Hegseth paid a woman who accused him of sexual assault to head off the threat of a baseless lawsuit, according to his lawyer.

President-elect Donald Trump’s defense secretary pick, Pete Hegseth, paid a woman who accused him of sexual assault in a ...

Former Fox News host Pete Hegseth’s attorney on Sunday confirmed to NBC News that Hegseth, whom President-elect Donald Trump ...

Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, was involved in a police investigation into an alleged sexual ...

Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host who is Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense, was accused of sexual assault in ...

President-elect Donald Trump's choice for defense secretary in his second term, Pete Hegseth, was investigated for alleged ...

Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary was investigated by California police in 2017 for an alleged sexual assault.

Hegseth has maintained that a 2017 encounter was consensual but paid the unnamed woman as part of a nondisclosure agreement.

A lawyer for the Fox News star said in a statement that Pete Hegseth settled in December 2020 only because he feared his ...