Third N.C. serviceman pleads guilty in gay porn Internet case

An American serviceman who pleaded guilty Tuesday to having sex for money on a military-themed gay Web site was sentenced to three months in prison and will be discharged from the Army. Pfc. Wesley Mitten, 21, pleaded guilty to sodomy, conduct detrimental to the Army, and cocaine use. He is one of seven soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division accused of appearing on the site. Two other paratroopers, Pvt. Kagen Mullen and Pfc. Richard Ashley, have also pleaded guilty and were sentenced to prison. Like Mitten, they were also ordered to forfeit two thirds of their pay and received bad conduct discharges. Mitten, the son of a career military man, told Judge Colonel Grant S. Jaquith that he did if for the money, earning $6,000 in three months. Army prosecutors said Mitten helped recruit other members of his unit and that four other soldiers received punishment outside the military court system. Division officials said the Army has discharged one paratrooper and has recommended discharges for the other three. (Sirius OutQ News)