Trump Defense pick Hegseth investigated in 2017 for alleged sex assault; no charges filed
Police in California investigated Fox News host Pete Hegseth — who was picked this week by President-elect Donald Trump to be the next Defense Department secretary — in connection with an alleged sexual assault at a hotel in 2017, officials said.
Hegseth, 44, was not charged after the probe that year by the Monterey Police Department. He denies the allegations.
A spokesperson for the city of Monterey told NBC News in a statement that police "investigated an alleged sexual assault at 1 Old Golf Course Road," the location of the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel and Spa, between 11:59 p.m. and 7 a.m. local time on Oct. 7 and 8, 2017.
The National Federation of Republican Women was holding its convention at the hotel during that time.
The statement notes there were "contusions to right thigh," but did not identify whose thigh that was.
The name and age of the alleged victim was not disclosed in the statement.
The spokesperson said the full police report on the alleged incident is exempt from public disclosure