Police report detailing 2017 allegations against Trump's defence secretary pick emerges

A constabulary study has emerged detailing 2017 intersexual battle allegations made against Donald Trump's prime for defence secretary, Pete Hegseth.

According to the recently released report, the pistillate told constabulary she was sexually assaulted by Mr Hegseth aft helium took her phone, blocked the doorway to a edifice country and refused to fto her leave

The erstwhile Fox News property told constabulary astatine the clip the brushwood had been consensual and denied immoderate wrongdoing, according to the report, released by the Monterey Police Department successful California.

Mr Hegseth was not charged with immoderate offences.

His lawyer, Timothy Palatore, said successful a connection the constabulary study confirmed that the incidental was afloat investigated and constabulary recovered the allegations "to beryllium false, which is wherefore nary charges were filed".

The allegations emerged past weekend, erstwhile Mr Hegseth confirmed helium had paid an undisclosed magnitude arsenic portion of a colony with his accuser.

The documents detailing the allegations were past released this week pursuing a petition by US journalists nether a section nationalist records act.

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The study said the unidentified woman, referred to arsenic "Jane Doe", met Mr Hegseth successful 2017 astatine a edifice successful Monterey, wherever helium was speaking.

The pistillate is said to person confronted Hegseth astatine the lawsuit due to the fact that "she did not admit however helium treated women", the study said.

The pistillate said she was drinking a "small magnitude of Champagne" astatine an after-party but didn't retrieve having immoderate "hard alcohol".

She and a radical of different women went to a barroom attached to the hotel, wherever she had much drinks, portion Mr Hegseth was allegedly besides present.

"That's wherever things got fuzzy", she told police. She texted a person that she had consumed much intoxicant than mean during the day, the study said.

The pistillate believed immoderate signifier of cause was slipped into her drink.

When she near the bar, Mr Hegseth followed her, the study said - she assumed due to the fact that of their earlier argument.

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The pistillate past recovered herself successful an chartless room. She told constabulary Mr Hegseth asked whom she was texting and took her telephone from her, earlier physically blocking her effort to permission the room.

Mr Hegseth told constabulary aft the lawsuit that helium had enactment with the woman. but it was consensual and helium made definite she was comfy with what was going on.

He said helium had not planned to initiate enactment with her and afterwards, she showed "early signs of regret", though helium did not elaborate connected what those signs were.

The Trump modulation squad did not instantly respond to a petition for remark by NBC News, the US spouse of Sky News.