Navy

Massa Recalls Sexual Misconduct Allegation From Navy Days (AUDIO)

Justin Elliott | March 8, 2010, 12:50PM

Sailors participate in a "crossing the line" ceremony. Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) inset.

In the same radio monologue in which he admitted telling a male staffer, "what I really ought to be doing is fracking you," Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) defiantly recounted a misconduct allegation from his past that arose after he walked in on a Navy roommate masturbating.

The incident occurred during Desert Storm when Massa, who served for 24 years in the Navy, was based on a ship in the Persian Gulf. He was assigned to watch duty, Massa said on the radio show Sunday. One day, Massa came back early to the small room he shared with another crew member.

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