Air Force general convicted of sexual misconduct for forcibly kissing his sister-in-law

U.S. Air Force uniform
(Image credit: CatLane/iStock)
Grayson Quay
By Grayson Quay
published

Air Force Maj. Gen. William Cooley became the highest-ranking officer in Air Force history to be court-martialed and convicted when a military judge found him guilty of sexual misconduct on Saturday, Axios reports.

Cooley was convicted of forcibly kissing a civilian Air Force employee and acquitted of two other alleged forcible touching incidents. The general commanded the Air Force Research Laboratory near Dayton, Ohio, from 2017 until 2020.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up
Explore More
Speed Reads
To continue reading this article...
Continue reading this article and get limited website access each month.
Get unlimited website access, exclusive newsletters plus much more.
Cancel or pause at any time.
Already a subscriber to The Week?
Not sure which email you used for your subscription? Contact us
Grayson Quay
Grayson Quay

Grayson Quay was the weekend editor at TheWeek.com. His writing has also been published in National Review, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Modern Age, The American Conservative, The Spectator World, and other outlets. Grayson earned his M.A. from Georgetown University in 2019.

Latest
You might also like
View More ▸