. >> reporter: carly marquette and annie kensiore say they were raped. raped by fellow classmates they trusted and ignored, they say, by a chain of command that promised their parents they'd be protected. >> and nobody. not a ing isle person, not one, was looking out for her best interest. >> come on, carly! >> reporter: carly mar kelt was not your typical teenage girl. that's her, cage fighting at 18. >> that's it, carly. >> reporter: an all-star rug by player. a championship swimmer. an honor student. carly could have gone to college anywhere. what was it about west point that drew you to that academy? >> just knowing you have your future set, having that structure and discipline, at the same time, having people look at you like, wow, you're doing something great for our country. >> reporter: her sister was a mid-shipman at the naval academy. her father, a marine. to carly, they were heroes. everything she wanted to be. do you think west point let you down? >> yeah. i wanted to be there. it was my dream. >> reporter: a dream that was shattered her firs

kyra phillips continues their investigation. >> when carly marquette came forward to say she was rapedcase would be investigated. >> i remember the investigators meeting with my parents and they promised my parents that if he wasn't going to jail, they could at least get him kicked out of west point with the evidence they had. >> but he's still there? >> but he's still there. >> annie says she, too, believed her allegations of rape would be investigated. >> i was like, great, they're going to get him. good. >> but carly and annie say their alleged perpetrators were never punished. so now they've filed a lawsuit, naming former secretary of defense, robert gates, the former superintendents of westpoint and the naval academy. secretary of the navy, ray may big, s and secretary of the army, john mccue. they claim there was not enough suppo , limited support from commanders and sexual spre spreadtation at the academies were up nearly 60%. of the 65% investigated last year, only one resulted in a court-martial. >> i ache for those former cadet mid-shipmen who have had their lives torn up. it

>> reporter: carly marquette was not your typical teenage girl. that's her, cage fighting at 18. er, championship swimmer, an honor student, carly could have gone to college anywhere. what was it about westpoint that drew you to that academy? >> just knowing you kind of have your future set, having that structure and discipline, at the same time, having people look at you like, wow, you're doing something great for our country. >> reporter: her sister was a mid-shipman at the naval academy. her father, a marine. to carly, they were heroes, everything she wanted to be. do you think westpoint let you down? >> yeah. i wanted to be there. it was my dream. >> reporter: a dream that was shattered her first year, when an upper classman showed up at her door to talk girl troubles. >> i kind of felt a little cool that an upper classman wanted to be friends with me and was seeking my advice. >> reporter: after sharing a drink, carly says he convinced her to come to his room. since she was an upper classman, she trusted him. >> i remember just getting more and more intoxicated. my judgment r