{"id":128439,"date":"2024-11-21T14:35:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T07:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128439"},"modified":"2024-11-21T14:35:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T07:35:49","slug":"pete-hegseth-police-report-reveals-new-details-from-sexual-assault-allegation-against-trumps-defense-secretary-nominee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128439","title":{"rendered":"Pete Hegseth: Police report reveals new details from sexual assault allegation against Trump\u2019s defense secretary nominee"},"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 data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3qt02qd001n26p5eoi43kfh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A California woman told police that Trump Cabinet pick Pete Hegseth physically blocked her from leaving a hotel room, took her phone, and then sexually assaulted her even though she \u201cremembered saying \u2018no\u2019 a lot,\u201d a police report obtained by CNN shows.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3qwclfz000n3b6moslnh7ba@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The 22-page report, released by the city attorney\u2019s office of Monterey, California, on Wednesday night in response to a public records request, lays out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/15\/politics\/pete-hegseth-2017-sexual-assault-allegation\/index.html\">competing narratives of what happened <\/a>in new detail \u2013 including conflicting accounts of how intoxicated Hegseth and the woman were, and descriptions of video surveillance showing some of their movements that night.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3qwclfz000o3b6mrvyhdknk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Hegseth, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/president-donald-trump-45\">President-elect Donald Trump<\/a> has named as his pick for secretary of defense, told police that their encounter was consensual, and that he had repeatedly made sure the woman \u201cwas comfortable with what was going on between the two of them.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3qwclfz000p3b6mvyxu3gu6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Seven years after the alleged assault, questions over what happened that night could jeopardize Hegseth\u2019s nomination and seem likely to be central in his upcoming confirmation hearing.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3qwclfz000q3b6mm5jra39n@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Hegseth was not charged with a crime in connection with the allegation.\u202fHis attorney has acknowledged that Hegseth later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/17\/politics\/pete-hegseth-sexual-assault-settlement-agreement\/index.html\">entered into a settlement agreement<\/a> with his accuser that included an undisclosed monetary payment and a confidentiality clause. Though Hegseth insisted the encounter was consensual, the lawyer said he was fearful that the woman was poised to make an allegation against him during the #MeToo movement that might have cost him his job as a Fox News host.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3qwclfz000r3b6mb7jnwpgq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThis police report confirms what I\u2019ve said all along, that the incident was fully investigated, and police found the allegations to be false, which is why no charges were filed,\u201d Timothy Parlatore, Hegseth\u2019s attorney, told CNN on Wednesday night \u2013 although the report does not say that police found the allegations to be false.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3qwclfz000s3b6m4ump4b9x@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The woman who accused Hegseth of assault broke into tears when asked about the matter by CNN reporters last week and declined to comment.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3qwclfz000t3b6mwu99bmvc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            According to the newly released police report, the alleged assault took place in the early morning hours of October 8, 2017, after Hegseth spoke at a convention of the California Federation of Republican Women at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel and Spa the night before.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3qwclfz000u3b6mwbvkv4l5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            An attorney for the city of Monterey, which had previously shared only cursory details about its investigation, wrote that the city was releasing a redacted version of the police report because it had previously released a copy to Hegseth in 2021.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3qwclfz000v3b6m2ckr06uz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The report, which identifies the accuser as \u201cJane Doe,\u201d summarizes police interviews with Doe, Hegseth, conference attendees and a hotel employee, and includes descriptions of video footage from the hotel viewed by police.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3qwclfz000w3b6mi3gfokbd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The records released do not include copies of the video footage, or a memorandum from the Monterey County district attorney\u2019s office that could explain why Hegseth was never charged. The DA\u2019s office has denied public records requests for its files on the case, citing state law.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3qwclfz000x3b6mjpa6j8zl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The police report\u2019s description of Doe\u2019s account of the night mirrors some of the details laid out in a memo written by a friend of Doe and delivered to the Trump transition team last week, which sparked consternation among Trump\u2019s advisers, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/15\/politics\/trump-transition-hegseth-allegations\/index.html\">were caught off guard<\/a> by the allegation.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3qwclfz000y3b6m0hg8qnyk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Both Doe and Hegseth, as well as several attendees interviewed by police, told officers that the two of them went with a group to the hotel bar, Knuckles, after the speech and an afterparty in a hotel suite.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3qwclfz000z3b6mowzcs39j@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            There,\u202fa conference attendee told police that Hegseth had touched her knee and invited her to come to his hotel room. The attendee said she declined the invitation and \u201cgained the attention\u201d of Doe and had her become what the report describes as a \u201ccrotch blocker\u201d \u2013 hoping that Doe\u2019s \u201cpresence would detour Hegseth\u2019s attempt to have sex\u201d with her. That attendee later left the bar and said Doe didn\u2019t appear intoxicated \u201cwhen she last had contact with\u201d her.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3qwclfz00103b6mm3ge6u0o@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Another conference attendee told police that she saw what she described as Doe and another woman flirting with Hegseth at the bar. At the time, Doe was coherent and \u201cdid not seem intoxicated to a point where she would not be able to care for her own safety,\u201d the attendee said.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm3qtt3mb000e3b6modeehf79@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"Untitled-2.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/untitled-2-20241121035706885.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"900\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/untitled-2-20241121035706885.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"900\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/untitled-2-20241121035706885.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"900\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/untitled-2-20241121035706885.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"900\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/untitled-2-20241121035706885.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/untitled-2-20241121035706885.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"Pete Hegseth speaking at a Republican conference at the Hyatt Regency Monterrey Hotel and Spa on October 2017.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"900\" width=\"1600\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3qt04cz00003b6mitynie58@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Doe told officers that she believed Hegseth was acting inappropriately with the other women during the conference, and texted someone that he \u201cwas giving off a \u2018creeper\u2019 vibe,\u201d according to the report. Doe later told a hospital nurse that she \u201cwas not sure, but believes that something may have been slipped into her drink, as she cannot remember most of the night\u2019s events,\u201d and the nurse passed that on to police, the report states. The report also notes Doe said she had been drinking \u201cmuch more than normal\u201d that day.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3qwcuxd00133b6me7b3prg6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Officers reviewed surveillance video from the hotel timestamped about 1:15 a.m. that showed Doe and Hegseth \u201cwalking together, with arms locked together\u201d leaving the bar and heading toward the hotel pool, with Doe smiling.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3qwcuxd00143b6mfu2ygjl3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Doe told police she remembered walking out of the bar and arguing with Hegseth by the pool, where the two argued about his treatment of women at the conference and Hegseth told her he was \u201ca nice guy.\u201d Police also interviewed a hotel employee, who responded to guest complaints about the argument around 1:30 a.m.\u202fHegseth told the employee \u201cthat he had freedom of speech,\u201d before he and Doe left, the employee remembered. The employee said that Hegseth appeared to be heavily intoxicated, while Doe did not, according to the report.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3qwcuxd00153b6m0xh7omcr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Doe told police that her next memory after the argument was being in a hotel room with Hegseth. She told officers that Hegseth \u201ctook her phone from her hands.\u201d Then, she said, she \u201ctried to leave the room, but Hegseth blocked the door with his body.\u201d She said she \u201cremembered saying \u2018no\u2019 a lot,\u201d but did not remember much else, according to the report.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3qwcuxd00163b6mutejok1z@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Next, she said, she remembered Hegseth over her on a bed or couch, with his dog tags \u201chovering over her face.\u201d She later told the hospital nurse that she \u201ccould not remember whether or not any sexual penetration occurred, but believes that she was sexually assaulted at that time,\u201d the nurse told police.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3qwcuxd00173b6m7qmqi04s@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Doe told police that she remembered Hegseth ejaculating onto her stomach before throwing a towel at her and asking if she was OK. Doe told police she did not remember how she got back to her own hotel room, but remembered walking into her room and getting in bed.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3qwcuxd00183b6mrsq4sci6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Doe\u2019s husband, who attended the conference with her, told police that he was worried when she didn\u2019t come back to their hotel room earlier that night, and that she didn\u2019t return until about 4 a.m.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3qwcuxd00193b6mjdeg13cc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Doe told officers that \u201cthe incident involving Hegseth did not dawn on\u201d her until after she returned home. She went to a hospital and reported a sexual assault on October 12, where she underwent a rape kit exam and gave the clothes she was wearing on the night of the alleged assault to police. A nurse at the hospital first reported the alleged assault to authorities.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3qwcuxd001a3b6ms5nbrdyc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Hegseth, in contrast, told police that the encounter with Doe was consensual. He said that he was \u201cbuzzed\u201d that night after drinking beer and remembered going back to his hotel room with Doe.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3qwcuxd001b3b6mnakduhzd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Hegseth said that Doe \u201csat down in the room and did not leave,\u201d and that he thought it was \u201codd\u201d that she stayed in his room, according to the report.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3qwcuxd001c3b6mpfiinh52@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            As the night progressed, Hegseth said he made sure Doe was \u201ccomfortable with what was going on between the two of them,\u201d and that there was \u201c\u2018always\u2019 conversation and \u2018always\u2019 consensual contact.\u201d The two of them had sexual intercourse, he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3qwcuxd001d3b6m34alc31p@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Hegseth said that Doe asked him if he had a condom, and he didn\u2019t. He said he asked her if that was a problem, and she said it wasn\u2019t, and he ejaculated on her body.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3qwcuxd001e3b6m0jxiwby3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            After they had sex, Hegseth said, he had a \u201cvery clear conversation\u201d with Doe, who told him she would tell her husband she had \u201cfallen asleep on a couch in someone else\u2019s room.\u201d He told police that she showed \u201cearly signs of regret,\u201d but did not elaborate.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph paragraph_contributors inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_contributors\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3qve224000i3b6m1ena829d@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <em>CNN\u2019s Yahya Abou-Ghazala contributed to this report. <\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<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<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/21\/politics\/pete-hegseth-police-report-defense-secretary-trump\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 A California woman told police that Trump Cabinet pick Pete Hegseth physically blocked her from leaving a hotel room, took her phone, and then sexually assaulted her even &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128439\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128439\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}