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Fox News reported Caleb T. Suh pleaded guilty June 30, and the New York Post reported prosecutors are seeking two years.
Fox News reported a woman it identified as Jane Doe sued Caleb T. Suh in New York Supreme Court on Oct. 28, and that he pleaded guilty June 30 to assault resulting in substantial bodily injury to a dating partner. The New York Post reported prosecutors are seeking two years and that a request to delay sentencing until January was granted. Fox News reported Judge Philip M. Halpern postponed sentencing until January 2027. She is not named here.
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The June 30 plea is the conviction on that federal count. It is not the sentence. Two years is what the Post reported prosecutors are seeking, and January 2027 is the date Fox News reported the judge set. The Oct. 28 lawsuit is a civil complaint for damages. It is not a second criminal charge, and the woman stays Jane Doe.
Fox News, in a story by Sophia Compton published November 2, 2026, at 8:48 p.m. EST, reported a woman identified as Jane Doe sued Caleb T. Suh in New York Supreme Court on Oct. 28, accusing him of assault and battery and seeking damages. It reported they were cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point when she learned she was pregnant in January 2022, according to the complaint, and that on Feb. 4, 2022, he brought a drink he described as a pregnancy protein shake to her barracks room. It reported she became sick and drifted in and out of consciousness, that he later admitted in federal court he administered abortion medication without her knowledge or consent, and that hours later doctors confirmed she was suffering a miscarriage. It reported she reported the incident to the Army Criminal Investigation Division at West Point in May 2022. It reported he was charged in federal court in June 2026 and pleaded guilty June 30 to assault resulting in substantial bodily injury to a dating partner. NBC News, by Shayna Jacobs, published November 3, 2026, at 12:02 p.m. EST and updated at 1:00 p.m. EST, reported the same plea in June, to the same count, which it described as a federal crime in a maritime or territorial jurisdiction. The New York Post, by Peter Senzamici, published November 2, 2026, at 5:10 p.m. ET, reported he pleaded guilty to felony assault in June. Felony assault, in the Post, and assault resulting in substantial bodily injury to a dating partner, in Fox News and NBC News, are not the same printed count line. June 30 is Fox News's date. The Post and NBC News print June and do not print the day.
Fox News reported he admitted creating an online pharmacy account using her identity to obtain abortion medication, and that he admitted obtaining Xanax to sedate her before administering it. It reported this sentence, according to the complaint: "My intent was use the Xanax to unwittingly sedate my girlfriend so that I could then administer the abortion pills, which I had obtained via the online pharmacy." It reported he acknowledged she later miscarried "as a result of the abortion pills that I had administered without her knowledge and consent." The Post reported the Xanax sentence as what he admitted in his guilty plea, and it inserted the word "to" in brackets after "was." According to the complaint, on Fox News, and in his guilty plea, on the Post, are not the same document. A missing "to," and a bracketed "to," are not the same sentence. NBC News reported his attorney declined to comment on the lawsuit. Fox News reported West Point and an attorney for Suh did not immediately respond. The Post named the lawyer Thomas Kenniff. NBC News did not print that name. The woman remains Jane Doe in the court papers these outlets describe. This story does not name her.
Fox News reported that after leaving West Point he attended Cornell University, graduating in May 2026, and then enrolled in a master's program at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. The Post reported he received a bachelor's degree from Cornell in 2024 and enrolled there in the fall of 2024. May 2026, and 2024, are not the same graduation. Fox News reported a Cornell spokesperson said that when he was admitted as a transfer student he answered "No" when asked whether he had been found responsible for a disciplinary violation, and that his previous university reported he was in good academic standing and eligible to return. It reported a person with knowledge of the matter said Columbia was unaware of his status until the New York Times contacted the university Friday and that the school took swift action, and that applications do not require applicants to disclose prior criminal convictions. NBC News reported Columbia declined to comment, citing federal privacy laws for students. Swift action, from a person with knowledge, and a decline to comment, are not the same account of the school. Fox News reported he asked a federal judge in October to postpone sentencing until January 2027, in part to complete the Columbia semester, that federal prosecutors did not oppose, and that U.S. District Judge Philip M. Halpern granted it. The Post reported that several weeks ago he asked to delay sentencing until January so he could finish the semester, that the request was granted, and that prosecutors are seeking two years. January, with no year, and January 2027, are not the same date. Two years is the Post's account of what prosecutors are seeking. Fox News does not print that figure. NBC News reported he is awaiting a January sentencing in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, according to the civil complaint, and it does not print a day, a year, a judge, or a recommended term. Fox News quoted Russell Kornblith, a partner at Wigdor LLP, saying the complaint sets out that the client was forced to endure an unimaginable trauma and was robbed of a pregnancy she wanted. The plea is the conviction on the federal count. The January date is when Fox News reported he is to be sentenced. The lawsuit is the civil case. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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