President-elect Trump's pick for Defense secretary, Fox News personality Pete Hegseth, was investigated as part of a 2017 sexual assault incident in California, according to police.

The Monterey Police Department confirmed an investigation of an "alleged sexual assault" at a home in the city in October 2017 between the late night hours and early morning.

A summary of the police report said the victim suffered a contusion to their right thigh, but the city did not release the report or additional details. The city did not indicate charges were filed in the case, nor name Hegseth as the aggressor.

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