Re: Kamala Harris' husband Doug Emhoff slapped me in the face so hard I spun around ... I'm disgusted by his fake 'perfect spouse' persona

On Fri, 25 Oct 2024 21:05:01 -0500, Ubiquitous <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Doug Emhoff's ex-girlfriend has spoken exclusively to DailyMail.com claiming 
>that he slapped her in the face so hard she spun around at a 2012 celebrity 
>event in France.
>
>The woman, a successful New York attorney, is remaining anonymous, but 
>decided to speak out after Emhoff, Kamala Harris's husband, denied the claims 
>through a spokesman.
>
>Emhoff's accuser, who DailyMail.com is naming only as 'Jane', initially 
>declined to comment on the record. But Emhoff's denial, and his alleged 
>hypocrisy by claiming to be a feminist in media interviews, finally became 
>too much for her.
>
>'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.'
>
>The ex-girlfriend of Kamala's husband Doug Emhoff, who DailyMail.com is 
>naming only as 'Jane', alleges that he slapped her in the face so hard she 
>spun around at a 2012 celebrity event in France
>
>The woman, a successful New York attorney who is remaining anonymous, decided 
>to speak out after Emhoff denied the claims through a spokesman
>
>Doug Emhoff arrives for the amFAR gala dinner in the south of France (right). 
>Jane had booked tickets for the two of them to attend the event the previous 
>month 
>
>DailyMail.com broke the story about the alleged unprovoked attack on October 
>2, by reporting accounts from two friends she told immediately after the 
>incident, a third she told in 2018, and documents evidencing her relationship 
>and trip to France with Emhoff.
>
>The bombshell allegations, which followed DailyMail.com's revelation in 
>August that Emhoff cheated on his first wife with his daughter's nanny Najen 
>Naylor, received little or no coverage from politically center-left major 
>news outlets.
>
>Emhoff admitted the affair in a statement in August but his spokesman gave 
>only a short denial of the alleged violence to a politics news site a day 
>after we exclusively reported the slap allegation.
>
>In a statement to Semafor published October 3, a spokesperson said 'this 
>report is untrue,' and that 'any suggestion that he would or has ever hit a 
>woman is false.'
>
>Emhoff, the Harris campaign, and the White House have failed to respond to 
>DailyMail.com and other outlets' repeated requests for comment.
>
>But the second gentleman has since continued to brag about his long-held 
>feminist values in softball media interviews arranged by the Harris 
>presidential campaign.  
>
>'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,' Jane said.
>
>Last week, 'Jane' recounted her story to DailyMail.com – including that 
>Emhoff 'slapped me so hard I spun around,' and that Emhoff told her he was 
>accused by his mistress of causing her to miscarry their baby. 
>
>DailyMail.com exclusively broke the story in October about the alleged 
>unprovoked attack in 2012, by reporting accounts from two friends 'Jane' had 
>told immediately after the incident
>
>The denial by the second gentleman and his alleged hypocrisy by claiming to 
>be a feminist in media interviews convinced the woman to speak out
>
>DailyMail.com has reported that Emhoff impregnated the family's nanny while 
>married to his first wife, allegedly slapped an ex-girlfriend at the Cannes 
>Film Festival and was 'inappropriate' and 'misogynistic' at work 
>
>Emhoff and Jane got together in 2012 before he met Harris, who he married in 
>2014.
>
>'I was living in New York, and Doug was living in Los Angeles,' Jane said. 'I 
>met him on Match.com. 
>
>'After work one night I met him for drinks at a hotel near Times Square.'
>
>She said Emhoff's odd behavior began immediately, when he invited his son 
>Cole to join them about an hour into their first date in March 2012.
>
>'It was an odd request for a first date, but I also felt bad that his son was 
>walking around the city waiting for his dad to finish his Match.com date. So 
>I agreed. In retrospect, it should have been a red flag.'
>
>Jane said their relationship consisted of 'an intense few months', with 
>Emhoff discussing marriage and children after just weeks.
>
>'He flew me to Los Angeles in April [2012]. I stayed in his home for a week. 
>The entire time, he was alluding to marriage and having children with me,' 
>she told DailyMail.com.
>
>'He was totally love-bombing me. He grabbed me round the stomach and talked 
>about wanting more babies.'
>
>Jane said that less than a month into her relationship she got a lucrative 
>job opportunity in the UK, and Emhoff gave her the impression he was willing 
>to leave his family behind.
>
>'He was really pushing me to pursue it, and he seemed like he was willing to 
>come with me to London,' she said. 'He was ready to uproot, even though he 
>had a family, and he had a child still in junior high school.'
>
>Emhoff has been previously dubbed by Democrats as a 'wife guy' and a 
>'mensch', a Yiddish term for an honorable, kind man. 'He's being held out to 
>be the antithesis of who he actually is. And that is utterly shocking,' Jane 
>said
>
>A copy of Jane and Emhoff's itinerary shared with DailyMail.com shows a 
>layover flight from Newark, New Jersey to Nice, France on May 22, 2012
>
>Emhoff's first wife and mother of his two kids, Kerstin, had filed to end 
>their marriage three years earlier in June 2009, after splitting with him the 
>month before, according to LA court documents.
>
>But Jane said she got the impression Emhoff still felt a debt to his ex, and 
>decided to  ask him about it during her LA trip in April 2012.
>
>'We were in Santa Monica. He was driving his fancy car. And so I just 
>straight out asked him: 'I feel like you're on the back foot in the divorce, 
>like you're trying to make up for something?' she said.
>
>'All I did was ask him one question, and he told me the whole story. Without 
>skipping a beat, and staring straight ahead at the road, he tells me he had 
>an affair with his daughter's teacher and that subsequently she claimed that 
>she was pregnant. He's telling me this very casually like it's no big deal.
>
>'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.
>
>'He said she got a lawyer and was threatening litigation. I was 
>flabbergasted. And I was taken aback by how matter of fact he could talk 
>about it.
>
>'He tried to minimize it. He said there was no proof that the woman had 
>become pregnant. He tried to make it seem like she was scamming him. 
>
>'To be honest, I wanted to believe him at the time, because by all 
>appearances this was turning into a serious relationship.
>
>'I had just met both his children, his parents and many people he worked with 
>at Venable. But I did harbor reservations after this.'
>
>The bombshell allegation of the slap followed DailyMail.com's revelation in 
>August that Emhoff cheated on his first wife Kerstin (right) with his 
>daughter's nanny Najen Naylor. The story about the slap received little or no 
>coverage from politically center-left major news outlets
>
>'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,' Jane said. When DailyMail.com approached Naylor she would not comment 
>about her relationship with Emhoff or the baby. 'I'm kind of freaked out 
>right now,' she said
>
>LAPD records obtained by DailyMail.com show that police were called to a 
>house where Naylor was living around the time she was allegedly pregnant in 
>2009 
>
>Jane added that Emhoff told her he settled with Naylor for about $80,000, and 
>had her sign an NDA.
>
>Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) records obtained by DailyMail.com under 
>the California Public Records Act show that police were called to a house 
>where Naylor was living around the time she was allegedly pregnant, at 8:14pm 
>on June 28, 2009.
>
>The callout was given priority level three, which is a 'life threatening 
>emergency, lights and sirens on'.
>
>LAPD refused to give further information or the names of the individuals 
>involved in the incident, and Najen declined to comment.
>
>Hours after DailyMail.com published a story on August 3 revealing claims that 
>Emhoff impregnated his daughter's grade school teacher and part-time nanny, 
>the second gentleman gave a statement to CNN admitting the affair, but not 
>mentioning any pregnancy, miscarriage, or legal agreement.
>
>Jane said Emhoff's alleged disclosure to her in April 2012 about his affair 
>gave her pause about their relationship.
>
>But she had already booked tickets for the two of them to attend the star-
>studded amfAR gala dinner in the south of France the following month, held 
>alongside Cannes Film Festival.
>
>'I had already planned and paid to go to this event, and he was already 
>invited, so I went ahead and brought him,' she said.
>
>She described the trip as a 'fairytale' at first. She mingled with A-list 
>celebrities at the May 24 event, dressed in a red ball gown with Emhoff in a 
>dapper tuxedo.
>
>But she said it turned into a nightmare at around 3am when they joined a long 
>and chaotic line for a taxi outside the Hotel du Cap event venue in Antibes 
>to return to their lodgings in a neighboring town.
>
>'I decided I'm going to go up to the valet and give them 100 bucks, to get 
>out of this line,' Jane said.
>
>A May 17, 2012 email provided by the friends, written by Jane to one of her 
>fellow amfAR attendees, gives the location of the hotel in Nice the couple 
>stayed at that weekend
>
>The elite charity auction was held at the Hotel du Cap Eden Roc in Antibes, 
>southern France 
>
>The alleged incident purportedly took place after the two attended amfAR's 
>Cinema Against AIDS event at Hotel Du Cap in the South of France in May 2012, 
>where model Heidi Klum and now-disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein were 
>among the guests
>
>'I put my hand on the valet's shoulder and tell him, with my $100, could you 
>please get me a car as soon as possible.
>
>'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.
>
>'He slaps me so hard I spin around, and I'm in utter shock.
>
>'There had been no fight, no argument. It had been a completely fantastic 
>event. I am so furious. The only thing I could think to do was slap him back. 
>I slapped him on one side, and on the other cheek with the other hand.
>
>'In that moment, his mask had dropped and I saw his dark side,' she added.
>
>'All of a sudden the car is there, the valet is ushering me in.
>
>'I intended to go back to the hotel without him. So I was shutting the car 
>door, but he forced his way into the car, which I did not want.
>
>'It's dark. I don't speak French, my friends we're with are off having an 
>amazing time. I'm embarrassed and humiliated that, this amazing experience 
>turned into this violent spectacle.
>
>'I can't believe he just slapped me. I think I said to him in the car, 'What 
>the hell is wrong with you? Why did you do that?' And the only thing I could 
>get out of him was he thought I was hitting on the valet.'
>
>Jane said she called a businessman friend in New York from the cab to tell 
>him what just happened. The friend confirmed the call to DailyMail.com.
>
>'This was the first time I saw Doug's ugly side,' Jane said. 'I was in shock. 
>I wanted somebody to know where I was, and what happened. I was freaked out 
>because I thought I knew this person. But I don't, and he's in the car with 
>me.
>
>'I also wanted Doug to see me on the phone telling somebody.'
>
>Jane said that less than a month into her relationship she got a lucrative 
>job opportunity in the UK, and Emhoff gave her the impression he was willing 
>to leave his family behind. 'He was really pushing me to pursue it, and he 
>seemed like he was willing to come with me to London,' she said
>
>Jane said the next day Emhoff was unapologetic, telling her in a casual 
>manner that they were 'even' and referencing her returned slaps using a 
>tennis metaphor: 'Don't worry about it, you got one across the court and down 
>the line.'
>
>The New York attorney told DailyMail.com that after the shocking alleged 
>attack, she began to see past behavior by Emhoff in a new light.
>
>As well as questioning his alleged version of his affair with Naylor, she 
>also recalled a 'weird' incident at their hotel in Nice before the amfAR 
>dinner.
>
>'We went outside and sat on the loungers,' Jane said. 'I'm in a bikini. He 
>wanted to take a picture of me. I didn't think anything of it.
>
>'Later on he sent me a couple of pictures. The picture he took of me did not 
>include my head. I was like, 'Where's my head?' And he was just giggling 
>about it like a pubescent boy.
>
>'It was gross and I felt so humiliated. In retrospect I believe he was 
>intentionally objectifying me to diminish me. That's the kind of person he 
>is.'
>
>Earlier this month, DailyMail.com revealed claims from Emhoff's former 
>colleagues at his ex-law firm Venable that he was 'misogynistic' and 
>'inappropriate' with women at the firm, including bragging to top firm 
>partners that he yelled at a woman and 'put her in her place'.
>
>Jane said that the alleged behavior fit with the Emhoff that she knew – but 
>not the one that he presents in media interviews.
>
>She said that the week after the slapping incident, she told a friend who 
>worked with Emhoff at Venable about it, and the woman responded that Emhoff 
>had a 'bad reputation' with women in the law firm's LA office. 
>
>When Jane read Emhoff was dating then-California Attorney General Kamala 
>Harris in 2014, the memory of the slap 'all came flooding back'
>
>Emhoff recently sat down for a fawning interview with Jen Psaki during which 
>the former White House Press Secretary told the second gentleman that he had 
>'reshaped the perception of masculinity'
>
>Jane said that long ago she moved on emotionally from Emhoff's alleged 
>violent attack, and she doesn't want to be seen as a 'victim'. 
>
>'It was very hurtful at the time. But I am proud of how I responded in real 
>time to this unexpected assault,' the attorney said.
>
>'I had never really wanted to talk about Doug slapping me, to be honest with 
>you, because I was with him for a few months, it was this one moment. And it 
>was enough to wake me up and leave.
>
>'In retrospect, it was the best thing that could possibly have happened, 
>because his mask dropped, and I realized I shouldn't waste another moment 
>with him.'
>
>The two never spoke after the French trip, Jane said, save for two texts 
>where she requested he paid her money he owed, and he requested a suit he 
>left behind - which she promptly threw in the trash.
>
>But when she read Emhoff was dating then-California Attorney General Kamala 
>Harris in 2014, it all came flooding back.
>
>'I just got this sinking feeling, like, oh my god, she's engaged to this guy. 
>My first thought was she clearly has not done due diligence on him. And I 
>thought, he's putting the hard sell on her, like he did with me.
>
>'I was wondering, does she know?'
>
>Jane said she felt compelled to tell her best friend, a female top executive, 
>her story about Emhoff in 2018 after they watched Harris grill Supreme Court 
>Justice Brett Kavanaugh about alleged sexual assault in his 2018 confirmation 
>hearing.
>
>The friend recounted to DailyMail.com the same story Jane told.
>
>DailyMail.com also obtained a copy of Jane and Emoff's flight itinerary to 
>France, an email to a friend and fellow attendee at the 2012 amfAR gala 
>mentioning Emhoff's attendance, and pictures of the former couple with 
>metadata showing the date and location of the photo.
>
>Emhoff, 59, and movie producer ex-wife Kerstin, 57, ended their 16-year 
>marriage in 2009 when she discovered the affair, the sources said. Their 
>daughter Ella was 10 and son Cole was 15 at the time
>
>A Federal Election Commission record shows Jane and her husband donated 
>thousands of dollars to Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign. DailyMail.com 
>redacted the page to preserve Jane's anonymity
>
>Footage obtained by DailyMail.com from the red carpet at the event shows 
>Emhoff walking in the background.
>
>The material helped confirm key aspects of Jane's story.
>
>Jane dismissed any claims that her allegations against Emhoff were 
>politically motivated, adding that she and her husband have been registered 
>Democrats, voted for Joe Biden in the Democratic presidential primary and 
>2020 election, and donated over $10,000 to Biden's campaigns.
>
>DailyMail.com obtained Federal Election Commission records evidencing the 
>donations, and voter registrations showing the couple's previous registration 
>as Democrats.
>
>'I've recounted the same story for years, and I've been telling this story 
>before he became famous,' she said.
>
>Jane added that after reading DailyMail.com's story about Emhoff's affair 
>with his daughter's nanny, she felt 'validated' – but also angry at a 
>lackluster response among some mainstream media.
>
>'I've been telling this story to my friends. And I kept saying, this is a big 
>deal, why doesn't anybody in the media care? And apparently nobody did,' she 
>said.
>
>'Not a single reporter has directly asked Doug about these allegations. 
>
>'When some news organizations re-reported your reporting, they even left out 
>the claim that the teacher had become pregnant. I was livid. It's just so 
>clear what's happening. I'm so disgusted.'
>
>Jane said she hopes coming forward now, albeit anonymously, will help set the 
>record straight, and prompt a thorough investigation of the POTUS hopeful's 
>husband.
>
>#MeToo
>#TimesUp
>#believeallwomen

And I'm SURE CNN covered this story in depth, right?
Right?