American sailor accused of raping woman in Darwin's CBD US sailors in Australia earlier this year. AN AMERICAN sailor has been accused of raping a woman in Darwin's CBD. The Department of Defence confirmed the 22-year-old man was arrested by Northern Territory police over an alleged September 4 incident and charged with rape, deprivation of liberty and aggravated assault. Defence would not say why the matter had been kept quiet since September and it is not known if the man is still in Australia or left with, or shortly after, the last rotation of US servicemen in September. The accused is due to appear in court in January. The US faced a similar scandal in 2004, but charges of rape against sailor Marvin Nelson Farr, then 22, were dropped the following year. MORE: Read the full story at the Northern Territory News.