Fox News pundit makes shock personal revelation while arguing against Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense

Fox News contributor Leslie Marshall spoke retired against Pete Hegseth's information for Secretary of Defense by Donald Trump, making a idiosyncratic admittance that swayed her opinion.

Marshall is simply a Democrat strategist and vigor speech host, speaking astir her acquisition arsenic a rape unfortunate successful absorption to Hegseth's nominee, aft it was revealed the ex-Fox News anchor was accused of intersexual battle successful 2017.

Hegseth has denied the accusation, though his lawyer has admitted to paying disconnected the accuser to support her from going public.

Marshall appeared connected the web Sunday and said that she had to reason Hegseth contempt liking him 'as a person.' 

'I dreaded talking astir this today. I met Pete a agelong clip ago. We spent, mediate of the night, waiting to spell connected during 2016, earlier the election, and I similar him arsenic a person,' she said.

Marshall added: 'I americium a rape victim, and I tin archer you there's a crushed 1 successful 10 rapes spell unreported, and it's precise hard for a pistillate to spell successful and person a rape kit done. It's physically, mentally, and emotionally precise hard to spell done that process, arsenic I have.'

She said that she believes the alleged unfortunate and that, combined with accusations of infidelity against the thrice-married Hegseth, made him unfit, fixed that Military codification considers adultery 'against the military.' 

DailyMail.com revealed exclusively connected Sunday Hegseth besides had a babe with his Fox News shaper conscionable weeks earlier the alleged assault. 

'Although Pete has an unthinkable subject career, helium doesn't person the enactment vocation successful the subject that I consciousness the Department of Defense requires arsenic their head,' Marshall said. 

A constabulary study released this week by the City of Monterey, California, shows that a then-30-year-old pistillate was having champagne with co-workers portion connected a concern travel erstwhile things got 'fuzzy' and she abruptly ended up successful a country with Hegseth. 

Timothy Parlatore, a lawyer representing Hegseth, has admitted his lawsuit paid the pistillate for her soundlessness due to the fact that helium did not privation to suffer his job, portion astatine the aforesaid clip dismissing the allegations arsenic 'baseless' and tantamount to a 'successful extortion.'

A ailment from an unnamed pistillate with extended cognition of the alleged rape was sent to Trump's unit explained the communicative constabulary were told astatine the time. 

The memo sent by the different pistillate claimed she 'didn't retrieve thing until she was successful Hegseth's edifice country and past stumbling to find her edifice room'.

The six to 9 hours aft intervening successful Hegseth flirting with the different women were 'very hazy', the memo claimed.

When she returned home, she 'had a infinitesimal of hazy representation of being raped the nighttime before, and had a panic attack', the memo alleged.

That was erstwhile she went to the ER and had a rape kit taken that was affirmative for semen.

Local constabulary investigated the alleged intersexual battle involving Hegseth, that was reported 4 days later, the metropolis said.

No weapons were involved, according to the statement, but determination were injuries – 'contusions to the close thigh.'

Hegseth, who was divorced from his 2nd woman astatine the clip of the alleged rape, has not been charged successful immoderate transgression lawsuit oregon named arsenic a suspect successful immoderate civilian lawsuit. 

There person been different complaints from liberals astir immoderate of Hegseth's comments connected Fox News successful the past.  

He has faced fierce disapproval for arguable opinions that women should not service successful combat.

Close Trump state Senator Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) connected Sunday defended Hegseth. 

'Don't fto these allegations distract us. What we request is existent important change. The Pentagon has been much focused connected pronouns than they person lethality the past 4 years. We request to get backmost to business, and I deliberation Pete is conscionable the idiosyncratic to bash it,' Hagerty said. 

Meanwhile, Senator Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) argued the crushed for the confirmation process is to get the afloat story. He said it would let senators to inquire questions and springiness Hegseth the quality to respond.

He argued Hegseth was ne'er charged, and adjacent earlier the hearings helium said helium already plans to enactment the confirmation. 

A CBS News canvass found a clear bulk of 64 percent of Republicans claimed Hegseth was a bully choice, though helium had little support ratings than galore of the different nominees.