Story perspectives

Prosecutors Decline Charges Against Hegseth Over $50,000 Settlement

By Drooid · Oct 29, 2026 · How we work

Read the story

Story summary

Summary

U.S. prosecutors declined to charge Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over a $50,000 settlement.
Wren Woodson and Mabel Kabani said advisers Ricky Buria and Tim Parlatore may have leveraged Hegseth’s drinking.
They claimed advisers could use Hegseth’s relationships with women to sway military decisions.
He disclosed paying $50,000 to a woman alleging sexual assault after a 2017 Republican women’s event.

1 of 1

U.S. prosecutors declined to charge Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over a $50,000 settlement.
Wren Woodson and Mabel Kabani said advisers Ricky Buria and Tim Parlatore may have leveraged Hegseth’s drinking.
They claimed advisers could use Hegseth’s relationships with women to sway military decisions.
He disclosed paying $50,000 to a woman alleging sexual assault after a 2017 Republican women’s event.