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‘No means No!’ UK Royal Navy nurse accused of harassing her superior officer claims married boss ‘was in denial of her sexuality’

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>British Navy surgeon&comma; Capt&period; Elizabeth Crowson told military court sitting at Bulford UK Cdr Sally-Anne Bagnall&comma; <&sol;strong> <strong>&&num;8216&semi;Ogled my breasts&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong> <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;403738"><strong>The married Royal Navy captain accused the nurse&comma; her junior of harassing a superior officer and made sexual innuendos to her about &OpenCurlyQuote;milky coffee’<&sol;strong> <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;403738"><strong>Commander Sally-Anne Bagnall Crowson said&comma; bombarded her with &&num;8220&semi;blatantly sexual&&num;8221&semi; texts about threesomes <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;403738"><strong>Causing her married superior officer &&num;8220&semi;great distress&&num;8221&semi; &&num;8211&semi; despite Capt Crowson repeatedly batting away her advances<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;403738"><strong>Cdr Bagnall&comma; 51&comma; allegedly claimed that Capt&period; Crowsonas the mother-of-three was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;in denial about her sexuality” and was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;suppressing her true feelings about her” <&sol;strong> <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;403738"><strong>The harassment allegedly happened while both officers were statiioned at Defence Primary Health Care HQ in DMS Whittington&comma; Staffs&comma; in 2018<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;403738"><strong>&&num;8220&semi;The more I rebuffed her&comma; the less she would hear them&comma; and that caused me huge distress&comma;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong> <strong>Crowson rold the military court<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;403738"><strong>Cdr&period; Bagnall&comma; now of HMS Nelson in Portsmouth&comma; Hants&comma; denies harassment <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;403738"><strong>&&num;8220&semi;I felt she &lbrack;Crowson&rsqb;&comma; wanted a deeper connection&comma; she was more friendly and was wearing civilian clothing more often&period; I felt she was interested in me and she wanted to go out&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Bagnall says<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;403738"><strong>The trial continues<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;11&sol;Sally-Anne-Bagnall-3&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-359439" width&equals;"577" height&equals;"451"&sol;><figcaption><strong>British Royal Navy nurse Commander Sally-Anne Bagnall&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; is accused of making unwanted advances towards her superior officer&comma; a Navy surgeon who she claims was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;in denial about her sexuality” and was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;suppressing her true feelings about &lbrack;me&rsqb;”<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">A British Royal Navy nurse appeared before a military court Wednesday&comma; accused of who harassing her female boss who is claiming the defendant of &&num;8220&semi;ogled&&num;8221&semi; her breasts and made jokes about &&num;8220&semi;milky&&num;8221&semi; coffee&period;<br>Commander Sally-Anne Bagnall iallegedly bombarded Surgeon Captain Elizabeth Crowson with &&num;8220&semi;blatantly sexual&&num;8221&semi; texts about threesomes&period;<br>She is also accused of causing her married superior officer &&num;8220&semi;great distress&&num;8221&semi; &&num;8211&semi; despite Capt Crowson repeatedly batting away her advances&period;<br>Cdr Bagnall also clmade sexual innuendos about &&num;8220&semi;milky&&num;8221&semi; coffee and said she &&num;8220&semi;ogled&&num;8221&semi; her breasts while at Defence Primary Health Care HQ in DMS Whittington&comma; Staffordshire&comma; in 2018&period;<br>Capt Crowson is now in charge of the Institute of Naval Medicine in Gosport&comma; Hants&comma; Capt Crowson said the advances were not reciprocated branded Cdr Bagnall &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;nutty” for suggesting misspelt emails contained hidden sexual messages&period;<br>She told the court&colon; &&num;8220&semi;She &lbrack;Bagnall&rsqb;&comma; got the wrong end of the stick completely&comma; when she began harassing her&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;11&sol;Elizabeth-Crowson-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-359438" width&equals;"559" height&equals;"748"&sol;><figcaption>Captain Elizabeth Crowson &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; said&colon; &&num;8220&semi;She &lbrack;Bagnall&rsqb;&comma; refused to accept my assertions that I was not gay or looking to start a romantic relationship with her&period; She refused to accept them no matter how clearly I stated them&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">She said&colon; &&num;8220&semi;Conversations about my marriage would then veer towards her assertion that tensions in my marriage were due to me being in internal conflict about my sexuality&period;<br>&&num;8220&semi;Initially she was just exploring whether I was having difficulties about my sexuality but as it progressed it became clear she was presenting herself as a potential romantic suitor&period;<br>&&num;8220&semi;She thought I was interested in her and she said she was available and willing to engage the relationship&period;<br>&&num;8220&semi;I was always very clear about my sexuality&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;ve never had any leanings in that direction whatsoever&period;<br>&&num;8220&semi;She refused to accept my assertions that I was not gay or looking to start a romantic relationship with her&period; She refused to accept them no matter how clearly I stated them&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br>Capt Crowson said the ordeal caused her a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;huge amount of distress” and that she was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;bewildered and perplexed” as to how Cdr Bagnall had drawn the conclusions that she had&period;<br>The defendant&comma; 51-year-old Cdr Bagnall&comma; has claimed that the married mother-of-three suing her&comma; was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;in denial about her sexuality” and was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;suppressing her true feelings about her”&period;<br>Testifying before the Bulford Military Court on Nov 11&comma; Cdr Bagnall said&comma; &&num;8216&semi;Capt Crowson was &&num;8220&semi;testing me for an affair&&num;8221&semi; and would eye her up at work&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>&&num;8220&semi;I felt she wanted a deeper connection&comma; she was more friendly and was wearing civilian clothing more often&period; I felt she was interested in me and she wanted to go out&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Bagnall said&period;<br>Cdr Bagnall who is now on the HMS Nelson in Portsmouth has denied all charges of harassment&period;<br>The court martial was told Cdr Bagnall believed her boss was &&num;8220&semi;testing her for an affair&&num;8221&semi; and &&num;8220&semi;kept going on about high risk sex&&num;8221&semi;&period;<br>She said&colon; &&num;8220&semi;This is when I caught her looking me up&period; I was leaning against the computer&comma; leg up by the chair with my back turned&comma; and she was looking me up&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;11&sol;Sally-Anne-Bagnall-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-359435"&sol;><figcaption>Cmdr Bagnall arrives for trial at Bulford Military Court<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Cdr Bagnall told the court on another occasion&comma; Capt Crowson messaged about about a &&num;8220&semi;date&&num;8221&semi; at Costa and later said she had &&num;8220&semi;feelings&&num;8221&semi; for her&period;<br>The court heard Capt Crowson asked Cdr Bagnall &&num;8220&semi;are you coming&quest;&&num;8221&semi; &&num;8211&semi; with the judge asking her to clarify it was to be taken in its literal sense or in reference to having an orgasm&period;<br>The nurse replied&colon; &&num;8220&semi;She said it in a provocative manner&comma; it was a double entendre&period; I thought she was coming on to me&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br>She added&colon; &&num;8220&semi;She made me a coffee at work and she said &&num;8216&semi;is this too milky for you&quest;&&num;8217&semi;<br>&&num;8220&semi;With the look and the tone&comma; I considered it sexual&period; It was the look and the tone that was important&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br>Recalling another occasion&comma; she added&colon; &&num;8220&semi;She looked at me and said &&num;8216&semi;I need to charge my battery&&num;8217&semi;&period; I thought she was talking about charging her battery for a sexual relationship&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br>The trial continues&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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