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Family of Texas soldier Vanessa Guillen seeking $35 million in damages

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AUSTIN - The family of a Texas soldier who was sexually harassed and killed at a military base near Killeen in 2020 filed a lawsuit Friday seeking $35 million in damages from the U.S.

government.The family of 20-year-old Vanessa Guillen is seeking damages on the basis of sexual harassment, abuse, assault, rape, sodomy and wrongful death.RELATED: US Army finds Spc.

Vanessa Guillen’s supervisor sexually harassed her, Ft. Hood leaders didn’t act on itAn investigation by military officials into the death of Guillen, who was killed by a fellow soldier at U.S.

Army base Fort Hood, found that she was also sexually harassed and that leaders failed to take appropriate action. The lawsuit describes two instances in which Guillen was harassed during her time as a soldier and Guillen's suicidal thoughts as a result of coping with the harassment, which she told family that she did not report for fear of retaliation."This will be an opportunity for every victim to feel not only like they have a voice but that they can be made whole," said Natalie Khawam, who filed the lawsuit on behalf of the Guillen family.MORE VANESSA GUILLEN COVERAGEThe lawsuit follows a decision Thursday by a three-judge panel from the 9th U.S.

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