Ontario reservist pleads guilty to disgraceful conduct for pinning woman
HALIFAX — A former navy reservist from Windsor, Ont., who pinned one of his female peers on a bed and tried to touch her as she told him to stop has been fined $2,000 and issued a reprimand after pleading guilty to disgraceful conduct.
Lawyers at a court martial in Halifax offered a joint submission Monday recommending the fine and “severe reprimand” for Andreas Felipe Florian-Rodriguez, who was an ordinary seaman in the reserve force before being released last year.
He was originally charged with five offences under the National Defence Act for alleged offences between March 22 and April 19, 2016, but an assault charge was withdrawn and he was found not guilty of sexual assault and conduct to the prejudice of good order.
Florian-Rodriguez, 20, also pleaded guilty to another charge of conduct to the prejudice of good order for calling another female reservist several vulgar and sexist slurs.