A TikTok video shows a United States Marine in the passenger seat of a moving car. “And this is exactly why … females in the military … kill themselves,” she says to the camera. “This is exactly why nobody … takes this seriously.”

The Marine, a woman, is part of the II Marine Expeditionary Force based at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. She posted the video on February 18.

In the video, the woman says a fellow Marine admitted to the crime, but she wasn’t specific about what happened. She said that after a trial, the man was allowed to stay in the Marine Corps.

The defense secretary said he found the video “deeply disturbing.” The case has attracted national media coverage from major outlets like The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Time.

The group Not in My Marine Corps, which works on ending sexual harassment and assault in the military, shared the video on Twitter (WARNING - explicit language). Since then, it’s been viewed more than 850,000 times.

“This is what happens when you report your assault in the @USMC. He admits his guilt and then is retained by the Commanding General after everyone else recommended do not retain,” the group said.

In a statement, the II Marine Expeditionary Force said, “The recent social media posts released by a Marine in II Marine Expeditionary Force are in reference to a case in which the accused Marine transferred personal information from another Marine’s cell phone to his own personal device.”

“The Marine was found guilty, receiving a non-judicial punishment under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. He was reduced in rank, received forfeiture of pay, and was processed for administrative separation from service,” the February 23 statement said. “Final actions in the administrative separation process are ongoing.”

With contradictory information from the victim and the Marine Corps, it’s not clear what the status of the other Marine is. The woman in the video has asked for privacy.

Asked about the video in a recent news conference, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said, “I found the video deeply disturbing and I’ve asked my staff for additional information.”

He wouldn’t comment any further on the video, but he did talk broadly about addressing issues of assault and harassment in the armed forces.

"I take this issue of sexual assault very, very seriously. And I know that the service chiefs and the service secretaries do as well," Austin said.

“We've been working at this for a long time in earnest, but we haven't gotten it right. In my commitment to our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines and dependents, we're going to do everything in our power to get it right," he said.

Shortly after he was confirmed as defense secretary, Austin ordered a review on sexual assault prevention programs in the miliary.