Allison Bailey was found unconscious on her kitchen floor on the evening of Sat., Mar. 4, 2023. She died at the hospital later that night.
Two months earlier, on Sun., Jan. 15, 2023, she was kicked out of the Nevada National Guard with an “other than honorable” discharge.
Her final days of life began when she reported her rape on Fri., Jan. 29, 2021. That is when the world she knew as the Nevada National Guard turned on the Sergeant First Class destroying her career and eventually her life.
In January 2021, Maj. Gen. Ondra Berry, Nevada National Guard Commander, launched a zero-tolerance campaign to address sexual assault encouraging soldiers to report rape no matter how much time had passed and vowed to support them.
As an officer with the Reno Police Department, Berry was the subject of an internal affair probe into an incident where they were hot tubbing with some underage girls. Nothing became of the investigation, and Berry continued rising through the ranks until his retirement.
Bailey, who was suffering from undiagnosed Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD,) had been raped in May 2020 by another soldier. She did not report the attack because she did not want to ruin the reputation and future of her attacker.
Bailey eventually filed a formal unrestricted sexual assault report and an Inspector General (IG) complaint in October 2020 after being forced to be alone with her alleged attacker and act as his evaluation officer, which violated regulations.
But once she filed her complaint, the Guard launched a misconduct investigation against Bailey on Mon., Jan. 4, 2021. They charged her with having a sexual relationship with her rapist, who was never charged, coercing subordinates to sleep in her bed, engaging in sexually explicit conversations with junior soldiers, falsifying documents, and making false official statements.
Bailey was also issued a military protection order forbidding her to make contact with the soldier she accused of rape after he filed a sexual harassment complaint against her. Her defense counsel later learned that the alleged rapist, a male, had a personal relationship with the female investigating officer.
Bailey was demoted from an E7 to an E1 and informed she would receive a dishonorable discharge, losing all earned benefits. Despite not issuing Bailey a DD214, the National Guard cut off her medical care without notice.
She had no civilian healthcare insurance since being in the Guard for ten years. At the end of her life, Bailey suffered from seizures, severe anxiety, depression, pancreatitis, malnutrition from pancreatitis, pancreatic mass, and a blood clotting disorder.
Bailey died before she got justice. She was only days away from her 34 birthday on Thu., Mar. 23.
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