{"id":126374,"date":"2024-11-16T04:27:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T21:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126374"},"modified":"2024-11-16T04:27:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T21:27:27","slug":"trump-defense-pick-pete-hegseth-sex-assault-probe-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126374","title":{"rendered":"Trump Defense pick Pete Hegseth sex assault probe revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"RegularArticle-ArticleBody-5\" data-module=\"ArticleBody\" data-test=\"articleBody-2\" data-analytics=\"RegularArticle-articleBody-5-2\"><span class=\"HighlightShare-hidden\" style=\"top:0;left:0\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imageEmbed\" id=\"ArticleBody-InlineImage-108063774\" data-test=\"InlineImage\">\n<div class=\"InlineImage-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<p>Pete Hegseth, host of Fox &amp; Friends, at the National Council of Young Israel Gala in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Brochstein | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>Police in California investigated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/04\/18\/fox-news-and-dominion-settle-election-defamation-lawsuit-judge-says.html\">Fox News<\/a> host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/11\/13\/trump-picks-fox-news-host-and-army-national-guard-veteran-pete-hegseth-for-defense-secretary.html\">Pete Hegseth<\/a> \u2014 who was picked this week by President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> to be the next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defense Department<\/a> secretary \u2014 in connection with an alleged sexual assault at a hotel in 2017, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth, 44, was not charged after the probe that year by the <a href=\"https:\/\/monterey.gov\/city_hall\/departments\/police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Monterey Police Department<\/a>. He denies the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the city of Monterey told NBC News in a statement that police &#8220;investigated an alleged sexual assault at 1 Old Golf Course Road,&#8221; the location of the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel and Spa, between 11:59 p.m. and 7 a.m. local time on Oct. 7 and 8, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The National Federation of Republican Women was holding its convention at the hotel during that time.<\/p>\n<p>The statement notes there were &#8220;contusions to right thigh,&#8221; but did not identify whose thigh that was.<\/p>\n<p>The name and age of the alleged victim was not disclosed in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson said the full police report on the alleged incident is exempt from public disclosure.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/story\/pete-hegseth-misconduct-allegation-meeting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vanity Fair<\/a> first reported the alleged incident.<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth&#8217;s attorney, Timothy Parlatore told CNBC, &#8220;The police department confirmed last night that it was fully investigated and he was cleared.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a false allegation &#8230; which is, unfortunately, something that happens with public figures,&#8221; Parlatore said. &#8220;He cooperated completely and he did nothing wrong.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<div class=\"RelatedContent-relatedContent\" id=\"RegularArticle-RelatedContent-1\">\n<div class=\"RelatedContent-container\">\n<div class=\"RelatedContent-nonCollapsibleContent\">\n<h2 class=\"RelatedContent-header\">Read more CNBC politics coverage<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>Trump spokesman Steven Cheung, in a statement, said, &#8220;Mr. Hegseth has vigorously denied any and all accusations, and no charges were filed,&#8221; Cheung said. &#8220;We look forward to his confirmation as United States Secretary of Defense so he can get started on Day One to Make America Safe and Great Again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth, who left Fox News on Tuesday, divorced his second wife in 2017, the same year he had a daughter with Jennifer Rauchet, who at the time was a Fox News producer.<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth married Rauchet in 2019 at the Trump National Golf Club Colts Neck in New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth served as an infantry officer in the Army National Guard from 2002 through 2021, during which he was deployed to Afghanistan, Iraq, and Guantanamo Bay.<\/p>\n<p>His selection by Trump to be the next Pentagon chief surprised a number of Republican senators.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Who?&#8221; asked Sen. 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