Sex Assault Victim Asks High Court To Find Mental Health Records Are Privileged

Mealey's (February 8, 2023, 8:13 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A military appeals court’s finding that a victim’s mental health diagnoses and treatments are not privileged runs counter to Supreme Court precedent and jeopardizes the ability of victims, especially minors, to seek help after an assault, a sexual assault victim says in her petition for certiorari in which she asks the U.S. Supreme Court to protect and affirm the psychotherapist-patient privilege as described in Military Rule of Evidence 513....