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Vanity Fair did a deep dive into his first marriage:

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This article is WILD:

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In the spring of 2008, Schwarz got what she believed was good news. According to two sources, Hegseth told her he wanted to move with her to Minneapolis so he could attend the University of Minnesota’s Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Schwarz was elated that they could finally live together in the same city, a source said. She quit JP Morgan, sold her New York apartment, and moved to Minneapolis, where she got a job at the food conglomerate General Mills. But Schwarz soon became concerned when Hegseth made no signs of leaving DC and was evasive about his plans, the source said.

According to this source, Schwarz felt gaslighted by Hegseth’s constantly shifting stories. “In her journal she was begging God to help her figure out what was happening,” one of Schwarz’s friends recalled.
That November, Hegseth broke the news to Schwarz. According to a source, he showed up at Schwarz’s parents’ house in Forest Lake wearing his Army uniform and admitted his infidelity. Schwarz was understandably devastated. Hegseth appeared devastated too. The following day, Schwarz’s younger brother called Hegseth. “The conversation lasted four hours,” a source familiar with the call said. “Pete said he no longer believed in God and family values. He claimed he no longer wanted to seek the limelight. He said, and this quote is as clear as day, ‘I’m a f#cked up individual.’”

Schwarz’s first impulse was to make the marriage work, two sources said. Although she was crushed by Hegseth’s infidelity, she was still in love with him. But sources said that her hope soon faded. First, Schwarz saw charges for a local hotel room on her credit card that she didn’t recognize. When she confronted Hegseth, he was evasive. Two sources told me that Schwarz later learned that Hegseth had booked the room for Deering, with whom he had been having an affair. Finally, Hegseth revealed that he had had five affairs while they were married.

Schwarz told him to only communicate through her divorce lawyer. According to two sources, Hegseth wanted to split their assets 50-50. Schwarz did have leverage, though. According to two sources close to her, Hegseth repeatedly asked her to sign an NDA, but she refused. Their divorce judgement filed in Hennepin County reads: “There exists an irretrievable breakdown of the parties' marriage relationship…due to Respondent’s infidelity.”[/i][/quote][/quote]

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