Air Force Academy cadet faces trial on sexual assault charge

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — A third-year cadet at the U.S. Air Force Academy faces a court-martial on a sexual assault charge.

Cadet 2nd Class Michael T. Crotts has been charged with one specification of allegedly violating Article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, which forbids sexual assault. According to the charge sheet provided by the academy, Crotts is accused of having sex with an unidentified woman, without her consent, at or near Colorado Springs between roughly March 1 and April 1, 2017.

Neither Crotts nor his attorneys immediately responded to a request for comment through the academy's public affairs office.

The court-martial is scheduled to begin Monday.

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