{"id":1502949,"date":"2024-11-18T14:40:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T19:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1502949"},"modified":"2024-11-18T14:40:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T19:40:00","slug":"secdef-nominee-pete-hegseth-denies-allegations-of-assault-tattoo-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/secdef-nominee-pete-hegseth-denies-allegations-of-assault-tattoo-claims\/1502949\/","title":{"rendered":"SecDef Nominee Pete Hegseth Denies Allegations Of Assault, Tattoo Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

SecDef Nominee Pete Hegseth Denies Allegations Of Assault, Tattoo Claims<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times<\/a> (emphasis ours),<\/em><\/p>\n

President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s nominee for secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, released a statement through his lawyer addressing reports that he sexually assaulted a woman in 2017 and paid off the accuser. The lawyer stated that Hegseth paid the accuser to head off the threat of a baseless lawsuit. He also fielded allegations related to a tattoo of a cross on Hegseth\u2019s chest.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pete Hegseth attends FOX News All American New Year at Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville, Tenn., on Dec. 31, 2021. Brett Carlsen\/Getty Images<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Hegseth, a Fox News host who served several tours in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars and holds degrees from Harvard and Princeton, was accused of sexual assault in 2017 after an appearance at a Republican event in Monterey, California, according<\/a> to a statement released by the City of Monterey. No charges were filed.<\/p>\n

Hegseth\u2019s lawyer, Tim Parlatore, said on Nov. 17 that the woman who made the accusation days later was the \u201caggressor,\u201d although the city did not mention that.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cHe was falsely accused and my position is that he was the victim of blackmail,<\/strong>\u201d Parlatore said.<\/p>\n

Parlatore added that Hegseth\u2019s encounter with the woman was consensual and that the payment was made to her as part of a confidential settlement several years after the police investigation because she threatened a lawsuit that Hegseth believed could have resulted in him losing his job as a Fox News host.<\/p>\n

Parlatore called it a case of \u201csuccessful extortion.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The statement released by the City of Monterey, meanwhile, provided few details about the matter. It said that the name and age of the alleged victim is \u201cconfidential,\u201d adding that there was a report of \u201ccontusions to [the] right thigh\u201d in the alleged incident, and no weapons were involved.<\/p>\n

The incident occurred between 11:59 p.m. on Oct.7 and 7 a.m. on Oct. 8, 2017, according to the statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccordingly, the full police report, including its analysis and the conclusions reflected therein, is exempt from public disclosure pursuant to the aforementioned (California) Code sections,\u201d the city stated, adding that the code only \u201crequires limited disclosure of specific, non-private information relating to complaints or requests for assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s transition team had no immediate response to the memo on Nov. 17. The Epoch Times contacted his campaign for comment on the memo but did not receive a reply by publication time.<\/p>\n

After the claims emerged about Hegseth, a spokesperson for Trump\u2019s team said in a statement that the president-elect is \u201cnominating high-caliber and extremely qualified candidates to serve in his Administration.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Hegseth has vigorously denied any and all accusations, and no charges were filed,\u201d spokesman Steven Cheung said in the statement. \u201cWe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aside from the report, Hegseth has spoken out against recent attacks regarding a Jerusalem cross tattoo on his chest as well as a tattoo on his arm that reads \u201cDeus Vult,\u201d which is Latin for \u201cGod Wills It.<\/strong>\u201d That motto dates back to a Christian chant used as a rallying cry during the First Crusade in the late 11th century.<\/p>\n

Vice President-elect JD Vance also defended Hegseth in response to an Associated Press report that claimed Hegseth was flagged as an \u201cinsider threat\u201d because of the cross tattoo.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re attacking Pete Hegseth for having a Christian motto tattooed on his arm,\u201d<\/strong> Vance wrote in a Nov. 15 post<\/a> on social media platform X.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is disgusting anti-Christian bigotry from the AP, and the entire organization should be ashamed of itself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hegseth wrote on X that if he is nominated to head the Department of Defense, \u201cthis type of targeting of Christians, conservatives, patriots and everyday Americans will stop on DAY ONE.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nMon, 11\/18\/2024 – 09:40<\/span><\/p>\n

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