An ER nurse contacted police in 2017 after treating a woman who said that while drinking w/colleagues after a political gathering several nights earlier she may have been #drugged & then sexually assaulted by a man she identified as #PeteHegseth, acc/to records released late Wed by Monterey PD.
A lawyer for #Hegseth, #Trump’s nom to be #defense sec, said the encounter was consensual. Authorities declined to bring charges in the case. Hegseth paid the woman an undisclosed sum as part of a NDA.
The documents offer the most detailed account yet of the steps police took to investigate #Hegseth as part of an incident that has been roiling #Trump’s team since announcing the fmr #Fox host was his pick to run the #military.
#law #SexualAssault #rape #crime #ViolenceAgainstWomen #NationalSecurity