According to official records of a police investigation unsealed in California on Wednesday night, a lady told police she was sexually assaulted by a man she identified as Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary nominee of President-elect Donald Trump.
According to documents made public by the Monterey Police Department, the lady, who is only known as “Jane Doe,” first saw Hegseth in 2017 while he was speaking at an event held at a Monterey hotel. Hegseth denied any misconduct and was not charged.
When Hegseth acknowledged paying an undisclosed sum as part of a settlement deal with his accuser, the accusations surfaced last weekend.
Timothy Parlatore, Hegseth’s lawyer, told NBC News that his client is not the victim of sexual assault.
Despite the fact that Mr. Hegseth is innocent, she was the aggressor, as shown by eyewitnesses and video footage, and she extorted him for money years later. According to a statement from Parlatore, our stance on this has remained stable for the previous seven years.
A request for comment from NBC News was not immediately answered by the Trump transition team.
Three prominent candidates for Trump’s new Cabinet have been accused of sexual misbehavior, including former Fox News presenter Hegseth.
According to the story, the unnamed woman challenged Hegseth at the event because “she did not appreciate how he treated women,” and she then went to the hospital for a sexual assault examination.
Although the woman claimed to have consumed a “small amount of Champagne” during an after-party, she was unable to recall consuming any “hard alcohol.” She reportedly had more drinks in a hotel-affiliated pub with a group of other women, where Hegseth was also present.
She said, “That’s where things got fuzzy,” to the police. According to the report, she told a buddy via text that she had had more drink than usual during the day. The woman thought a narcotic of some kind had been added to her drink.
Hegseth followed her out of the pub, according to the report, which she attributed to their previous fight. She told police that she recalled Hegseth calling him a “nice guy.”
The woman then discovered that she was in an unidentified room. She reported to the police that Hegseth asked her who she was texting, confiscated her phone, and then forcefully prevented her from leaving the room. “JANE DOE remembered saying ‘no’ a lot,” revealed the report.
According to the report, Jane DOE’s next memory was of being on a couch or bed with Hegesth over her. She claimed that he was bare-chested and that his dog tags were hanging over her face.
“Are you OK?” she asked the police after he threw her a towel after ejaculating over her stomach. The woman claimed she couldn’t recall how she got back to her room and that it wasn’t until she went home that she realized she had supposedly met Hegseth. According to the report, she was examined at the hospital four days later.
Following the incident, Hegseth admitted to authorities that he had intercourse with the woman, but claimed it was consensual and that he made sure she was at ease. He said that he had no intention of having intercourse with her and that she later displayed “early signs of regret,” albeit he did not specify what those indications were.
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