Falsely Accused in the military?

As many as 40% of those who contact law enforcement with allegations of military sexual assault, harassment, and bullying are weaponizing the system that was meant to help true victims. It’s time to do something about it.

What if this was your son, your daughter? Would you idly sit by, or fight for justice?

1) This is an interview with a senior active duty chaplain who connects the spike in suicide rates in all services to false allegations of SA and DV. The interviewer has a talk show called Tell it Like it Is. He is a retired Marine Sergeant Major and NCIS special agent. He has done a series with more than a million views. Most of the views come from his website, YouTube only shows the views from people who watched in YouTube.

2) This is an interview with a former military JAG and the vice or assistant director of a justice program at UPENN. She (justice program person) formerly led the innocence project for Pennsylvania and a conviction integrity unit for Philadelphia. She reviewed several cases for advocates and was appalled. A Defense Advisory Committee for the Investigations Prosecution and Defense (DAC-IPAD) of sex assualt cases contacted her to help set up a military conviction integrity unit. The DAC IPAD was disbanded by the current SECDEF.

3) This interview is with a retired Navy Chief (YNC) who served as a paralegal at Navy Region San Diego and saw 500 cases of wrongful convictions (all sex assault) in one year at this one navy region. She reported it to senior leaders and she was removed from the billet. She was the number 1 ranked E6 at the time. She also saw three females on a Navy ship conspire to falsely accuse a Sailor to get a new assignment. They were successful despite the YNC contacting her command equal opportunity representative, her leadership, the command military lawyers, and the Navy’s Inspector General.

4) Donna Santucci is a former Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner and her son was falsely accused and wrongly convicted. This is is her testimony in front of the DAC IPAD. There is also a documentary on her son’s accusations.

5) In the most shocking and damning case I’ve read where there is a smoking gun of Command Undue Influence, a retired Navy SEAL Senior Chief shares his story of going to the brig despite zero evidence of a crime. Later, Senior Chief Keith Barry is exonorated but only after a retired Admiral with a guilty conscious gives a sworn statement. You can read the affidavit where Admiral Lorge says he felt pressured by Congress to convict an innocent man. Those involved in wrongfully convicting Barry faced no consequences and one went on to serve as a university president.

6) In her powerful law review note, Justice Is No Longer Blind, Heidi L. Brady argues that while the military's aggressive response to sexual assault is well-intentioned, it has dangerously tipped the scales of justice against the accused. Fueled by public pressure, political directives, and institutional reforms, the military justice system has become overwhelmingly victim-centric—prioritizing swift punishment over procedural fairness. Brady meticulously outlines how systemic flaws such as unlawful command influence, lack of defense resources, and biased court-martial practices erode the due process rights of the accused. Drawing on rarely cited congressional reports and insider military insight, she calls for structural changes—like independent prosecutors, empowered judges, and better-resourced defense teams—to restore balance. Her message is clear: eradicating sexual assault is essential, but not at the cost of sacrificing constitutional rights in the pursuit of justice.

The Sailor Spy vs. UCI: A Firsthand Account and Analysis of the Largest Occurrence of Unlawful Command Influence (UCI) in United States Military History (The Sailor Spy vs. UCI offers a gripping firsthand account of one sailor's battle against the most extensive case of Unlawful Command Influence (UCI) in U.S. military history. This exposé pulls back the curtain on a justice system compromised by internal pressures, revealing how leadership interference can corrupt the very foundations of due process. Part memoir, part investigative analysis, it challenges readers to confront the dangerous consequences when loyalty to command overrides the rule of law.) Visit Darin Lopez online to learn more!

Undaunted Gladiator (Un­daunted Gladiator chronicles the extraordinary journey of Colonel Dan Wilson, a decorated 39-year “Mustang” Marine whose career spanned from the Cold War through the battles against ISIS, where he faced mortar fire, friendly-fire, and IED attacks . Just as he was being considered for promotion to general in July 2016, he was shockingly accused of sexual assault, unjustly confined for eight months, convicted on a lone dubious charge, and spent nearly three years in military prisons before being fully exonerated. Part profile, part exposé, this powerful memoir interrogates the flaws of the military justice system and stands as a testament to resilience in the face of institutional betrayal.