Trump Selection Pete Hegseth Denies Allegations of Assault, Tattoo Claims

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A California city released a statement about a 2017 assault accusation that resulted in no charges.

President-elect Donald Trumpโ€™s nominee for secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, released a statement through his lawyer addressing reports that he sexually assaulted a woman in 2017 and paid off the accuser. The lawyer stated that Hegseth paid the accuser to head off the threat of a baseless lawsuit. He also fielded allegations related to a tattoo of a cross on Hegsethโ€™s chest.

Hegseth, a Fox News host, was accused of sexual assault in 2017 after an appearance at a Republican event in Monterey, California, according to a statement released by the City of Monterey. No charges were filed.

Hegsethโ€™s lawyer, Tim Parlatore, said on Nov. 17 that the woman who made the accusation days later was the โ€œaggressor,โ€ although the city did not mention that.

โ€œHe was falsely accused and my position is that he was the victim of blackmail,โ€ Parlatore said.

Parlatore added that Hegsethโ€™s encounter with the woman was consensual and that the payment was made to her as part of a confidential settlement several years after the police investigation because she threatened a lawsuit that Hegseth believed could have resulted in him losing his job as a Fox News host.

Parlatore called it a case of โ€œsuccessful extortion.โ€

The statement released by the City of Monterey, meanwhile, provided few details about the matter. It said that the name and age of the alleged victim is โ€œconfidential,โ€ adding that there was a report of โ€œcontusions to [the] right thighโ€ in the alleged incident, and no weapons were involved.

The incident occurred between 11:59 p.m. on Oct.7 and 7 a.m. on Oct. 8, 2017, according to the statement.

โ€œAccordingly, the full police report, including its analysis and the conclusions reflected therein, is exempt from public disclosure pursuant to the aforementioned (California) Code sections,โ€ the city stated, adding that the code only โ€œrequires limited disclosure of specific, non-private information relating to complaints or requests for assistance.โ€

Trumpโ€™s transition team had no immediate response to the memo on Nov. 17. The Epoch Times contacted his campaign for comment on the memo but did not receive a reply by publication time.

Byย Jack Phillips

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