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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?Pete Hegseth, a popular Fox News host who is Donald Trump nominee to lead the Department of Defense, was accused of sexual assault in 2017 after a speaking appearance at a Republican women event in Monterey, California, according to a statement released by the city. No charges were filed in the case.Hegset stanley thermobecher hs attorney, Timothy Parlatore, told The Associated Press stanley us the allegations were completely false. This was investigated by the police at the time and they found no evidence, Parlatore said.Monterey City officials declined to r stanley spain elease a police report that documented the accusations and instead issued a brief statement Thursday night in response to press inquiries.According to that statement, Monterey Police were contacted in October 2017 to investigate a sexual assault that allegedly took place several days earlier at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Monterey and involved Hegseth.The person who reported the assault 鈥?whose name, age and sex were not released 鈥?had bruises on the right thigh. No weapons were involved in the encounter, the person told police. The incident occurred sometime between 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 7 and 7 a.m. the following morning, according to the city statement.Hegseth was in town at the time to address the California Federation of Republican Women during a banquet dinner held at the group biennial convention, according to social media posts and promotional materials from the time.The alleged assault was first r Cumv DNA research deployed in war on cancer scoops Nobel prize
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