Don Lemon accuser Dustin Hice made an appearance on Megyn Kelly’s SiriusXM radio show on Monday to detail the alleged sexual assault he experienced at the hands of the CNN anchor in 2019, which is the subject of an ongoing lawsuit. Hice also disclosed that Lemon has made three settlement offers through his legal team, which were rejected because “money is not what I’m after,” he told Kelly.
After noting that CNN had labeled him as an “extortionist,” Hice declared: “Money is not what I’m after here. I just want to not live the rest of my life in regret, and to have a clear conscience, and to have closure from this situation.”
Kelly questioned him about possible settlement negotiations, to which Hice disclosed that there had been multiple attempts by Lemon’s legal team to keep the case out of court. “He’s made three separate attempts almost at a half a million dollars to try and get me to be quiet, but my silence can’t be bought. This isn’t about me trying to get money,” he explained.
When asked about what amount of money he would accept in a settlement, Hice said his number-one demand would be “an admission of guilt or an apology,” and there wouldn’t be “any kind of settlement happening without” it. “[B]ut I seriously doubt with his ego and pride that’s going to happen. But that would be a start – if he said he was sorry and admitted that he messed up,” he added.
Hice looked to be following the highest road, though. He explained that Lemon’s transgressions were his fault and needed to forgive him.
As much as I don’t really like him, in order for me to get through this and not carry this weight with me the rest of my life, I have to eventually forgive him. And even Don Lemon, as much as I don’t agree with anything he really says, can be redeemed. He will hopefully get his life back on track. I believe this is an opportunity for him to face the truth.
As part of an examination of how Lemon savages people on his show and didn’t practice civility despite preaching about how great he was, Kelly shared a montage of some of Lemon’s lowest moments. In his reaction, Hice lamented: “The man, his moral compass points right into the gutter.”
Hice made a comment about CNN and criticized the network for allowing sexual deviants to fill their ranks.
I mean, the things that he says – I don’t know if it’s just marching orders from Jeff Zucker. Look at his associates: Jeffrey Toobin, who masturbated on Zoom and Chris Cuomo. He had a producer come out and say that he had assaulted the woman. These are the people they are. What do you think?
A month later, I was interviewed. This case was accepted and allowed to continue.. Because of COVID and legal jockeying, the lawsuit was not filed in time. It should land in court sometime in January according to Hice’s legal team.
According to the lawsuit, “[Lemon] put his hand down the front of his own shorts, and vigorously rubbed his genitalia, removed his hand and shoved his index and middle fingers into Plaintiff’s mustache and under Plaintiff’s nose.”
“Did it strike you as something he had ever done before,” Kelly asked. “I don’t know, but anybody that acts like that in public and without any fear of what it might do to somebody or the consequences it might have, I mean, that’s a pattern,” Hice deduced.
In addition, he claims that The Tonight ShowJimmy Fallon received the news about the incident on the following day. Jimmy Fallon is a frequent visitor to Hice’s bar and has been close with the workers who were there. There’s also the fact celebrities like Lemon wield a tremendous amount of power in the Hamptons, where the alleged assault took place, and one person already lost their job for speaking out against him.
Hice claims that this chilling effect has prevented people from coming forward as witnesses to the trial.
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