CASCADE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (via WOOD TV) — A Big Rapids college student who found himself caught up in a national political scandal says he was coerced into going along with a lie that 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg raped him.
Hunter Kelly, 21, signed a document saying Buttigieg assaulted him at a Washington hotel. He said he was promised up to $1 million, a new house and book deal to keep up the lie, which he said was concocted by conservative operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman.
Now Kelly says he has proof the allegations were made up.
Speaking to 24 Hour News 8 only moments after he arrived at a metro Grand Rapids airport Wednesday, Kelly said he was lured to Washington under false pretenses and wishes he had never left Michigan.
"I'm glad no one noticed me," Kelly said at the airport.
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