'Visibly intoxicated': Trump's defense head pick reportedly paid off sex assault accuser

Source: raw story


David McAfee November 16, 2024 9:12PM ET


Donald Trump's pick for Defense Secretary, Fox News host Pete Hegseth, paid off a sexual assault accuser, according to the Washington Post's exclusive reporting Saturday.

Now, the Washington Post has reported additional details.


"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," the outlet reported over the weekend. "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."

The Post further reported that 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." ................

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