Emhoff denies slapping ex-girlfriend outside luxury overseas movie

Second gentleman Doug Emhoff has denied the veracity of a Daily Mail report in which three anonymous sources accused him of slapping a former girlfriend during a 2012 trip to the Cannes Film Festival.

Fox News Digital has not been able to independently confirm these allegations.

“This information is false,” an anonymous representative for Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband told news outlet Semafor. “Any suggestion that he hit or has ever hit a woman is false.”

Tuesday’s exclusive Daily Mail report cited a trio of unidentified sources who claim Emhoff slapped his then-girlfriend while the couple waited in a queue following an event in Nice , in France, in 2012. The alleged altercation was sparked when the woman – identified only by the pseudonym “Jane” and described as a successful New York lawyer – flirted with a valet, according to the article.

The Harris campaign, the vice president’s office and a representative for Emhoff’s ex-wife, Kerstin Emhoff, had no comment despite repeated requests from Fox News.

Several media outlets, including Semafor, reported that they had not been able to match the Daily Mail’s reporting and that traditional media companies such as the New York Times had not yet reported on the claims.

The Daily Mail article was based on the recollections of three people described as Jane’s friends. The outlet said its sources requested anonymity for fear of retaliation from Emhoff. The three friends allegedly provided the outlet with a photo of the couple while they were still a couple, as well as itineraries and correspondence between Emhoff and Jane to prove they made the trip to France in May 2012.

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One of the sources is described by the Daily Mail as a New York lawyer who learned of the alleged incident from Jane.

“He picked her up and slapped her so hard she turned around,” the source reportedly said. “She said she was in complete shock. She was so furious that she slapped him on one side and then the other cheek with the other hand.”

Another friend, described by the Daily Mail as a New York businessman, told the outlet that Jane called him sobbing following the alleged incident.

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“What she was telling me was very clear,” the source said, according to the Daily Mail. “She said she was with a guy, her date, that she was at the Cannes Film Festival, and he hit her. She was in the car with this guy at the time.”

The friend said he learned more details about the alleged episode after the initial phone call.

“It was around 3 a.m. They were trying to get out of there and they had both been drinking. There was a huge queue for taxis,” he told the outlet. “She approached one of the valets, offered him 100 euros or something to go to the front of the line. 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.”

A third friend, described as a female executive, told the Daily Mail that she learned of the alleged incident in 2014 and allegedly discovered new details from Jane in 2018, when Harris, then California’s senator , made headlines by questioning Jane. a Supreme Court nominee who had been accused of sexual assault.

“(She) is a beautiful, strong woman and you would never expect anyone to hit her,” the third friend told the Daily Mail. “When he hit her, she responded by saying, ‘Don’t ever do that again'”

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The Daily Mail’s third source added: “I asked her if he had ever apologized. She said ‘no,’ but he commented on the hit she gave him. It was a tennis metaphor . But no excuses at all.”

The three friends told the outlet that Jane hit Emhoff back after the alleged initial slap. They also claimed that Jane attempted to leave the valet after the alleged slap, but that Emhoff got into a taxi with Jane.

Jane and Emhoff had been dating for about three months before the France trip, according to friends. Emhoff allegedly cut the trip short and returned to the United States for his daughter’s birthday in late May, and never saw Jane again, the friends told the outlet.

Emhoff’s alleged relationship with Jane took place after his 2008 divorce from his first wife and before his 2014 marriage to Harris.

On Wednesday, the New York Post called Emhoff “the worst gentleman” in its cover story detailing the Daily Mail article.

Emhoff is fresh off a Sunday interview on MSNBC in which Jen Psaki celebrated him as having reshaped “the perception of masculinity.”

“There is also an important and interesting aspect to the way people have talked about your role: the way your role has reshaped the perception of masculinity,” Psaki said. “I’m not sure you planned this, but you are an incredibly supportive spouse. Has this been an evolution for you? Do you think this is part of the role you could play as First Gentleman ?”

Emhoff responded: “It’s funny. I started thinking about it a lot. I’ve always been like that. My dad has always been like that. To me it’s the right thing to do, to support women . It’s mutual with Kamala and I. We support each other, we support each other.”

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He added: “I have said many times that when we lift up women, we support them, whether it’s pay equity, childcare, family leaveand all these problems in this post-Dobbs hellscape. Women should not be less than. Women should not have fewer rights and be treated differently. That’s not the American way.”

Excerpts of the exchange spread like forest fire on social media as reviews noted that in August, Emhoff admitted to having an affair with his family’s nanny during his first marriage years ago.

Emhoff’s admission came shortly after the Daily Mail published a separate article in August claiming he had impregnated his daughter’s nanny.

The affair occurred before Emhoff’s relationship with Harris and eventual marriage.

“During my first marriage, Kerstin and I went through some tough times because of my actions. I took responsibility and over the years that followed, we worked through things as a family and came out stronger on the other side,” Emhoff said. over the summer, acknowledging the affair, but not naming the nanny.

Emhoff and his first wife were married from 1992 to 2008 and share two adult children. Harris married Emhoff in 2014and helped co-parent her children, who call their mother-in-law “Mom.”

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Emhoff told Jane about his divorce in 2012, according to his friend who works as an executive.

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The Daily Mail report was released just five weeks before the election, when Harris will face former President Trump at the polls.

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