A top civilian scientist working for the Air Force allegedly convinced a colleague to hire a sex worker as an administrative technician involved in military propulsion research, according to a warrant unsealed Monday by the U.
District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. In April, the former chief of the laboratory, Maj. Gord passed away last September, according to an obituary linked by The Daily Beast. The obituary did not state a cause of death. A short while later, the owner of Spectral Energies, Dr. Sukesh Roy, told Gord he was looking to hire an administrative technician.
Get the latest in military news, entertainment, and gear in your inbox daily. Roy confronted Gord, who allegedly confessed the woman was a prostitute he had met in Cincinnati, one of 27 sex workers in cities around the country whom he had reportedly solicited while on official U. The government had quite a bill to pay. This allegedly angered Gord, ending the discussion. Roy met with a lawyer to try to fire the woman, but the lawyer advised him to wait until the one-year review period in November to avoid potential liability.
Gord was responsible for the decision, and it was the first time in years he did not allocate the entire research budget on Spectral, the warrant said. Over the next few months, colleagues told Roy that Gord was introducing the woman to professional circles as a research assistant and that Gord had allegedly arranged for her to chair a scientific panel at an upcoming Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense conference as a technical expert.
The warrant said that many of the 27 women were foreign nationals from countries considered U. According to court records, the search warrant involving Gord and the woman appears to have terminated in October , and there were no related cases on file.
