assaulted. She related her experience to her boyfriend, a Navy lieutenant. Her boyfriend advised her not to tell anyone she was there because they would think she was a "slut." VICTIM NUMBER 71 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991 - Exact Time Unknown Place of Incident: Hallway, Third and Fourteenth Floors, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 71 is a 24-year-old civilian currently residing in Arizona. According to the victim, after she had consumed several drinks, she met an individual who asked her to follow him down the hallway. As they proceeded down the hallway, he disappeared. She heard males yelling and screaming. She was grabbed and eventually knocked down onto the floor. She got up, then continued down the hallway. Thinking the fire exit was a dead end, the victim turned around and came back through the crowd as she tried to escape the area completely. Again she was grabbed everywhere on her body, including her groin and breasts. She related that hands were all over her and that, although the incident lasted only about 5 minutes, it seemed to last forever. When the victim reached the wall near the service area, she stopped and cried. At that time, the man who had asked her to proceed down the hallway reappeared and said the males were "a bunch of jerks" and suggested that the victim come with him and that everything would be okay. He took the victim to a guest room on the 14th floor. The amount of alcohol the victim had consumed impaired her ability to recall exactly what happened next. The victim remembered being naked in the shower when the man grabbed her by the arm and threw her out in the hallway. The victim screamed and cried out to him for her clothes, but he pushed her out of the room and shut the door. The victim recalled that, as he propelled her out the door, she scratched him hard enough to leave marks. In an effort to avoid being seen, she attempted to reenter the room she thought she had been in. When she knocked on the door, no one responded. Hotel security appeared shortly thereafter with a sheet to cover her. A month or two after Tailhook 91, the victim recalled being in the shower with the man, prior to being thrown out of the room. Although she cannot remember anything that happened from the time she entered the room until she woke up naked in the shower, she believes she engaged in consensual sex with the man. The victim expressed she now believes that the man knew she would be assaulted when he led her down the hallway. VlCTIM NUMBER 72 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991 12:00 midnight Place of Incident: Hallway and Pool Patio, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 72 is a 21-year-old State employee. According to the victim, she and three female friends traveled to Las Vegas from New York on vacation. While in Las Vegas, they met several Navy aviators who invited them to a "Navy party" at the Las Vegas Hilton. While on the pool patio, she was assaulted by "military party attendees." She was approached by a man who grabbed her arms and shook her "in order to watch my breasts shake." He then grabbed her left breast with his right hand. She reacted by stepping back, swearing at him, and throwing her drink in his face. The man became "very angry" and attempted to hit her. At that point one of the men she was with stepped in and told the man to leave her alone. She was very upset and crying. She and her friends decided to leave the party after the incident. They walked through the hallway on the third floor to go to the passenger elevators. While walking through the hallway, she noticed there were "several inebriated men lined up against both sides of the hallway." As she and her friends passed through, the men made "crude remarks" and then "pawed and grabbed" at the women. After they left the Hilton, the Navy aviators they were with apologized to the women for taking them to the party. VlCTlM NUMBER 73 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991- 5:00 p.m. Place of Incident: Pool Patio, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 73 is a 35-year-old civilian from California. She attended the Tailhook Association convention in 1991 with her spouse, a civilian, and her brother, an officer in the United States Navy. According to the victim, at 5:00 p.m., while standing on the pool patio with her brother and her husband, she felt someone brushing up against her. At first she thought the individual was just trying to push through the crowd. She turned around and observed a "white male aviator" walking away. Her brother immediately asked her if she realized that the unidentified man "had his [penis] in her hair." She denied observing the individual's penis, but requested to leave the third floor. She does not believe she could identify the individual who assaulted her. The victim's brother was a witness to the incident. He stated that he saw an individual standing "unusually close" behind his sister. As he looked at the man, he observed the man's penis was exposed, and he either wrapped his penis in the victim's waist length hair, or was brushing his penis against her hair. When the victim turned to look, the man immediately turned, walked away and got lost in the crowd. He stated that "Even if I could, I don't think I would identify the guy." He said that what happened to his sister was not "wrong in the context of the Tailhook party," and "nobody was hurt." Another witness, a Navy lieutenant (0-3) stated he was standing on the pool patio when he heard someone in the group yell that someone he knew had just made a bet, and he was about to "wrap a girl's hair around his penis." He looked over in the direction of the activity and saw the suspect standing behind a girl with long hair. His view was obstructed, so he did not actually see the subject expose his penis. He saw the girl turn around and the suspect disappeared into the crowd. The witness identified the suspect. VlCTlM NUMBER 74 (See page F-51) VlCTlM NUMBER 75 (See page F-5l) VICTIM NUMBER 76 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991- Time Unknown Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 76 is a 23-year-old civilian who resides in California. According to the victim, she attended the Tailhook Association convention in 1991 with three female friends. They went to the third floor of the Hilton on Saturday, September 7, 1991, sometime after 7:00 p.m. and remained there until 3:00 a.m. Sunday morning, visiting all the administrative suites. It was very crowded in the hallway and as she walked through the part of the hallway known as the "gauntlet" area, she was pinched on the buttocks by several unknown males. She did not let it bother her and "blew it off," thinking of the men, "what jerks." VICTIM NUMBER 77 Status/Service/Rank: Ensign (0-1) United States Navy/Female Date/Time of Incident: Sunday, September 8, 1991 - 3:00 a.m. Place of Incident: CNATRA Suite, Room 364 Victim 77 is a 23-year-old Navy ensign. Tailhook 91 was the first convention she had attended. According to the victim, she and several unidentified males were discussing women in combat in the CNATRA suite when an unidentified drunk male approached her and placed his hands on her breasts. He said in essence "Can I touch your boobs?" She was shocked and angry. She pushed the male away with both of her fists in his chest and said "I'm a Naval officer, and I don't appreciate that at all." The male responded "Oh, shit," which the victim interpreted to mean he had really "screwed up" because she was not some girl who just happened to be there, and she could find him later. Friends of the male took him away and apologized for his behavior. The victim described the male as a "drunken ass" and stated that she doubted the man was even aware of what he was doing. The victim told us that she did not consider herself a victim of any criminal activity. She felt she took care of the situation when it occurred and that it was over. VlCTlM NUMBER 78 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991 -12:00 midnight Place of Incident: VMFP-3 (Rhino Suite) and Patio, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 78 is a 26-year-old woman who resides in New York. She and two of her female friends were invited to Tailhook 91 by two aviators. According to the victim, she entered the Rhino suite at approximately 12:00 midnight and was asked if she wanted a drink. An aviator then took her hand introducing her to people in the suite. The victim stated that as everyone started chanting her name, a crowd of people stepped away from a wall on which hung a mural of a rhinoceros. The mural had a hose-like contraption attached to the rhinoceros' genital area which dispensed drinks. The victim was expected to kneel on the floor and drink from the "penis." The crowd surrounding her laughed and the man who escorted her into the room grabbed her arms and stood in front of her to restrain her from leaving. One of the aviators who had invited her assisted her in leaving the suite. Later, while the victim was talking to people in the patio area, a man lifted her culottes shorts with a plastic drink straw. She demanded that he stop three times; the fourth time, she turned and slapped the man as well as the male friend who encouraged him. VICTIM NUMBER 79 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991 - Time Unknown Sunday, September 8, 1991 - Early Morning Place of Incident: Pool Patio, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton VMFP-3 Administrative Suite, Third Floor Las Vegas Hilton Victim 79 is the wife of a Navy lieutenant. She attended Tailhook 91 with her husband. According to the victim, she and a female friend were standing on the pool patio sometime on Saturday evening when they were approached by an unidentified white male. He cupped her buttocks in one of his hands and asked, "Do you mind if I do this?" She told him he was "pathetic." He told her he had been watching her and "they dared me," indicating a group of men standing nearby. Later Saturday evening or Sunday morning, the victim and her friend were walking through the third floor hallway. They were in front of the VMFP-3 administrative suite, known as the "Rhino" suite, when a man wearing a "Rhino" horn hat on his head stepped out of the suite and grabbed her arm. He began pulling her into the suite by the arm. at which point her friend grabbed her other arm and tried to pull her back out into the hallway. She was screaming for them to stop because they were "yanking my arms out." Her friend released her arm, and she was pulled into the "Rhino" suite. The man who pulled her in asked her name. He told her that no one in the room could have a drink until she stroked and sucked the "penis" on the rhino mural. About 50 people in the room began cheering and taunting, chanting her name over and over. As she was pulled toward the rhino mural, she kept refusing, saying no, and she crossed her arms in front of her. The man finally let her go and her friend grabbed her and pulled her from the room. As they left, the crowd began chanting "We hate (her name). We hate (her name)." The incident left her shaken and unnerved. She described the man who pulled her into the suite as a white male, 5'10" tall, weighing 160 pounds, slight build, dark hair, wearing an open print shirt and a "rhino" horn hat. According to a witness, she and the victim were on the pool patio on Saturday evening when a man approached them and placed his hands on the victim's buttocks. Both women were surprised and upset by the incident, but did not do anything about it at the time. The witness stated that she and the victim were in the "Rhino" suite when one of the men in the room tried to coerce the victim into drinking from the rhinoceros' "penis" attached to a mural of a rhinoceros. The people in the suite began chanting the victim's name, but she resisted the man and refused to touch the rhino. The witness then grabbed the victim by the arm and pulled her out of the suite. VICTIM NUMBER 80 Status/Service/Rank: Lieutenant (0-3) United States Navy/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991 - 10:00 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 80 is a 23-year-old Navy lieutenant. She attended Tailhook 89 and 91. According to the victim, she and a male Navy officer friend decided to go down the hallway even though it was very crowded. Her friend walked in front of her, pushing a path through so she could follow. She soon lost sight of him and began to yell his name. Suddenly men began grabbing her breasts and body "all over." Her friend looked back and saw that she had been stopped by the crowd and he started pushing his way back toward her. A man behind her whom she did not know said "Let's get you out of here." He put his arms around her and pulled her out of the crowd. VICTIM NUMBER 81 Status/Service/Rank: Lieutenant (0-3) United States Navy/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday. September 7, 1991 Evening - Time Unknown Place of Incident: CNATRA Suite (Room 364) and Hallway Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 81 is a 27-year-old Navy lieutenant from California. According to the victim, she was in the CNATRA administrative suite conversing with two male Navy officers when a third male Navy,officer approached her and began to rub her leg from her knee to her ankle. She told him to stop, but he continued to rub her leg. She told him again to stop and asked his name and unit. The man stopped rubbing her leg and told her he was a surface warfare officer. The victim was very offended by the act. On Friday or Saturday night at approximately 6:00-7:00 p.m. the victim was grabbed on the buttocks while she walked in the hallway on the third floor. She immediately turned to see who had grabbed her, but was unable to identify anyone in the hallway. The victim related that on Saturday evening she was conversing in the hallway with a male acquaintance who is a Navy lieutenant commander. He asked her if she was breast feeding her infant and she replied that she was. He in turn told her he would like to try breast feeding from her. Judging from the drink in his hand, the victim concluded that he must have been intoxicated to have made such a remark. VICTIM NUMBER 82 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Sunday, September 8, 1991 - 1:00 a.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 82 is a 24-year-old woman who attended Tailhook 91 with two female civilian friends. According to the victim, she was walking alone through the crowded hallway on the third floor of the Hilton Hotel when a man she described as "sloppy looking" head-butted her in the stomach. The blow caused her to fall back and someone standing behind her grabbed her buttocks. In response to being grabbed, the victim kicked backwards, making contact. She heard someone say "nice kick, babe." The victim was surprised and irritated by what had happened and did not go into the third floor hallway again. VICTIM NUMBER 83 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991 ~ 45 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 83, a 26-year-old civilian from the San Juan Capistrano, California area, attended the Tailhook Association convention in 1991 with several friends. She stated that the majority of her friends are either Marine or Navy aviators. According to the victim, on Saturday evening, September 7, 1991, at 11:45 p.m., she and a friend began to walk through the crowd in the third floor hallway. They had walked only a few steps, when she felt someone grab her crotch. ùShe described the grab as being "very intense," and she looked up to see a man grinning at her. She asked if he had grabbed her and he replied that he had. She immediately punched the man in the face, which caused him to fall to the ground. The men in the hallway began booing her and grabbing at her buttocks as she continued through the hallway. The incident took place near room 307. She stated she did not know any of the men in the hallway at the time of the incident, however, she identified the man she punched as "apparently a naval aviator" because he was wearing an "Annapolis" ring and a necklace with an anchor pendant. VlCTlM NUMBER 84 (See Page F-51) VICTIM NUMBER 85 (See page F-5l) VICTIM NUMBER 86 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: September 1991, Date and Time Unknown Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 86 is a 33-year-old Federal Government employee. When the victim was interviewed by NIS investigators in December 1991 regarding her attendance at Tailhook 91, she indicated she was grabbed and pinched while walking through the third floor hallway . She was contacted for an interview by an investigator from the OIG, DoD, in August 1992, at which time she refused to provide any information regarding her assault. VICTIM NUMBER 87 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991- 8:00 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 87 is a 25-year-old woman from California. According to the victim, on Saturday, September 7, 1991, she exited the elevators on the third floor of the Las Vegas Hilton and turned toward the hallway where she saw a line of men on both sides of the hallway. She had no idea what was about to happen. As she walked through the hallway, men began intentionally and deliberately grabbing her breasts, buttocks and crotch. She attempted to hit the men's hands away from her body, but that only seemed to intensify their groping and grabbing and she was firmly grabbed six or seven times while she walked through the hallway. Although she was not physically injured, she was stunned and shocked and experienced a loss of breath. She remembered thinking while the men were grabbing at her body, "I can't believe this is really happening." She indicated she was unable to identity any of the men in the hallway at the time of the assault. The victim's cousin, a male Navy lieutenant. was in the area when the victim got out of the crowd. He told us that the victim had advised him that she had been touched and grabbed. He also recalled that the victim remarked that passing through the hall had been a lot like going to a gynecologist. VICTIM NUMBER 88 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991- 11 30 p.m. Place of Incident: Hallway, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 88 is a 46-year-old civilian who resides in California. She attended Tailhooks 90 and 91. According to the victim, she was grabbed on the buttocks in the hallway of the Hilton Hotel during Tailhook 90, so she avoided the hallway at Tailhook 91 On Saturday evening, the victim entered the third floor hallway through one of the hospitality suites. As she walked up the hallway and neared room 308, she was grabbed on the buttocks. She pressed her back against the wall and stood there until she felt she could safely leave the hallway. VlCTlM NUMBER 89 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Saturday, September 7, 1991- 10:00 p.m. Place of Incident: Pool Patio, Third Floor, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 89 is a 23-year-old civilian who resides in California. She attended Tailhook 91 with a female friend. According to the victim, she entered a hospitality suite on the third floor of the Hilton Hotel to obtain a beer. A man, whom she described as a large marine, pinned her arms against her sides, picked her up and twirled her around several times. She screamed for him to put her down, but her screams could not be heard over the loud music in the suite. Some of the people in the suite looked at her as if they thought the incident was funny, but no one came to her aid. The victim said she was "dragged" out of the suite and onto the pool patio where her assailant sat down in a plastic chair, pulling her down into his lap so that she faced him. He raised her shirt to completely expose her breasts, and he roughly applied his mouth to her breasts, neck and face. The man continued his assault for several minutes and then directed that the victim wait while he went to the bathroom. As soon as the man turned to leave, the victim ran from the area. The victim told us she was shaking, crying and walking around in a daze, as well as shocked and frightened at the violence of the assault. She told several Marine Corps officers what had happened shortly after the assault. VICTIM NUMBER 90 Status/Service/Rank: Civilian/Female Date/Time of Incident: Thursday, Friday or Saturday, September 5, 6 or 7, 1991 Evening, Time Unknown Place of Incident: Casino, Las Vegas Hilton Victim 90 is a civilian who resides in California. She attended Tailhook 91 with a civilian female friend. According to the friend, the victim told her she was in the Hilton Hotel casino playing blackjack with a male Navy officer, when another Navy officer at the table leaned across and grabbed her breast. The victim acknowledged the assault to us, but stated that she would not provide further details. MALE VICTIMS Summary: . The following summaries concern seven male naval officers who reported they were assaulted on the third floor of the Las Vegas Hilton at Tailhook 91: Victim Number 32 is a 27-year-old Navy lieutenant who was pinched on the buttocks in the hallway by an unknown person. The hallway was so crowded he "could not tell who was doing what." Victim Number 75 is a 33-year-old Navy lieutenant commander. While in the VS-41 administrative suite located in room 304, he was approached by a "tall woman in a knit dress" who walked up to him, grabbed his genitals through his clothing and yelled "package check." She then offered to perform a sex act for money. Victim Number 35 is a 26-year-old Navy lieutenant. While walking through the hallway, he was pinched on the buttocks by an unknown woman. A short time later he was grabbed in the crotch by a different woman. He retaliated by pinching the woman on the buttocks. Victim Number 74 is a 41-year-old Marine lieutenant colonel. He was standing on the pool patio when he was pinched on the left buttock by an unknown woman. Our investigation disclosed that the "victim" provided false statements to investigators regarding other acts of impropriety at Tailhook 91. When confronted with those discrepancies, he retracted his previous statements. Although he continued to maintain that his statements regarding his assault are truthful as reported, he requested that the matter not be further pursued. Victim Number 15 is a 32-year-old Navy lieutenant. He was pinched on the buttocks by an unknown person in the hallway. Victim Number 85 is a 29-year-old Marine captain. While in the VMFP-3 administrative suite (room 308), two women pulled his shorts down to his knees. Victim Number 84 is a 22-year-old Navy ensign. He was pinched on the buttocks by military men in the hallway. VICTIMS ASSAULTED DURING PRIOR TAILHOOK CONVENTIONS Summary: . The following 10 indecent assaults occurred in the hallway of the third floor at the Las Vegas Hilton during Tailhook conventions in years prior to Tailhook 91: Victim Number 91 is a 29-year-old female Government contractor employee. At Tailhook 90, she was grabbed in the crotch and breasts. She could not identify the man, so she did not report the incident. Victim Number 92 is a 29-year-old female Navy lieutenant. At Tailhook 89 she was pinched and grabbed on the buttocks She did not report the assault because she could not identify her assailant. Victim Number 93 is a 33-year-old female civilian who resides in Nevada. At Tailhook 90, she was "grabbed" in the hallway on the third floor of the Las Vegas Hilton. Victim Number 94 is a 31-year-old female Navy lieutenant. She attended Tailhooks 86, 87, 90 and 91. At one convention prior to Tailhook 91, she was pinched, and at another Tailhook, she was picked up by a man and carried down the hallway. Victim Number 95 is a 27-year-old female civilian who resides in California. She attended Tailhook 90 at the invitation of a friend who is a male Navy lieutenant commander. As she approached a crowd of men in the hallway, they closed in on her and began to push her through the passageway. They grabbed her breasts, crotch and buttocks. Men lifted up her skirt and placed squadron stickers on her crotch and buttocks. They unbuttoned her blouse and ripped her sleeve. She escaped the crowd through one of the administrative suites. When she described what happened to her to the male Navy officer who invited her to Tailhook, he responded, "Boys will be boys." Victim Number 96 is a 24-year old female Navy lieutenant. She attended Tailhooks 89, 90 and 91. At Tailhook 89, she was standing on the pool patio when she saw a man, who appeared to be extremely intoxicated, walking around with his penis/testicles exposed. The man came up behind the victim, grabbed her hips, and pressed his body against her buttocks. She threw her drink in his face. Victim Number 97 is a 31-year-old female Navy lieutenant. She attended Tailhooks 89 and 91. As she walked through the hallway on the third floor of the Hilton Hotel, she was pinched on the buttocks and grabbed on the breasts by unknown males. Victim Number 98 is a 41-year-old female former employee of the Hilton Hotel. During Tailhook 89, she was a blackjack dealer in the casino on the first floor of the hotel. Four or five men from the "Tail Gunners" convention sat at her table, yelling comments such as "Show us your tits." While on her break, one of those men came up behind her and ran his hand up her skirt. Victim Number 99 is a 28-year-old female Navy lieutenant who attended Tailhooks 86, 87, 88, 89 and 91. At Tailhook 87, she was grabbed in the breasts by men in the "gauntlet." She still went on the third floor in subsequent years, but avoided the hallway when it was crowded. Victim Number 100 is a 25-year-old female military spouse who attended Tailhook 90 with a female friend. She entered the third floor of the Hilton Hotel by way of the passenger elevators. As she walked down what appeared to be a path in the crowded hallway, the men on either side of the hallway suddenly collapsed around her. Approximately 20 men began to grab, pinch and touch her breasts, buttocks and crotch. One man got his hand inside her clothing and grabbed her bare buttocks. The men verbally abused the victim calling her "bitch" and saying "I'd like to f- -- you." She fought the crowd, screaming "leave me alone." Notes 1 Investigation disclosed that a Prowler squadron (VA-128) wore hats decorated with a mock fuel probe. The probe was described by at least one witness as resembling an elephant's trunk. Similarly, some VMFP-3 Rhino squadron members wore rhinoceros horn head pieces that could also appear to be an elephant's trunk.