Police Report Provides New Details Of Assault Allegation Against Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Defense Secretary Nominee And Former Fox News Host
deadline.comPete Hegseth, who departed Fox News last week when he was chosen as Donald Trump‘s nominee to lead the Department of Defense, now faces the disclosure of new details of a 2017 encounter in which a woman told police that he sexually assaulted her at a Monterey, CA hotel.
Mediaite first obtained the full police report on the incident. Hegseth has denied the woman’s claims, and no charges were filed.
His attorney told The Washington Post last weekend that the woman was paid as part of a confidential settlement in 2020, after she warned that she intended to file a civil lawsuit.
His attorney said that Hegseth was concerned that the publicity would jeopardize his position at Fox News. A Fox News spokesperson said last week that they were not made aware of the incident or the settlement.
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