Caleb T. Suh

Introduction

Caleb T. Suh is a former United States Military Academy at West Point cadet who pleaded guilty in June 2026 to a federal assault charge for drugging his pregnant girlfriend and forcing abortion pills on her in February 2022, when both were cadets at West Point. He admitted the scheme in federal court in Manhattan: a sedative-laced “protein shake,” abortion medication obtained by impersonating her, and a pregnancy she wanted ended against her will. In October 2026 his ex-girlfriend sued him for assault and battery in Manhattan State Supreme Court, and reporting on the suit revealed that he had gone on to earn a Cornell degree and enroll in a Columbia University master’s program while awaiting sentencing.

Background Information

Suh and the woman identified in court papers as Jane Doe began dating in October 2020, when she was a freshman cadet at West Point, according to her lawsuit. He was near the top of his class and, at the time of the crime, was competing to become the first captain of West Point — the honor earned by the top cadet in each graduating class — a federal prosecutor said at his plea hearing. Around January 2022 she learned she was pregnant; she wanted to carry the pregnancy to term and he did not. According to the complaint, he repeatedly pressured her to terminate, told her he would commit suicide if she did not get an abortion, and then feigned support while carrying out a plan: he used her name, personal information and identification to open an online pharmacy account, ordered abortion medication shipped to West Point, and obtained Xanax through a friend.

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Convicted. Suh pleaded guilty in June 2026 to one count of assault within a maritime and territorial jurisdiction, admitting in his plea that he sedated his girlfriend to administer abortion pills against her will. The civil suit’s assault-and-battery claims are unadjudicated, but they recount the same February 2022 night his plea covered.

On February 4, 2022, Suh visited Jane Doe in her barracks and encouraged her to drink what he called a “prenatal protein shake,” which he later admitted was laced with sedatives — Xanax, and per the suit, Promethazine as well. “My intent was [to] use the Xanax to unwittingly sedate my girlfriend so that I could then administer the abortion pills, which I had obtained via the online pharmacy,” he said in his guilty plea. When she recoiled at the taste, court papers say he held the bottle to her lips and forced her to finish it. She became sick and drifted in and out of consciousness; the complaint alleges he then forced her to consume two abortion pills while inserting a third into her vagina. She woke with pills in her mouth, spat them out, and he shoved them back in, telling her “eat this, it’s good for you,” the filing says. He had also impersonated her on the pharmacy’s online forum, asking questions including whether she would “feel the pills in my vagina.”

He left around 11 p.m., according to the suit. At about midnight the woman woke in pain, vomited, and found she was profusely bleeding; fearing a miscarriage, she called Suh, who did not answer, and then called 911. Doctors at the hospital confirmed she was suffering a miscarriage and performed a D&C to remove the fetal remains — the pregnancy she had hoped to keep was gone. While she was hospitalized, the suit says, Suh kept posting on the pharmacy’s forums about what doctors would see. The couple broke up in March 2022, and that May she reported what had happened to the Army Criminal Investigation Division at West Point; the outcome of that investigation is unclear. Suh was charged in June 2026 in Manhattan federal court and pleaded guilty the same month, with the case docketed as USA v. Suh in the Southern District of New York.

Public Reaction and Consequences

The divergence in the two cadets’ paths is the core of the public outrage. While the woman struggled after the assault — her complaint says she was repeatedly pulled from classes and training to discuss the charges and lived in fear of Suh — he transferred to Cornell University, earned a bachelor’s degree, worked as a research coordinator at Cornell’s medical school, co-founded a healthcare nonprofit called Voices of Equity, and received a scholarship to Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health for a master’s degree. Her lawyer Russell Kornblith of Wigdor LLP said the client “was committed to carrying this pregnancy to term, and it was taken from her… in a place where she should have been safe.” Columbia was unaware of his conviction until The New York Times asked about it; a person familiar with his status said the university then took “swift action,” without specifying what. West Point did not respond to requests for comment, Cornell did not respond, and a Mailman School spokesman declined to comment.

Current Status

Suh pleaded guilty and is awaiting sentencing in Manhattan federal court before Judge Philip M. Halpern. In October 2026 he asked the judge to push his sentencing to January so he could finish his Columbia semester and complete a program aimed at rehabilitating felons; prosecutors did not object, and the request was granted. Federal prosecutors have asked that he be sentenced to around two years in prison, consistent with his plea agreement. Jane Doe’s assault-and-battery lawsuit, filed October 28, 2026 in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan, remains pending. His lawyer, Thomas Kenniff, said he would not comment on ongoing litigation.

Impact on Their Career/Life

A cadet who was once competing for West Point’s top honor and presented himself as an aspiring “physician leader committed to advancing both patient care and structural equity” is now a convicted felon awaiting a prison term of roughly two years, with the conviction on record at two Ivy League institutions. The public exposure of that record ended the quiet continuation of his academic career: Columbia has taken what it called swift action after learning of the plea, and the civil suit seeks to hold him liable for the assault his plea admitted. Sentencing is set for January 2027.

Sources

• New York Post, “West Point cadet drugged pregnant girlfriend with spiked shake, then forced abortion in gruesome assault: ‘Eat this, it’s good for you’,” November 2, 2026: source
• The New York Times (via DNYUZ), “He Was a Rising Star at West Point. Then He Got His Girlfriend Pregnant.,” October 31, 2026: source
• Wigdor LLP, “Wigdor Files Assault Complaint against Former West Point Cadet,” October 29, 2026: source
• People, “West Point Cadet Drugged Pregnant Girlfriend, Forced Abortion on Her While She Was Unconscious: Complaint,” October 2026: source