Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. ? An Air Force Academy cadet testified Wednesday that a recent graduate raped her last August after the two drank alcohol at his apartment.

2nd Lt. Ronen Segal, who is assigned to the North American Aerospace Defense Command at nearby Cheyenne Mountain, is the second man associated with the academy to be charged with rape since a sex scandal erupted in February. He faces life in prison if convicted.

The testimony came during a military preliminary hearing to determine whether Segal would be court-martialed on rape and other charges.

The woman said she had been friends with Segal at the academy when she was a freshman and he was a senior. She said she went to his Colorado Springs home after he sent an e-mail asking to get together.

She said she drank at least three glasses of wine and didn’t remember what happened after the two began kissing. She said she regained awareness during the rape, and Segal later took her back to her dorm room.

The woman talked with a military chaplain at an academy clinic the next day.

“The chaplain said the situation was primarily my fault because I had gone there on my free will,” she said. “And I would have to come to grips with that.”

The hearing is expected to wrap up this week.