Report: Air Force Academy football players accused of drug use, gang rape

Air Force Academy superintendent Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson wants the Inspector General to undertake an investigation after the Colorado Springs Gazette uncovered a series of shocking allegations against Air Force athletes, including football players.

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Among the horrifying discoveries: Parties dating back to 2010 where “a core group of top football players” used synthetic marijuana, drank until they became sick and, most shockingly, may have used date-rape drugs on women for the purpose of sexual assault.

One especially insane party in 2011 was described by an informant:

"The blowout was held in the woods west of Colorado Springs on Dec. 2, 2011, a week after the football team ended its regular season with a 45-21 thumping of Colorado State.“The girls’ drink, or Captain Morgan with the blue lid, was only for girls to drink,” OSI confidential informant cadet Eric Thomas told investigators in a written statement obtained by The Gazette. The blue-capped bottle, he explained, was laced with “roofies,” a street term for flunitrazepam, a powerful sedative known as a date-rape drug.Thomas told investigators that “four or five females did not recall what occurred the following day after the party.”In one bedroom during the party, “multiple male cadets had sexual intercourse with other unknown females,” Thomas alleged."

This paragraph gives an idea of how out-of-control things became:

"The culture was so wild that academy leaders canceled a planned 2012 sting out of concern that undercover agents and confidential informants at a party wouldn’t be enough to protect women from rape."

General Johnson released a statement regarding the Gazette’s allegations and her call for further inquiry:

"“These efforts will help in eliminating subcultures . whose climates do not align with our institutional core values,” she said in a statement released Thursday exclusively to The Gazette. Johnson said the academy has taken steps to correct the problems within the athletic department. “Despite all of our efforts, I expect we’ll still have issues with a few young people who will make poor choices,” she wrote."

The Gazette investigation also uncovered evidence of academic fraud, but that seems minor compared to the tales of wild parties filled with drug and alcohol use and alleged gang rape.

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