2 women accuse Navy player of rape

WASHINGTON —  Two women testified in a military hearing Thursday that they were raped this year by former Navy football player Kenny Ray Morrison, who prosecutors allege drugged the women before sexually assaulting them.

Through his attorneys, Morrison has denied wrongdoing.

Speaking quietly, one alleged victim said she awoke in a Washington hotel room on Feb. 4 after a night of heavy drinking.

“I remember being woken up by Mr. Morrison standing over me and talking to me,” the woman testified. “Basically he wanted to have sex with me. I told him that I did not want to.”

Now a senior at the U.S. Naval Academy, the woman said she tried to resist him while he removed her clothes and raped her. She testified that Morrison sexually assaulted her two more times after that.

Another woman, who recently graduated from the academy, also testified at the Article 32 hearing, held to determine whether there is enough evidence to court-martial Morrison. She said she blacked out after drinking five beers at O’Brien’s Oyster Bar and Restaurant in Annapolis, Md., on April 21, the last one provided by Morrison.

The next morning, the woman said, she woke up naked, next to Morrison, in an Annapolis house she didn’t recognize. She testified that she didn’t remember anything, but felt pain in her thighs and genital area.

Both women’s hair tested positive for GHB, a date rape drug that is also used recreationally, Navy prosecutors said.