Police Report Casts Doubt on Sexual Assault Allegation Against Pete Hegseth

Additionally, a hotel employee witnessed the accuser placing his hand and arm on Hegseth and guiding him in the direction of the hotel room shortly before the alleged rape occurred, and that Hegseth was “heavily intoxicated”; He said he was not drunk.

The police report also stated that a person believed to be the complainant's husband told police that the complainant “must have fallen asleep” somewhere after returning to the hotel room. Ta. This is consistent with what Ms. Hegseth independently told police, and that her accuser intended to tell her husband.

The police report, which casts doubt on the accuser's rape charges, revealed the following facts:

1. The accuser doesn't remember how he got into Hegseth's hotel room, but that Hegseth blocked the door with his body and that Hegseth often said “no” and didn't say much else. He is said to have remembered details such as:
2. There was no evidence of rape, according to the police report.
3. At the beginning of the day of the alleged rape, she sent multiple text messages to her husband about Hegseth, including one in which the women in the meeting were “drooling over him.” It also included statements such as “he spoke very well'' and “he speaks very well.'' As the night progressed, she stopped responding to her worried husband's texts.
4. A person believed to be the accuser's husband, whose name has been redacted, told police that the accuser did not have trouble walking or slurred speech after returning to the hotel room. Ta. The accuser apologized and told the man, “I guess he fell asleep.''
5. The accuser later told police he remembered asking Hegseth if he had condoms.
6. The accuser refused to make any “pretext” phone calls with Hegseth. In that case, she planned to call him with the police to discuss the rape charges.
7. A hotel employee told police that around 1:30 a.m., a couple was causing a disturbance near the pool and two other guests complained of the noise. The employee went to the pool and said the accuser apologized to Hegseth for his actions, put his hand and arm on Hegseth's back, and steered him away from the pool area and toward Buildings 4 and 5, where Hegseth's room was located.
8. The worker said Mr Hegseth was “heavily intoxicated” but the accuser was “standing alone and very coherent”.
9. Hotel surveillance video showed the accuser and Hegseth leaving the hotel bar together, arms locked, heading to the pool around 1:15 a.m.
10. Witnesses said they saw the accuser flirting with Hegseth and that the flirting “consisted of touching his body and arms.”
11. The same witness said he saw the accuser the next morning and “didn't see any change, he was his usual self.”
12. Hegseth told police that he was “loud” but not under the influence of alcohol, but that he was escorted out of the bar but doesn't remember who took him, but his clothing matched that of the accuser. he stated.
13. Hegseth also said he did not remember being reprimanded for being too loud poolside and that he returned to his hotel room with his accuser, but was confused as to why she remained in his room. .
14. He said “things have evolved” between him and his accuser and that the exchange was consensual. He said both sides would have stopped and said, “We shouldn't do this,” but things continued consensually. He also admitted asking if she had a condom.
15. Ms Hegseth told police that her accuser was showing “early signs of remorse” and that she planned to tell her husband: [she] She was sleeping on the couch in someone else's room. This is consistent with what the person believed to be her husband initially told police.

Former lawyer and Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly spoke about the accuser's claims on a podcast after reading the police report.He smells like total bullshit. ”