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Zorro

(16,374 posts)
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 08:22 AM Nov 21

Graphic details revealed in Monterey sexual assault claim against Pete Hegseth, Trump Cabinet pick

Source: Los Angeles Times

A woman told Monterey police that Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Defense secretary, took her phone, blocked her from leaving his hotel room and sexually assaulted her, according to a newly released police report.

On Wednesday evening, the Monterey Police Department released a 22-page report revealing graphic details in the 2017 assault claim filed against Hegseth, which did not result in any charges. The report reveals two starkly different narratives about what unfolded during a sexual encounter in his hotel room while the two were attending a Republican women’s conference in the city in October 2017.

The woman, who is referred to as Jane Doe in the report, claimed that she repeatedly told Hegseth “no” during the alleged assault, and that he ejaculated on her stomach and told her to “clean it up” — an incident she said left her with nightmares, according to the report.

Hegseth told police that the pair had consensual intercourse and that he made multiple attempts to ensure she was comfortable during the encounter, according to the report.

Read more: https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-11-20/new-graphic-details-revealed-in-sexually-assault-claim-against-trumps-defense-secretary-pick

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Graphic details revealed in Monterey sexual assault claim against Pete Hegseth, Trump Cabinet pick (Original Post) Zorro Nov 21 OP
Let's call him pig hogseth Marthe48 Nov 21 #1
Hogsbreath peregrinus Nov 21 #11
Good one! 👍 ShazzieB Nov 21 #21
She told the police that she believed she was drugged Prairie Gates Nov 21 #2
What a damn fine Traildogbob Nov 21 #3
Only the best most christiany kind. onecaliberal Nov 21 #10
This sucks, they do what they want with women, threaten them not to testify, and then say "see I wasn't charged with " Walleye Nov 21 #4
It appears being a rapist a prerequisite to being part of this Administration Joinfortmill Nov 21 #5
It's a requirement in today's GOP IronLionZion Nov 21 #14
Republican women's conference IronLionZion Nov 21 #6
Well, at least she wasn't 12 years old! Firestorm49 Nov 21 #7
He doesn't want women in combat roles but he wants to keep them around milestogo Nov 21 #8
Gives new meaning to enemy combatant. BattleRow Nov 21 #12
Montery Police Old Okie Nov 21 #9
Oh, so what you're saying is he's qualified to be one of trump's cabinet members infullview Nov 21 #13
Nothing but the 'finest' republican politicians. republianmushroom Nov 21 #15
Predatory assault is a prerequisite for the Cabinet. live love laugh Nov 21 #16
she was comfortable during the encounter, according to the report? Cthulu on call Nov 21 #17
Here's a pill Geechie Nov 21 #19
I hope this is reported in the MSM TV news kimbutgar Nov 21 #18
I really wish Donnie's sexual assaults got this much ink Blue_Tires Nov 21 #20
He got divorced from his 2nd wife in 2017 TexasBushwhacker Nov 21 #22
When I was 22 I met my half sister. Igel Nov 22 #23

Traildogbob

(10,066 posts)
3. What a damn fine
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 08:38 AM
Nov 21

Christian. The kind he plans to have the whole damn country follow and obey.
More of the Blessing of America by God.
Will the real God please stand up, for your peeps?

Walleye

(35,988 posts)
4. This sucks, they do what they want with women, threaten them not to testify, and then say "see I wasn't charged with "
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 08:38 AM
Nov 21

Pigs!!

IronLionZion

(47,036 posts)
14. It's a requirement in today's GOP
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 11:00 AM
Nov 21

the saddest part is they are trying to normalize it and show others that there won't be any consequences for such behavior.

milestogo

(18,071 posts)
8. He doesn't want women in combat roles but he wants to keep them around
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 10:05 AM
Nov 21

to use and abuse.

No doubt he thinks he's a gentleman for ejaculating on her stomach. That's what gentlemen do.

Old Okie

(195 posts)
9. Montery Police
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 10:31 AM
Nov 21

Did they give any reason for not filing charges? Some one needs to explore that decision.

Cthulu on call

(32 posts)
17. she was comfortable during the encounter, according to the report?
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 11:23 AM
Nov 21

Who is their right mind says this about a consenual hook up???

Seriously that sounds rapey to the core.

Blue_Tires

(56,212 posts)
20. I really wish Donnie's sexual assaults got this much ink
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 06:57 PM
Nov 21

But that's what happens when shit gets normalized 😐

Igel

(36,187 posts)
23. When I was 22 I met my half sister.
Fri Nov 22, 2024, 10:08 PM
Nov 22

She was 33.

We talked for hours. She said her mother was on her 8th marriage--it had lasted for years, so seemed likely to last longer. But she'd only had 7 husbands. #6 repeated his role as her husband for an encore performance as #8.

Now, her mother wasn't 44. More like 52. Now, not the best in participating in stable marriages, but obviously much less of a "winner!" than Hegseth. I guess.

People do what they do.

The DA dropped charges. I've seen too many false allegations to know that every allegation is true. That means I walk away from a lot of them without forming an opinion.

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