![It has been more than a year since the Coast Guard began investigating Hope Hicks' allegations that she was raped by her boss on the Alliance Fairfax. He has not been charged.](https://abc17news.b-cdn.net/abc17news.com/2023/03/hypatia-h_55c06ee00d7764328542fe37507712b2-h_f89c90aae597271e1b3f9f6b32d45ab1-300-375x225.jpg)
Failed oversight, lax punishments: How the Coast Guard has allowed sexual assault at sea to go unchecked
By Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken Women don’t belong out at sea working on ships with men, the 62-year-old engineer told the 19-year-old trainee just weeks before she says he raped her. The young woman, Hope Hicks, was a student at the US Merchant Marine Academy. The man, Edgar Sison, was her boss. He worked
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