A violent gay scandal has rocked the Queen’s Guard in England.
An investigation is currently underway after two male recruits were allegedly forced to perform sex acts on one another as part of an initiation ceremony to the Queen’s Guards.
But it gets worse.
According to sources, the rape was filmed by other guardsmen on their cellphones and the footage was shared throughout the camp and posted to Facebook.
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“It was totally out of control,” a source tells The Sun. “People should be in jail for this.”
The incident took place at Pirbright Barracks in Surrey last September. The recruits, ages 23 and 28, were reportedly in their seventh month of training and had just returned from a first ceremonial duty stint at the Tower of London.
“They were made to feel part of the group after their first week with 2 Company and felt like they were fitting in,” the source says. “It was a Sunday night and Wales were playing Uruguay in the Rugby World Cup.”
He continues: “They were told to grab a shower and head upstairs to a TV room where they could see the game and have a few beers. They had probably heard rumors about initiation ceremonies at Catterick, where 2 Company is often referred to as The Gay Company, but there is no way they would have expected what was about to happen.”
What happened next is truly terrifying.
The men were welcomed into the TV room. But within minutes the exits were blocked and they were ordered to strip naked, stand in the center of the room and carry out sex acts on one another in front of group.
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“It was totally out of control,” the source continues, “and the older and more senior guys were obviously ordering them to do what they did. The two guys must both have been terrified. They had no choice in what they were doing.”
After the ordeal, video of the assault was circulated around the barracks via email, WhatsApp and SnapChat, resulting in the men being bullied and harassed by other soldiers.
“They were mocked for being gay, although they were forced into the acts,” the source says. “It was horrific and worse than anything I have ever known in the Army.”
Eventually the footage made it to the Regimental Sergeant Major’s desk, who ordered an investigation. The incident was reported as a rape and so far six soldiers are said to have been reprimanded.
A spokesman for the Army, however, is downplaying the incident.
“We can confirm an incident did take place and details were referred to the Royal Military Police for an initial investigation. No allegations of coercive or criminal behavior were made,” the spokesman said. “However, this behavior is unacceptable and administrative action was taken against those present, with disciplinary measures taken against one individual.”
According to the source, one of the victims remains in the Queen’s Guard, the other suffered a psychiatric breakdown and is on sick leave. He will likely be discharged.
“It is outrageous what has happened to these two,” the source says. “They are both young guys who just wanted to be in the Army and for this to happen and potentially ruin their careers is absolutely appalling.”
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David Smith
They are called beef eaters 🙂
Peter Jonsson
WTF!!!!?
Juanjo
Just more of that good old straight boy testosterone poisoning found in frat houses, sports team locker rooms, military branches and other places. For those of a certain age who served in the Navy or Marines, they can recall the hazing on crewmen on a ship crossing the equator if there was their first crossing of the line. In the 1980s there was a scandal involving the 101 Airborne where they were forcing men who ad just received their airborne badges to under go a naked ritual which invoked pinning the newly awarded Airborne pin onto the newbies bare chest. The list goes on and on. And has lead to a long list of gay porn titles.
Luis H. Lopez
If it’s forced than that’s a criminal offense like rape! Men get raped too so wrong .
DCguy
“The incident was reported as a rape and so far six soldiers are said to have been reprimanded.”
So the punishment for rape is a “reprimand”?? Are they f-ing kidding!?
Victor Barry
Horrific? I think the title over plays it a lot. Wrong, yes.
Paco
So much wrong with this beyond just the fact that “gay” is still being used by men to emasculate other men. Will attitudes about that ever change?
So “no allegations of coercive or criminal behavior were made.”, yet one of the victims suffered a psychiatric breakdown and will likely be discharged.
DCguy
@Paco:
Yeah, notice how the victim is the one that they are going to punish?
sfbeast
@Paco: Yes, agree with Paco that being seen to perform a gay act or be called gay is the most horrible insult there is. And one guy had a nervous breakdown because of it ?? However, it is a terrible thing that was done to them, and those involved should be punished.
Creamsicle
I’m not usually in the business of disbelieving rape allegations, but it looks like the o ly other sites the have taken up this story are of questionable calliber. None of the major news outlets (where fact checking occurs) seem to have touched it.
Jimmy
Reprimand? HOW ABOUT JAIL TIME ? That this is being downplayed is an affront to all victims of sexual abuse. All involved need to be investigated and punished severely.
LubbockGayMale
If true, why hasn’t the Queen stepped in to reprimand the guilty parties? Or isn’t she allowed to have any say over her own guards?
joeyty
…and too many guys here don’t understand the word “allegedly”.
Brian
Well they are the Queen’s guards, darlings.
Antony Nguyen
I dunno if its horsing around guys being jerks not a big deal. If its sex and forced thats a lil differnt, the title is misleading, as if this was a welcome to the club type deal. Which if its rape ewww, cuz in porn they be all hot and its hell yes, but in reality its some gross nasty person that makes you vomit so ya know
etseq
The Sun is a notorious british tabloid and relying on it as the sole source is the equivalent of journalistic malpractice. I suppose it is better than mining reddit for fanfic about “straight” men having non-gay sex with each other so there is that…
heath0043
@Creamsicle: Of course we all know that major news outlets always carry news that could be scandalous.
mgkbus
@LubbockGayMale: It is not as simple as that. There are departments set up to handle things beforethe Queen has to step in. Such matters are handled well before the Queen needs to know, usually, by underlings. In this case, since it wasn’t a member of household (her mediate purview) she probably wouldn’t have known until it hit the papers and maybe not even then.
Dakotahgeo
Penalties involved? I believe castration of the perpetrators is adequate, PLUS jail time! Some queens!
jamih
@Paco: “So much wrong with this beyond just the fact that “gay” is still being used by men to emasculate other men.” Don’t think anyone used “gay” here besides Queerty.