Mediaite: Full Police Report on Hegseth Assault Allegations
Nov 21, 2024 19:24:12 GMT
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A police report on the allegation of sexual assault against Pete Hegseth, the Fox News star nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as secretary of defense, was obtained by Mediaite on Wednesday and contains graphic details of the 2017 encounter.
The report, provided by the City of Monterey, California, was previously released to Hegseth in March 2021, per his request. It runs 22 pages and details the allegation leveled by a woman who claimed in 2017 that she was sexually assaulted by the cable news star at a Republican women’s conference.
Tim Parlatore, Hegseth’s attorney, vehemently denied the assault when it was first reported last week that a detailed memo of the claim had been sent to the Trump team. Parlatore said the sex was consensual, and that Hegseth later paid his accuser as part of a nondisclosure agreement in order to protect his reputation. Hegseth was never charged with a crime.
In a new statement to Mediaite in light of the full police report, Parlatore said: “This police report confirms what I have said all along that the incident was fully investigated and police found the allegations to be false, which is why no charges were filed.”
The report includes accounts from several police officers who spoke with Hegseth, his accuser (who remains anonymous and was identified throughout the report as Jane Doe), and others present at the conference, which took place in October 2017.
According to the report, the police were first made aware of the alleged assault when Doe, who was 30 at the time, submitted for a rape-kit exam at a local hospital. A nurse from the hospital called an officer at the Monterey Police Department and reported the assault claim. Days later, police spoke with Doe as part of their investigation.
Doe said she spoke with Hegseth on the final night of the conference, during which attendees were drinking in a suite and at a bar in the hotel. Doe told police that Hegseth was flirting with women and putting his hand on their legs at the conference, and this prompted her to tell Hegseth she did not appreciate how he treated women.
Two different women who attended the conference and spoke with police said that Hegseth put his hand on their legs and asked them to come back to his room on separate occasions. One of the women, who worked at the conference, told police that she told Hegseth the physical contact was not acceptable. She said she then called over Doe to act as a buffer so he would not continue to pursue her.
At some point after midnight, Hegseth and Doe had an argument outside the hotel by the pool, according to the report. Doe said it was over his treatment of women; Hegseth, in an interview with police, said he did not recall the argument.
Police spoke with a staffer at the front desk of the hotel who said that around 1:30 a.m. that night he received multiple complaints about a couple causing a disturbance by the pool. There, he found Doe and Hegseth, who “began to curse” when he tried to speak with them, according to the police report.
Hegseth told the hotel worker he had “freedom of speech” while Jane Doe told the worker they were Republicans and apologized for Hegseth, the worker said.
The hotel worker said Jane Doe then led Hegseth away. He said Hegseth appeared very drunk, while Jane Doe was standing on her own and seemed coherent.
Surveillance video reviewed by police from around 1:15 a.m. showed Doe and Hegseth walking towards the pool, their arms locked, and Doe “appeared to be smiling,” per the report.
Doe told police she had been drinking that night, and told the nurse that she believed someone had slipped something in her drink.
She told police that her recollection became fuzzy after the pool exchange, and that the next memory she had was in an unknown room. She said Hegseth took her phone and blocked the door with his body when she tried to leave. She told police she said “no” repeatedly. She said she was next on a bed or a couch and Hegseth was on top of her, with his dog tags hovering over her face. Hegseth, she said, ejaculated on her stomach. She said he then threw her a towel and asked if she was okay. She said she did not remember how she got back to her room that night.
Four days later, she went to the hospital.
A few weeks after the alleged assault, police spoke with Hegseth as part of their investigation. In a phone call with a Monterey detective, Hegseth insisted the sex was consensual.
He said he was “buzzed” but not drunk and that Doe led him out of the bar before going back to his hotel room. He said Doe would not leave his hotel room, and that the two proceeded to have consensual sex.
He said Doe asked him if he had a condom, and that he did not and asked her if that was okay. He said he told her they could stop if that was a problem. Hegseth also said he ejaculated on Doe’s body. After sex, Hegseth said Doe showed early signs of regret, and said she would tell her husband she fell asleep on a couch in someone else’s room.
In a second call with police after her initial interview, Doe provided more recollections about the alleged encounter. She said she was suffering from nightmares and memory loss since. Another person who spoke with police said Doe would “cry secretly” and “out of the blue” since that night.
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The report, provided by the City of Monterey, California, was previously released to Hegseth in March 2021, per his request. It runs 22 pages and details the allegation leveled by a woman who claimed in 2017 that she was sexually assaulted by the cable news star at a Republican women’s conference.
Tim Parlatore, Hegseth’s attorney, vehemently denied the assault when it was first reported last week that a detailed memo of the claim had been sent to the Trump team. Parlatore said the sex was consensual, and that Hegseth later paid his accuser as part of a nondisclosure agreement in order to protect his reputation. Hegseth was never charged with a crime.
In a new statement to Mediaite in light of the full police report, Parlatore said: “This police report confirms what I have said all along that the incident was fully investigated and police found the allegations to be false, which is why no charges were filed.”
The report includes accounts from several police officers who spoke with Hegseth, his accuser (who remains anonymous and was identified throughout the report as Jane Doe), and others present at the conference, which took place in October 2017.
According to the report, the police were first made aware of the alleged assault when Doe, who was 30 at the time, submitted for a rape-kit exam at a local hospital. A nurse from the hospital called an officer at the Monterey Police Department and reported the assault claim. Days later, police spoke with Doe as part of their investigation.
Doe said she spoke with Hegseth on the final night of the conference, during which attendees were drinking in a suite and at a bar in the hotel. Doe told police that Hegseth was flirting with women and putting his hand on their legs at the conference, and this prompted her to tell Hegseth she did not appreciate how he treated women.
Two different women who attended the conference and spoke with police said that Hegseth put his hand on their legs and asked them to come back to his room on separate occasions. One of the women, who worked at the conference, told police that she told Hegseth the physical contact was not acceptable. She said she then called over Doe to act as a buffer so he would not continue to pursue her.
At some point after midnight, Hegseth and Doe had an argument outside the hotel by the pool, according to the report. Doe said it was over his treatment of women; Hegseth, in an interview with police, said he did not recall the argument.
Police spoke with a staffer at the front desk of the hotel who said that around 1:30 a.m. that night he received multiple complaints about a couple causing a disturbance by the pool. There, he found Doe and Hegseth, who “began to curse” when he tried to speak with them, according to the police report.
Hegseth told the hotel worker he had “freedom of speech” while Jane Doe told the worker they were Republicans and apologized for Hegseth, the worker said.
The hotel worker said Jane Doe then led Hegseth away. He said Hegseth appeared very drunk, while Jane Doe was standing on her own and seemed coherent.
Surveillance video reviewed by police from around 1:15 a.m. showed Doe and Hegseth walking towards the pool, their arms locked, and Doe “appeared to be smiling,” per the report.
Doe told police she had been drinking that night, and told the nurse that she believed someone had slipped something in her drink.
She told police that her recollection became fuzzy after the pool exchange, and that the next memory she had was in an unknown room. She said Hegseth took her phone and blocked the door with his body when she tried to leave. She told police she said “no” repeatedly. She said she was next on a bed or a couch and Hegseth was on top of her, with his dog tags hovering over her face. Hegseth, she said, ejaculated on her stomach. She said he then threw her a towel and asked if she was okay. She said she did not remember how she got back to her room that night.
Four days later, she went to the hospital.
A few weeks after the alleged assault, police spoke with Hegseth as part of their investigation. In a phone call with a Monterey detective, Hegseth insisted the sex was consensual.
He said he was “buzzed” but not drunk and that Doe led him out of the bar before going back to his hotel room. He said Doe would not leave his hotel room, and that the two proceeded to have consensual sex.
He said Doe asked him if he had a condom, and that he did not and asked her if that was okay. He said he told her they could stop if that was a problem. Hegseth also said he ejaculated on Doe’s body. After sex, Hegseth said Doe showed early signs of regret, and said she would tell her husband she fell asleep on a couch in someone else’s room.
In a second call with police after her initial interview, Doe provided more recollections about the alleged encounter. She said she was suffering from nightmares and memory loss since. Another person who spoke with police said Doe would “cry secretly” and “out of the blue” since that night.
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