By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-15 16:13:21 | Updated at 2024-11-28 12:46:53
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Trump's defense secretary pick Fox News' Pete Hegseth was investigated for sexual assault in 2017
The Daily Mail ^ | 11/15/2024 | Emily Goodin
Posted on 11/15/2024 8:09:52 AM PST by thegagline
Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary, was investigated for an alleged sexual assault in 2017 but no charges were filed.
The alleged incident took place in the early morning hours of Oct. 8, 2017, at the address of the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel and Spa in Monterey, California, the city said in a statement. The police department investigated 'an alleged sexual assault' involving Hegseth, a Fox News host and Army National Guard veteran, that was reported four days later, according to the statement.
The victim's name and age are confidential.
No weapons were involved, according to the statement, but there were injuries – 'contusions to right thigh.'
No further details were released and the city said it would not release the full police report, noting it was exempt from public disclosure. The statement did not say what happened to the investigation.
Hegseth, who was divorced from his second wife at the time of the alleged incident, has not been charged in any criminal case or named as a defendant in any civil lawsuit.
Timothy Parlatore, a lawyer representing Hegseth, told news outlets: 'This statement confirms that although an allegation was made, it was fully investigated and no charges were filed.' The Trump transition team was aware of the allegation.
Incoming chief of staff Susie Wiles was briefed Wednesday night about it, Vanity Fair reported.
Wiles and Trump's lawyers spoke to Hegseth about it on Thursday. Hegseth told them the allegation stemmed from a consensual encounter and called it a 'he-said, she-said' situation, a source told Vanity Fair.
Hegseth was a speaker at the California Federation of Republican Women conference at the Monterey hotel when the encounter that led to the investigation occurred. ***
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: baseless; mendacious; scurrilous; unfounded
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1 posted on 11/15/2024 8:09:52 AM PST by thegagline
To: thegagline
“no charges were filed”
What a bullshit story
2 posted on 11/15/2024 8:12:44 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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