KAMALA Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff has been accused of viciously striking an ex-girlfriend in a booze-fueled rage for flirting with another man, according to a report.
The alleged violent altercation involving the second gentleman, 59, and his ex occurred on the evening of the Cannes Film Festival in France in May 2012.
Emhoff allegedly struck the woman, described as a prominent attorney in New York, so “hard she spun around” while they waited in a valet line, according to the Daily Mail.
A friend of the woman, who the Daily Mail only referred to as Jane, said she called him from her car, sobbing after the attack.
The associate, described as a successful businessman in New York, said he received a phone call from the victim as he was ready for bed.
“It was hard to hear her because she was sobbing. She told me she was with a guy, and he hit her,” he told the Daily Mail.
“It was very clear what she was telling me. She said she was with a guy, her date, she was at the Cannes Film Festival, and he hit her.
“She was in the car with the guy at the time. I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t know whether to call the French police.
“I couldn’t get a hold of her after calling back.”
The woman told the friend she brought along Emhoff to the gala as a plus-one invitee, according to the outlet.
The couple, who had been drinking, had left the event at around 3 am but were met with a “gigantic line for a taxi,” the friend said.
“[Jane] went up to one of the valet guys, offered him 100 Euros or whatever, to get to the head of the line,” he added.
“She told me she put her hand on his shoulder. Doug apparently thought she was flirting and came over and slapped her in the face.”
However, the woman slapped Emhoff back, the friend said.
“My impression is that he had a lot to drink. She was sobbing [on the phone afterward], but she wasn’t slurring her word,” he continued.
“She told me that she broke up with him that night.”
The U.S. Sun has reached out to Emhoff‘s team for comment.
Emhoff and the woman had only been dating for three months before the violent incident, another friend of the victim told the outlet.
A third friend said the victim opened up about the alleged assault in 2018 when then-California Senator Kamala Harris was on the news grilling Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh over sexual assault allegations.
The associates, who were not named by the Daily Mail, shared photos of Emhoff with his ex-girlfriend in 2012.
All three friends also said the woman disclosed to them how Emhoff admitted to cheating on his first wife, Kerstin, with the nanny of his daughter in 2008.
Emhoff, who has spoken out about the infidelity reports, did not deny that he got his then-nanny, Najen Naylor, pregnant, according to the outlet.
A close associate of Naylor previously told the Daily Mail that she did not end up having the child.
Emhoff described his first marriage, which ended after the affair, as a turbulent time.
“During my first marriage, Kerstin and I went through some tough times on account of my actions,” Emhoff told CNN in August.
“I took responsibility, and in the years since, we worked through things as a family and have come out stronger on the other side.”
However, Kerstin said their marriage ended for a “variety of reasons.”
“Doug and I decided to end our marriage for a variety of reasons many years ago,” she told CNN.
“He is a great father to our kids, continues to be a great friend to me, and I am really proud of the warm and supportive blended family Dough, Kamala, and I have built together.”
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