WASHINGTON (DC)
USA TODAY
July 18, 2018
By Tom Vanden Brook
The Marine Corps determined that an officer must fight to keep his job after sexual harassment allegations mushroomed into a scandal that prompted the firing of a general.
Two civilian women accused Maj. David Cheek of making blatant sexual overtures to them at their office at the Corps’ base at Quantico, Virginia. Their allegations, reported by USA TODAY in February, prompted Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller to order a new investigation of their case and ultimately cost Brig. Gen. Kurt Stein his job after he labeled their claims “fake news.”
Cheek will face officers on a board of inquiry, whom he must convince to allow him to continue serving in the Marine Corps.
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