Former West Point cadet Caleb Suh faces a civil lawsuit after drugging his girlfriend and administering abortion pills that caused a miscarriage.
He pleaded guilty in June to assault resulting in substantial bodily injury for the March 2022 attack on a fellow cadet who wanted to keep her pregnancy.
The woman, also a cadet at the U.S. Military Academy, filed a lawsuit on Oct. 28 seeking damages for the loss of her child and ongoing trauma.
Her attorney Russell Kornblith said the incident changed her life permanently.
Civil Lawsuit Seeks Unspecified Damages
The complaint alleges Suh impersonated his girlfriend, ordered the pills online, and administered them while she slept.
She suffered a life‑changing event that she continues to endure.
Pro‑Life Leader Calls for FDA Safeguards
Erin Hawley of the Alliance Defending Freedom warned that the case shows the danger of allowing mifepristone to be shipped without in‑person medical oversight.
She said the FDA’s 2023 decision to drop the in‑person requirement enabled Suh to order the pills and assault his girlfriend.
Hawley added that horrific incidents like this would never have happened if that safeguard remained in place.
The FDA removed the in‑person dispensing rule in January 2023 after a COVID‑19 pause that began in April 2021.
Suh transferred to Cornell University in the 2023‑2024 school year and is now a graduate student at Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health.
His sentencing was postponed to Jan. 21, 2027, at his attorney’s request, allowing him to finish the Columbia semester.
Prosecutors did not oppose the delay.
Suh apologized in June, saying he was deeply and immeasurably sorry for the pain he caused.
He has been enrolled at two Ivy League schools since the incident and graduated from Cornell this year.
West Point officials said he answered no when asked about prior disciplinary violations and was in good academic standing.
Russell Kornblith said the lawsuit aims to prevent future tragedies.
“We hope that by our client coming forward, it will ensure this never happens to anyone else,” he said.
