Doug Emhoff Responds To Report That He Forcefully Slapped Ex-Girlfriend In 2012

[onandup]

A rep for second gentleman Doug Emhoff on Thursday denied a British tabloid report that he slapped his then-girlfriend during the Cannes Film Festival in 2012.

“This report is untrue,” the spokesperson told the news site Semafor. “Any suggestion that he would or has ever hit a woman is false.”

Emhoff, who has been supporting his wife, Vice President Kamala Harris, on the presidential campaign trail, allegedly hit the unnamed woman so hard that she “spun around,” the Daily Mail reported Wednesday. The article cited three friends of hers who said they were familiar with the incident.

Emhoff may have lashed out in a fit of jealousy, the friends said, over a perceived flirtation by the woman toward a valet. She reportedly slapped Emhoff back. The alleged victim declined to speak to the outlet.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/doug-emhoff-woman-slap-response_n_66ffaf82e4b0f75b8cd2005d

Last I checked we wasn't running for President - unlike the candidate who a jury found guilty of rape.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. Completely anonymous report?

What does the supposed slapee say?

[Think. Again.]

4. "The alleged victim declined to speak to the outlet."

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

7. Why am I finding it hard to believe this actually happened?

Where's the video? If this happened at the Cannes Film Festival, isn't it odd that no one, no one at all, had some kind of a picture-taking device handy. What are those things called? I see them all the time.

[Deuxcents]

2. This 💩 is expected. It's a sad thing to say but it's where we are these days.

[JohnSJ]

3. Typical huff post quoting r/w. rag. However, that does it for me, I an

not voting for Emoff for President.

[True Blue American]

5. Funny,only her supposed friends spoke out, she refused to.

[enid602]

6. Ivanna

Too bad Ivana is no longer with us to put her perspective on the subject.

[LuckyLib]

8. Republicans are working overtime on this stuff.