Pete Buttigieg was falsely accused of sexual assault in a stunt concocted by conspiracy theorist Jacob Wohl
A 21-year-old college student named Hunter Kelly appeared to publish a Medium post on Monday alleging that South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg had sexually assaulted him earlier this year.
But Kelly told The Daily Beast later on Monday that he didn’t write the post and that the allegations, which didn’t include any specifics and are uncorroborated, were made up.
Separately, an anonymous Republican source told The Daily Beast that conservative lobbyist Jack Burkman and the internet-famous conspiracy theorist Jacob Wohl have attemped to persuade multiple conservative young men to lodge false sexual-asssault allegations against Buttigieg, who is openly gay.
The source reportedly provided The Daily Beast with an audio recording they say features Burkman and Wohl attempting to convince the source to make false sexual-assault allegations against Buttigieg.
A 21-year-old college student named Hunter Kelly published a Medium post on Monday alleging that South Bend, Indiana, Mayor and 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg had sexually assaulted him earlier this year.
But Kelly told The Daily Beast on Monday that he didn’t write the post and that the allegations, which didn’t include any specifics and are uncorroborated, were false.
Separately, an anonymous Republican source told The Daily Beast that conservative lobbyist Jack Burkman and the internet-famous conspiracy theorist Jacob Wohl have attemped to persuade multiple conservative young men to lodge false sexual asssault allegations against Buttigieg, who is openly gay.
The source reportedly provided the Daily Beast with an audio recording they say features Burkman and Wohl asking him to falsely accuse Buttigieg of engaging with him sexually while the source was drunk, and therefore unable to consent. The news outlet didn’t publish the audio in order to protect the identity of the source.