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Soldier accused of strangling, raping women testifies in court

After listening to 15 women testify that he had slapped, strangled and sometimes raped them over a three-year period, Army Maj. Jonathan Batt took his turn on the witness stand in his court-martial at Fort Meade on Wednesday and said each of them consented to every act of sex or bondage he performed.

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