The family of Spc. Vanessa Guillén, the soldier who was sexually harassed and killed on a Texas military base in 2020, sued the U.S. government for $35 million in damages.
Gloria Guillén, mother of 20-year-old murder victim Spc. Vanessa Guillén, and her daughter Lupe attend a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 16, 2020. Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images
The family of Spc. Vanessa Guillén, the soldier who was sexually harassed and killed on a Texas military base in 2020, sued the U.S. government for $35 million in damages on Friday.The family is seeking $25 million in personal injury claims and $10 million for Guillen's wrongful death, according to"Guillén suffered mental anguish, fear, emotional distress, physical injury and death as a result of sexual harassment, rape, sodomy and physical assault," the claim said.
Prior to her disappearance from Fort Hood in 2020, Guillén had told family and friends that she had been sexually harassed. An released in April 2021 confirmed that she was harassed by a supervisor and found that Army leaders failed to intervene.
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