Pete Hegseth accuser told police he raped her in hotel room: report

A California pistillate accused defence caput nominee Pete Hegseth of sexually assaulting her successful his edifice room successful 2017 aft taking her telephone and refusing to fto her leave, according to a just-released constabulary report.

The pistillate told cops that President-elect Trump’s prime to pb the Pentagon blocked her from leaving the country before forcing himself connected her successful a boozy encounter astatine a Republican lawsuit successful Monterey.

The alleged unfortunate said she believes she was drugged and remembered “saying ‘no’ a lot,” constabulary wrote successful the 22-page study released precocious Wednesday nighttime aft a nationalist accusation request.

Hegseth, a Fox News play big and decorated veteran, headed to Capitol Hill Thursday to transportation his arguable nomination to senators.

He denied the charges and told police the brushwood was consensual. He admits paying an undisclosed magnitude to the pistillate past twelvemonth to caput disconnected a lawsuit.

The constabulary study offers the first elaborate relationship of the allegations against Hegseth, who faces what could beryllium a tricky confirmation conflict successful the Republican-held Senate.

The sanction of the accuser, an organizer of the California Federation of Republican Women’s event, has not been released.

The Trump modulation squad Thursday claimed the study backs up Hegseth’s account of the troubling incident.

“The incidental was afloat investigated and nary charges were filed.” a Trump spokesperson said.

Police recommended the lawsuit beryllium forwarded to the prosecutors for review. It’s unclear wherefore they didn’t proceed.

The alleged victim, who reported the incidental a fewer days aft the alleged attack, told constabulary that Hegseth had been acting inappropriately passim the nighttime and saw him feeling up women’s thighs. She texted a person that Hegseth was giving her “creeper” vibes, according to the report.

She argued with Hegseth by the edifice pool, an relationship that is supported by a edifice staffer, according to the report.

After feeling hazy, the pistillate said she coiled up wrong Hegseth’s edifice room. She told constabulary that helium took her telephone and blocked the doorway with his assemblage truthful that she could not permission earlier raping her, according to the report

Hegseth, present 44, was going done a divorcement astatine the clip of the alleged attack. He acknowledged being “buzzed” but not drunk erstwhile helium met the woman, whom helium told constabulary willingly went with him to his country for sex.

He said the pistillate “showed aboriginal signs of regret” the greeting aft the encounter, the study says.