Police report details sexual assault allegations against Trump candidate Pete Hegseth

A police report about Pete Hegseth An allegation of sexual assault against a woman in 2017 was disclosed Wednesday, providing details about the allegations that could derail the Fox News host’s Senate confirmation.

Monterey Police Department announced 24 page report to the news organization mediate After initially refusing to do so, he explained that Hegseth’s request for a copy in 2021 waived his obligation to keep it confidential.

The alleged assault occurred during the Republican women’s conference, a meeting attended by President-elect Hegseth. Donald Trump’s The man chosen to lead the Department of Defense was the keynote speaker. In her statement to police, Hegseth said she had sex with her accuser and confirmed the details in his account, but stated that the encounter was consensual.

The woman who made the accusation, referred to as “Jane Doe” in the report, asked to take a rape test days after the encounter.

Hegseth’s alleged victim said she had been drinking at a sports bar attached to the hotel “before things got murky” and told the nurse who performed the sexual assault test that she suspected her drink had been spiked.

She said she didn’t remember Hegseth taking her to her hotel room, but “remembered him saying ‘no’ a lot” and did remember the Fox News host taking her phone from her and blocking the way to the door with his body.

The alleged victim told police her next memory was of Hegseth underneath her in the hotel room. former National Guard Dog tags hanging from his face. She added that Hegseth was not wearing a condom and ejaculated on her body, according to details Hegseth confirmed. The victim said he couldn’t remember how he got back to his hotel room but woke up there.

Hegseth told police he remembered having sex with the complainant, but that it was a consensual encounter and that he maintained contact with the alleged victim. Hegseth claimed he asked the alleged victim if it was okay to go without a condom, and she said yes.

The alleged victim also revealed in the report a pattern of Hegseth’s behavior towards women that made her uncomfortable throughout the night, recalling that Hegseth “exuded a creepy vibe” and rubbed women’s legs.

In the report, the alleged victim describes an argument with Hegseth near the hotel pool before the attack.

“The argument was about HEGSETH’s actions with women at the conference,” the report said, adding that Hegseth told the victim “he was a good man.”

A staff member at the hotel described an aggressive and “very drunk” Hegseth shouting about “freedom of expression” by the pool, following complaints from guests.

A friend of the accuser said Hegseth put his hand on her leg at the hotel bar and the alleged victim intervened to stop Hegseth from making further passes at her after she told him the contact was not welcome.

Hegseth was ultimately not charged in connection with the alleged attack, and the report was shelved from 2017 until Wednesday.

A source from Trump’s transition team told Vanity Fair last week that the president-elect’s staff unaware of the allegations It left me feeling like they were caught off guard before casting Hegseth. Hegseth’s lawyer said last weekend that the Fox News host I paid the accuser He set out in 2020, fearing his job at the channel would be in jeopardy if he came forward.

Releasing the full report could complicate the Senate confirmation process next year for Hegseth, who is one of at least four cabinet members embroiled in past or ongoing sexual harassment investigations.

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., who was named head of the Justice Department, faces a House Ethics investigation over a series of drug and sexual misconduct accusations; future Health and Human Services boss Robert F. Kennedy Jr. accused of sexual assault by a former babysitter; And Linda McMahon, The couple, who is asked to lead the Ministry of Education, is also named, along with her husband, in the lawsuit filed for covering up widespread sexual abuse against minors.