The Army was planning to court-martial Grazioplene, 69, in the spring of 2018, but the charges were dismissed in March after a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces in another case effectively limited the statute of limitations in the case to five years. Army investigators focused on accusations from 1983 to 1989, while authorities in Virginia are focused on a period from 1988 to 1989 when Grazioplene lived in Virginia.

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Legislation passed by Congress in 2006 says that rape cases have no statute of limitations under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, but cases from before then are subject to the laws at the time of the alleged crime.

Grazioplene’s case was the subject of a Washington Post report in which the general’s daughter, Jennifer M. Elmore, 47, accused him of years of abuse that spanned numerous military assignments and locations. Five other people, including one of Grazioplene’s sisters, corroborated aspects of her story.

The Post generally does not identify alleged victims of sexual assault but did so in this case after Elmore said she wanted to tell her story. She first reported the allegations to the Army in 2015, prompting a lengthy investigation.

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“Sometimes, it’s just easier to shut your mouth,” she said earlier this year. “But if I stay silent and the next person opts for that, and the next person opts for that, and the next person opts for that, where are we?”

A lawyer for Elmore, Ryan Guilds, declined to comment on the status of the case.

Lawyers for Grazioplene did not respond to a request for comment. He has denied the accusations.