After a studied silence for a day, the spokesperson of Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff confirmed to Semafor that the report of Kamala Harris’ husband slapping his girlfriend in 2012 is untrue. In a statement to Semafor, a spokesperson for Emhoff said “this report is untrue,” and that “any suggestion that he would or has ever hit a woman is false.”
Doug Emhoff was the center of the storm after Daily Mail reported that Emhoff slapped his ex-girlfriend for flirting with another man in a booze-fueled assault at Cannes in 2012 — a year before he started dating Kamala Harris.The Republican campaign pilloried him seeking Kamala Harris’ withdrawal from the race on morality grounds. Right wing commentators questioned why the news item was not vastly covered by other US media while Doug’s team did not issue any statement.
Commentator Megyn Kelly made fun of the silence and questioned the fact that they are not even denying the allegations. The denial, however, came hours later while right-wing activist Laura Loomer claimed she has videpo evidence of the ‘slapgate’.
Daily Mail said three friends of the assaulted ex-girlfriend confirmed the incident that took place during 2012 Cannes in France. One of the friends said the woman called him immediately after being slapped. Another friend told Daily Mail that the woman was dating Doug for three months. The third friend said the woman told her in 2014 that she dated Doug and recounted the full story of the assault in 2018.
The allegations came as Kamala Harris husband is being portrayed as the wife guy — supporting the wife’s presidential race — balancing the family well as his first wife Kerstin Emhoff, their children Ella and Cole — all are part of the Emhoff-Harris extended happy family.
Doug’s character, however, was not spotless as his divorce was because of he cheating on his first wife. Doug admitted to have impregnated their children’s nanny which led to Doug and Kerstin’s divorce.