Pete Hegseth, who departed Fox News last week when he was chosen as Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Defense, now faces the disclosure of new details of a 2017 encounter in which a woman told police that he sexually assaulted her at a Monterey,

Although Prosperie filed a lawsuit against Hegseth after the incident, it was discontinued in 2019. “The parties have resolved the matter and will make no further comment,” Prosperie’s attorney, Brandon Cotter, told the Associated Press.

Hegseth, a U.S. Army veteran who has deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan and transitioned into conservative media, has cemented his reputation as a divisive figure. Since joining Fox News in 2014, Hegseth has co-hosted Fox & Friends Weekend and other Fox Nation programming,