Peter Hegseth is currently the Secretary of Defense in the Trump Administration. His nomination was approved by the Senate despite his history of sexual harassment, sexual assault, domestic violence and his frequent and infamous issues with drinking.
In 2017, he paid off a woman who had reported to the police that he raped her. He paid her $50,000 and then claimed he was completely cleared. The police report does not say he was cleared. Not at all.
His mother wrote him an email several years ago that accused him of abusing women. From her email, “You are an abuser of women — that is the ugly truth and I have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around, and uses women for his own power and ego. You are that man (and have been for years) and as your mother, it pains me and embarrasses me to say that, but it is the sad, sad truth.” She claims she retracts the accusation.
His former sister-in-law filed an affidavit alleging that he abused his second wife to the point she had an escape plan, a safe word to alert friends that she was in danger. and hid in a closet in fear of Hegseth.
- AP News: Hegseth told senator he paid $50,000 to woman who accused him of 2017 sex assault
- CNN: Police report reveals new details from sexual assault allegation against Trump’s defense secretary nominee
- The Guardian: Trump defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth’s mother called him ‘an abuser of women’
- PBS: Pete Hegseth’s former sister-in-law alleges in affidavit he was abusive to second wife
- BBC: Senators receive fresh allegations about defence pick Pete Hegseth
