In June 2015, Pete Hegseth was getting his start in broadcast journalism at Fox & Friends, when he hurled an ax at a target and missed – striking a West Point cadet.
That man, Jeff Prosperie, is now suing the Fox News host claiming ongoing, serious injuries. (Mediaite)
Per the lawsuit, Orange County resident Prosperie was performing as a West Point drummer for a Fox & Friends segment on Flag Day when Hegseth threw an ax at a target, which he missed, striking the drummer.
The target, according to Prosperie, “was negligently placed in an area which put pedestrians and other individuals, including the Plaintiff, in the path of peril.”
What’s more, the suit claims that Hegseth was “negligent, wanton, reckless and carless [sic] in, among other things, throwing an ax in an area where he knew or should have known that pedestrians were present.”
Prosperie claims he sustained “severe and serious personal injuries to his mind and body, some of which, upon information and belief, are permanent with permanent effects of pain, disability, disfigurement and loss of body function.” Prosperie’s suit says that he was also “caused to expend and become obligated for diverse sums of money for the purpose of obtaining medical care and/or cure in an effort to alleviate the suffering and ills sustained as a result of this accident.”
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