Charges against SEAL include rape, child sex

SAN DIEGO — A Navy SEAL stationed in San Diego raped a woman in Virginia, took a video of himself molesting a sleeping girl and kept child pornography on his cellphone that included video involving an infant having sex with a dog, according to allegations unsealed in federal court in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Arrested in San Diego by federal marshals more than two weeks ago, SEAL Team One Petty Officer 1st Class Gregory Kyle Seerden faces felony child pornography and child sex assault charges in Virginia after an investigation by Naval Criminal Investigative Service’s Norfolk field office.

Agents investigating the reported rape of an unconscious Virginia woman uncovered the child sex crimes.

Identified as Jane Doe in court documents, the woman accused Seerden of raping her Jan. 27 after she blacked out after drinking with him in his hotel room at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, where he was on a temporary assignment.

It’s unclear where the assault took place, officials say. Court documents indicate that the family did not live in Virginia. The Navy lists Seerden’s home of record in Missouri. He enlisted in 2005.

Court records show that federal magistrate William V. Gallo in San Diego held a detention hearing for Seerden on April 13, the same day an extradition warrant was issued. More detailed documents remain sealed by court order.

Seerden’s criminal defense attorney, Gerard Jeffrey Wasson, did not return a call seeking comment.

In disclosure forms Seerden filed in federal court, he claimed to be divorced and without children. He said he earns $6,000 per month in the Navy, has $10,000 in the bank, owns both a car and a motorcycle and took a $20,000 stake in a silver investment.