Police report reveals new details surrounding Pete Hegseth’s 2017 sexual assault allegation

On Wednesday evening, Monterey police released a report revealing details about the sexual assault allegation Pete HegsethPresident-elect Donald Trumpchoice to head the Department of Defense that faced him in 2017 and that could derail his intended nomination.

The document he informed about many news socketswas published in response to requests from news organizations to make the information public. Hegseth said the meeting was consensual and he was never charged with a crime. In 2020, he entered into a confidentiality agreement with the woman.

According to the report, the woman involved in the alleged incident went to the hospital days after attending a GOP political conference at a hotel in Monterey, California, to request a sexual assault examination.

The report said the woman, identified in documents as Jane Doe, told a nurse that “something may have been slipped into her drink as she does not remember most of the events of that evening.” Doe told the nurse that she did not remember whether sexual penetration occurred, but stated that she thought she had been a victim of sexual assault. The nurse reported Doe to the police.

According to the report, the alleged incident occurred in October 2017, when the two were attending a conference hosted by the California Federation of Republican Women at the Hyatt Regency Monterey hotel and spa.

They both went to the hotel bar. Doe, who told police she had consumed significantly more alcohol “than normal” that day, said she approached Hegseth to talk to him after noticing he was behaving “inappropriately” toward other women, which led to an argument between them. Doe said Hegseth told her he was a “nice guy.”

Video footage from the hotel, described in the report but not released under a public records request, shows Doe and Hegseth later leaving the bar “with their arms linked” and heading to the property’s swimming pool.

Later that evening, hotel guests complained about noise coming from the pool, prompting a hotel employee to speak to Doe and Hegseth. The employee told police that Hegseth, whom he described as “very intoxicated,” told him he “had freedom of speech” and the two left. According to the employee, Doń did not look drunk.

When they returned to his room, Doe told police that Hegseth “took the phone out of her hands.” Doe recalled that she tried to leave the room, but Hegseth stood in her way, blocking the door. Doe stated that she “remembers saying ‘no’ a lot, but doesn’t remember anything else.”

Doe said Hegseth lay on top of her and later ejaculated on her stomach. She returned to her room but told police she didn’t remember how she got there.

Hegseth gave police his own version of what happened that night.

Hegseth told police he was “bugged” and confirmed the two ended up in his room, but said Doe “sat down in the room and didn’t come out,” which he thought was “weird.”

Hegseth claimed they had sex but said it was “consensual.” He said he made sure he was “comfortable with what was going on” between them.

Hegseth said he told Doe he didn’t have a condom and she didn’t mind and stated he ejaculated on her body.

The Fox News the host told police that he spoke to Doe after their sexual encounter, claiming that Doe told her husband that she had fallen asleep on someone else’s couch. Hegseth said Doe showed “early signs of regret.”

As a result of the investigation, Hegseth was not charged but entered into a non-disclosure agreement with Doe in 2020.

Timothy Parlatore, Hegseth’s lawyer, argued that the report exonerated his client.

“This police report confirms what I have said all along, that the incident was thoroughly investigated and police found the allegations to be false and therefore no charges have been laid,” he added. he said CNN.

However, the documents do not describe Doe’s allegations as false and do not explain why Hegseth was not charged.