Doug Emhoff, Kamala Harris’ husband, faces accusations of assaulting his ex-girlfriend for flirting with another man at a gala in 2012.
He allegedly “struck the woman in the face so hard she spun around, while waiting in a valet line late at night after a May 2012 Cannes Film Festival event in France,” Daily Mail reports.
Doug Emhoff accused of ‘forcefully slapping’ NYC girlfriend for flirting with another man at ritzy gala in 2012: report https://t.co/l2AUp1svQE pic.twitter.com/5LNXlmWJzu
— New York Post (@nypost) October 2, 2024
Daily Mail did not name the woman, a New York attorney, and referred to her as ‘Jane.’
Per Daily Mail:
A second friend said Jane, who had been dating Emhoff for three months, also told her about the alleged violence at the time.
A third friend told DailyMail.com that Jane first told her in 2014 that she had dated Emhoff, and recounted the full story of his alleged abuse in 2018, when then senator Harris was in the news after grilling Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in a Senate hearing over sexual assault allegations.
The friends, who all asked not to be named for fear of retaliation by Emhoff, shared with DailyMail.com pictures of him and Jane together from 2012, and other documents and communications corroborating elements of the story.
ADVERTISEMENTJane declined to comment.
The shocking claims follow revelations by DailyMail.com that Emhoff cheated on his first wife and mother of his two kids around 2008, allegedly impregnating his daughter’s nanny who also worked as her grade school teacher.
Emhoff admitted the affair with the nanny and teacher, Najen Naylor, after DailyMail.com published the story last month.
So Kamala’s husband got his nanny pregnant to end his first marriage and slapped another girlfriend? Seems like not a good dude: https://t.co/6LhLOydrvV
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) October 2, 2024
This is a horrifying story. I will say that it matches with something I recently learned from two California individuals who know Emhoff fairly well and said his reputation for poor treatment of women was notorious in their circles. https://t.co/0UBAcs6j6d
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) October 2, 2024
From the New York Post:
On Sunday, the Second Gentleman made headlines for his interview with Jen Psaki in which the former White House Press Secretary credited him with reshaping “the perception of masculinity.”
“To me, it’s the right thing to do,” Emhoff said of his role as a supportive spouse.
But the three friends who spoke to the Daily Mail provided photos of Emhoff posing with the woman he allegedly slapped in 2012, as well as other documents corroborating the trip they took to the south of France around the time of the alleged incident.
The woman declined to comment on the story, the outlet said.
ADVERTISEMENTThe Harris campaign did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday.
The alleged incident came just a year before Emhoff, a successful entertainment lawyer, and Harris met on a blind date.
The Vice President, then California’s attorney general, started dating Emhoff in 2013, and then married him in August 2014.
After the alleged slap, the New York lawyer – who was not identified — called one of the friends, a male businessman, sobbing in her cab immediately after the incident, the outlet said.
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