Prosecutor: Sex assault victim was black-out drunk

By Jessica Gresko

Published March 18, 2014 1:32pm ET

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Prosecutor: Sex assault victim was black-out drunk — FILE - This July, 24, 2013 file photo provided by the U.S. Naval Academy shows Midshipman Joshua Tate, a former U.S. Naval Academy football player accused of sexual assault. Lawyers are expected to give opening statements Tuesday in the court-martial of Joshua Tate of Nashville, Tenn. Opening statements had been scheduled for Monday but were delayed because of snow. (AP Photo/U.S. Naval Academy, File) | Uncredited

WASHINGTON (AP) — A prosecutor says a woman who accuses a former Naval Academy football player of sexual assault was so drunk at a party that she blacked out and was not able to consent to sex.

Prosecutor Lt. Cmdr. Ryan Stormer said Tuesday during opening statements of Joshua Tate’s court-martial that the woman was drinking “shot after shot after shot.”

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