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.



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Trump’s defense secretary nominee paid accuser but denies sexual assault, attorney says

Facing questions about an alleged sexual assault and medieval-themed tattoos linked to extremist groups, Donald Trump's defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth would struggle to be confirmed for the job under normal circumstances.

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President-elect Donald Trump’s defense secretary pick, Pete Hegseth, paid a woman who accused him of sexual assault in a settlement agreement that included a confidentiality clause, according to Hegseth’s attorney.

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By Kaanita Iyer, Zachary Cohen and Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump’s defense secretary pick, Pete Hegseth, paid a woman who accused him of sexual assault in a settlement agreement that included a confidentiality clause, according to Hegseth’s attorney. Attorney Timothy Parlatore said Hegseth denies assaulting the woman and has characterized the October 2017 incident in Monterey, California as a “consensual sexual encoun…

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Documents obtained by The Post provide extensive detail about an allegation that Pete Hegseth sexually assaulted a woman in 2017.

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Defense pick Hegseth paid accuser but denies sexual assault, attorney says

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.Reports have suggested Trump chose Hegseth for the position in part because of Hegseth's abilities as a TV culture warrior on TV. It has also been reported that Trump's team was thrown for a loop when it was revealed that he had been accused of sexual assault. Now, the Washingto…

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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, a statement from his lawyer said.

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Defense pick Pete Hegseth paid accuser but denies sexual assault, attorney says

Pete Hegseth, nominated for secretary of defense, paid a woman who accused him of sexual misconduct, claiming it was consensual. His attorney stated he was intoxicated during the incident, and police reportedly found the woman to be the aggressor, though this claim remains unverified.

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US Defense pick Pete Hegseth paid woman to hush sexual assault but denies act as ‘consensual’

Pete Hegseth, appointed head of the Pentagon by Donald Trump, paid the woman who accused him of sexual assault as part of a confidentiality agreement even though he continues to reiterate that the relationship was consensual. This is reported by the Washington Post quoting Hegseth's lawyer, Timothy Parlator. Hegseth - said the lawyer - was “visibly drunk” at the time of the accident, and he agreed to pay an unspecified amount to the woman becaus…

Pete Hegseth, nominato da Donald Trump capo del Pentagono, ha pagato la donna che lo ha accusato di aggressione sessuale nell'ambito di un accordo di riservatezza anche se continua a ribadire che il rapporto è stato consensuale. Lo riporta il Washington Post citando l'avvocato di Hegseth, Timothy Parlatore. Hegseth - ha riferito il legale - era "visibilmente ubriaco" al momento dell'incidente, e ha accettato di pagare una somma non precisata all…

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'Hegseth paid his accuser but denies the assault'

Future Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is making headlines again, this time in a case of alleged sexual assault....

Le futur secrétaire à la Défense Pete Hegseth fait à nouveau parler de lui, cette fois dans une affaire d’agression sexuelle présumée. ...

Defense pick Hegseth paid accuser but denies sexual assault, attorney says

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