Pete Hegseth Paid Money to Woman Who Accused Him of Sexual Assault

More information is emerging about a sexual assault allegation made in 2017 Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s Defense minister election.

News of the claim emerged on Friday. Washington Post He reported that members of Trump’s transition team were informed of the incident through a memo and were concerned about its consequences.

according to to mailThe alleged assault took place at a California hotel following a California Federation of Republican Women conference, after which a complaint was filed by the victim’s friend.

airing on saturday took a statement Hegseth’s attorney, Timothy Parlatore, confirmed that the Fox News host paid his accuser out of fear he would lose his TV job.

Although there is no dispute over the payment, Parlatore’s statements about the 2017 incident differ greatly from those of the friend who wrote the complaint.

The married victim, aka Jane Doe, was out of the situation and only remembered the rape in Hegseth’s hotel room the day after it happened, according to the complaint shared with Trump’s team.

She then went to the emergency room, where the rape kit tested “semen positive.” Following a police investigation, no charges were filed against Hegseth.

Conversely, Paralatore says, his client was incapacitated and “visibly intoxicated” when he was taken back to his hotel room by Jane Doe. He then initiated a sexual encounter.

As for the rape kit, Hegseth’s attorney said it “provides no evidence that the sexual contact was non-consensual.”

More than two years after the ordeal, a confidentiality agreement was drafted and signed, Parlatore claims, and a cease and desist order was later sent after the woman threatened to sue.