Defense pick Hegseth paid accuser but denies sexual assault, attorney says

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: Washington Post

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, paid a woman who accused him of sexual assault as part of a nondisclosure agreement, though he maintained that their encounter was consensual, according to a statement from his lawyer Saturday and other documents obtained by The Washington Post.

Hegseth’s attorney, Timothy Parlatore, said that Hegseth was “visibly intoxicated” at the time of the incident, and maintained that police who were contacted a few days after the encounter by the woman concluded that “the Complainant had been the aggressor in the encounter.” Police have not confirmed that assertion.

Hegseth agreed to pay an undisclosed amount to the woman because he feared that revelation of the matter “would result in his immediate termination from Fox,” where he works as a host, the statement said.

The statement came after a detailed memo was sent to the Trump transition team this week by a woman who said she is a friend of the accuser. The memo, a copy of which was obtained by The Post, alleged he raped the then-30-year-old conservative group staffer in his room after drinking at a hotel bar. The person who sent the memo to the transition team did not respond to requests for comment from The Post.

Read more: https://wapo.st/4eumAu1

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I'm sure this is a feature not a bug in MAGA world.

[Skittles]

1. Trump the pervert loves him some perverts

BIG SURPRISE

[Prairie Gates]

14. They really buried the lede: he drugged her and raped her

Fucking incredible.

[BOSSHOG]

2. Incredible revelation

You can get fired from faux for the Hegseth episode?

[keithbvadu2]

3. He was afraid that Fox would 'cancel culture' him based a supposed false accusation?

Yeah! Right!

[ColinC]

4. What a nice guy! Giving a buncha money to somebody for no reason?

What a mensch.

[Walleye]

5. Disgusting pig

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. Paying off an accuser is not a good thing

Link to tweet

[Prairie Gates]

7. Imagine any other universe in which a Cabinet pick (SecDef no less!) has a sex assault payoff

on his resume and still gets a Senate vote.

Imagine it! Seriously, I dare you. We're are in clown world.

[Prairie Gates]

8. We're really close to the plot of the 1980s classic twist film No Way Out here, gotta say

He RAPED a 30 year-old CONSERVATIVE staffer in a hotel room after drinking at the bar! Her friend wrote a memo to the transition team and copied the Washington Post upon hearing of his nomination!

This scandal destroys any normal nomination immediately. Absolutely incredible.

[LudwigPastorius]

9. "the Complainant had been the aggressor in the encounter."

Riiiight...because he's such an irresistible hunk of FOX News man-meat.

[Prairie Gates]

10. He fucking roofied her! HOLY JESUS

According to the memo, Jane Doe “didn’t remember anything until she was in Hegseth’s hotel room and then stumbling to find her hotel room.” The memo said that her memory of six to nine hours “was very hazy,” and that her husband was searching for her and was relieved when she finally showed up.

The following day, the woman returned home and “had a moment of hazy memory of being raped the night before, and had a panic attack,” the memo said.

The woman then went to the emergency room, where she received a rape-kit examination that “was positive for semen,” the memo said. The woman gave county authorities a statement about what happened, according to the memo sent to the transition team.

[LudwigPastorius]

11. What an evil scumbag.

[Prairie Gates]

12. The Washington Post is coming as close to saying it outright as they can legally say

They mention that she was staying at the hotel with her husband and two young children. Who signs up for a random tryst in that situation? Nobody. It's pretty clear from the story that he drugged her, raped her, and then paid her off. I'm sure they still have the rape kit, too, which is why he doesn't deny the sex itself.

Fucking horrible.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

16. Bleach blonde seems impressed

Wonder what else about her is fake?

[womanofthehills]

13. He's the worse of all Trump picks

The weird religious tattoos. Super super right wing Christian crazy who feels Gaza should be demolished- for religious reasons . Super neocon.

No surprise- he raped a drunk girl. When I was in high school - the alter boys from the Catholic high school were the bad boys.

[Prairie Gates]

15. She wasn't drunk - he was. He drugged her and raped her

She wasn't even drinking. She was resonsible for getting his drunk ass to his room. She was at the hotel with her husband and two young kids!

[Prairie Gates]

17. Kick

Important story

[republianmushroom]

18. Yup, I know nothing, but here is the money. chuckle, chuckle

They do think we are stupid.

[C0RI0LANUS]

19. Pete Hegseth's victim suffered a contusion on her right thigh.

The City of Monterey released a redacted version of the alleged incident involving Pete Hegseth below:

1. Date, time, and location of occurrence: Between 10/07/2017 at 2359 hours and
10/08/2017 at 0700 hours, 1 Old Golf Course Road
2. Date/Time of Report: 10/12/2017 at 1223 hours
3. Name/Age of Victim: Confidential
4. Factual circumstances surrounding the incident: The Monterey Police Department
investigated an alleged sexual assault at 1 Old Golf Course Road.
5. A general description of any injuries, property, or weapons involved: No weapons or
property involved. Contusions to right thigh.



Footnote: As Dick Cheney once accidentally wounded someone with a shotgun, Pete Hegseth reportedly injured someone with a throwing axe during a TV show.




Sources:

https://files.monterey.gov/News-Releases/2024/24_1114-PHegseth-Inquiry.pdf

https://wealthyspy.com/pete-hegseth/

[Skittles]

20. never a one time deal

his other victims need to come forward although no doubt they fear the Cult