Testimony began Monday in the case of a Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland medical technician accused of inappropriately touching three patients in June 2013.
Airman 1st Class Michael Lightsey faces four specifications of causing bodily harm "for purposes of sexual gratification," according to an Air Force news release.
An Air Force captain on Monday testified a medical technician grabbed her breasts and sexually assaulted her with his fingers as she was coming out of anesthesia during an outpatient procedure at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center in June 2013, the San Antonio Express-News reported Monday.
"I was very upset and shocked and angered," the newspaper reported the captain, a 14-year Air Force veteran, as saying on the stand. "I was thinking I didn't know what to do, but I didn't want him to do it again."
A charge sheet in the case alleges Lightsey touched the breasts of patients and in one instance forced a patient to touch his private parts.
Military judge Lt. Col. Marvin Tubbs will decide the case against Lightsey, who faces up to 28 years in prison if convicted on all the specifications, the Express-News reported.
Lightsey enlisted in the Air Force in July 2012 and was assigned to the 59th Surgical Operations Squadron, according to his charge sheet.
The defense argued the alleged victim did not positively identify Lightsey as the person who touched her and that she may have hallucinated the incident, according to the newspaper's account.
Two registered nurses who were at the hospital that day testified the woman would not have been released from the recovery room if she gave any indication she was having hallucinations, the Express-News reported.
Capts. Eric Frenck and Zack West are prosecuting the case. Lightsey is being represented by defense counsel Capt. Steven Vallarelli and civilian attorney Jeffrey King.
The trial is estimated to last through the week, according to the Air Force Judge Advocate General court martial docket.
