A former girlfriend of Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff has come forward with allegations that Emhoff physically assaulted her during a 2012 celebrity event in France, providing documented evidence of their relationship and the trip where the alleged incident occurred to The Daily Mail.
The woman, a New York attorney identified only as “Jane” for privacy reasons, told The Daily Mail that Emhoff “slapped me so hard I spin around” during an incident outside the amfAR gala dinner at the Cannes Film Festival.
“As I’m talking to him, Doug got out of the line, comes up, turns me around by my right shoulder. I’m completely caught off guard, I’m not bracing, I’m in four inch heels, wearing a full-length gown and it’s between 2-3am,” Jane said.
“There had been no fight, no argument. In that moment, his mask had dropped and I saw his dark side.”
A spokesperson for Emhoff denied the allegations to Semafor, stating that “any suggestion that he would or has ever hit a woman is false.”
So much for the “Believe All Women” slogan of the Democratic Party. The Harris-Walz campaign has not responded to requests for comment.
Jane said their relationship began on Match.com in 2012.
“He was totally love-bombing me. He grabbed me round the stomach and talked about wanting more babies,” she recalled.
“He flew me to Los Angeles in April. I stayed in his home for a week. The entire time, he was alluding to marriage and having children with me.”
During that visit, Jane claims Emhoff revealed his affair with his daughter’s nanny, Najen Naylor.
“He yelled at her. He never said he hit her, but he said he got really angry with her, and she subsequently claimed that whatever he did caused her to lose the pregnancy,” Jane said.
The Daily Mail has reportedly verified aspects of Jane’s account through multiple sources, including flight itineraries, event photos with metadata, and three friends who corroborated hearing about the incident.
Records show Jane and her husband are registered Democrats who donated over $10,000 to Biden’s 2020 campaign.
“What’s frightening for a woman that’s been on the other end of it, is watching this completely fabricated persona being portrayed,” Jane said. “He’s being held out to be the antithesis of who he actually is. And that is utterly shocking.”
“Every time I see Doug on TV portraying the persona of a perfect spouse and non-toxic man, I wonder if Najen is watching too and feeling as disgusted as I am,” she added.