The attorney for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of Defense, confirmed that a payment was given to a woman who accused Hegseth of sexual assault. NBC News' Allie Raffa also reports on Trump's latest pick for the Secretary of Energy.
Fox News host Pete Hegseth's attorney on Sunday confirmed to NBC News that Hegseth, whom President-elect Donald Trump has nominated to be his defense secretary, paid a woman an undisclosed amount after she accused him of sexual assault. “In 2023, Hegseth paid the complainant as part of a civil confidential settlement agreement and maintains his innocence,' Timothy Parlatore, Hegseth's attorney said in a statement.
Parlatore denied the allegation, saying, 'This is a situation where a consensual encounter occurred and, unfortunately, the woman had to come up with a lie to explain why the woman had not come back to her husband’s room that night.' 'It wasn’t reported until days later until there was pressure from her husband. It was fully investigated by police and video surveillance as well as multiple eyewitness statements show that she was the aggressor,' he added.
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