Hegseth has maintained that a 2017 encounter was consensual but paid the unnamed woman as part of a nondisclosure agreement.

While he was living with his third baby mama, Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s unqualified pick to run DoD, allegedly raped a woman. He claims relations were consensual.

A lawyer for the Fox star, said in a statement that Hegseth settled in December 2020 only because he feared his career would ...

President-elect Donald Trump's choice for defense secretary in his second term, Pete Hegseth, was investigated for alleged sexual assault in 2017, officials in Monterey, Calif. confirm.

Trump’s pick for secretary of defense was investigated in a 2017 incident in California, Monterey police said. Hegseth’s ...

Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host who is Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense, was accused of sexual assault in ...

The Fox News commentator paid the woman who had accused him of sexual assault as part of a nondisclosure agreement.

Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon was investigated for an alleged assault in California in 2017, though no charges were filed.

Donald Trump's Cabinet pick Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host, was listed in a sexual assault investigation in Monterey, California in 2017.