McKinney Accuser Reportedly Threatened
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FT. BELVOIR, Va. — Anonymous threats have been made against at least two of the six women who accused former Sgt. Maj. of the Army Gene McKinney of sexual misconduct, the Army’s lead prosecutor said Thursday.
At a pretrial hearing in advance of McKinney’s court-martial at this Army post south of Washington, Lt. Col. Michael Child said threats against Staff Sgt. Christine Fetrow are so serious that the Army has moved her twice to hide her.
“This young lady is in danger,” Child said.
“Somebody wants her to not continue to give evidence” that McKinney made inappropriate sexual advances to her, the prosecutor said. At a hearing last summer, Fetrow testified that McKinney had kissed her and urged her to have sex with him.
His defense attorneys indicated Thursday that they planned to show that Fetrow fabricated at least some of the threats.
Child said the Army also is concerned about the security of a second accuser, Sgt. Christine Roy, who says she reluctantly had sex with McKinney when she was eight months’ pregnant.
McKinney, a married 29-year Army veteran, has denied the charges against him.
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