Police report gives new details of sex assault allegation against Trump's defense pick

Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A California police report released this week has provided the most detailed account yet of allegations made by a woman who says she was sexually assaulted by President-elect Donald Trump's choice for defense secretary.

Police in Monterey Calif, opted then not to file charges against Fox News commentator Pete Hegseth after interviewing him in 2017 in the wake of the claims of the woman, identified as "Jane Doe," who said she was assaulted during a Republican Party conference.

The police report remained unseen until late Wednesday when the Monterey city attorney's office released it in response to a public records request from numerous media organizations and is the latest hiccup for Trump in his push to get his Cabinet nominees in place for confirmation next month.

Among the previously unknown details, the report shows It was an emergency room nurse who contacted the police after Doe checked herself into the hospital several days after the incident, fearing that she may have been drugged and sexually assaulted at the conference. She later identified the man she was with as Hegseth.

The woman admitted to police that she drank "more than normal" at the event and the events connected with Hegseth were "fuzzy" except for her remembering that she told him "No, a lot."

Hegseth, who was the featured speaker at the event, told police that he asked Doe repeatedly if she felt comfortable about the time they were spending together in his room after the event and at all times believed their time together was agreed upon. Hegseth told police while he was "buzzed," he did not believe he was drunk.

After interviewing other attendees who witnessed the two together along with video surveillance take that saw them together, police decided not to file charges against Hegseth. The report did not address the veracity of the claims made by either side or if the police made a judgment on the woman's allegations.

Hegseth's attorney said the police report shows that there was no evidence of a sexual assault and his client's encounter with Doe was "consensual."

The attorney also confirmed that Hegseth paid the woman an undisclosed amount of money as part of a nondisclosure agreement.

"This police report confirms what I've said all along, that the incident was fully investigated, and police found the allegation to be false, which is why no charges were filed," attorney Timothy Parlatore told CNN.