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Family of murdered Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen seek $35m in damages from federal government for sexual harassment, abuse, assault, rape, sodomy and wrongful death

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11108609/amp/Family-Fort-Hood-soldier-Vanessa-Guillen-seek-35m-damages-sexually-harassment-rape.html

The family of a Texas soldier who was sexually harassed and killed at a military base near Killeen in 2020 filed a lawsuit Friday seeking $35million in damages from the US government.

Vanessa Guillen, 20, was murdered near the military base in 2020 by fellow soldier Aaron Robinson, then 20, who bludgeoned her with a hammer, removed her body from an armory at Fort Hood, Texas, and then dismembered her and buried her remains on April 22 of that year.

Robinson died as cops moved to arrest him, with his death reported as a suicide.

An investigation by military officials into the death of Guillen, who was killed by a fellow soldier at US Army base Fort Hood, found that she was also sexually harassed and that leaders failed to take appropriate action.

The lawsuit describes two instances in which Guillen was harassed during her time as a soldier and Guillen's suicidal thoughts as a result of coping with the harassment, which she told family that she did not report for fear of retaliation.

Guillen's family is seeking damages on the basis of sexual harassment, abuse, assault, rape, sodomy and wrongful death.

'This will be an opportunity for every victim to feel not only like they have a voice but that they can be made whole,' said Natalie Khawam, who filed the lawsuit on behalf of the Guillen family.

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