Doug Emhoff‘s ex-girlfriend has spoken completely to DailyMail.com claiming that he slapped her within the face so laborious she spun round at a 2012 celeb occasion in France.
The lady, a profitable New York lawyer, is remaining nameless, however determined to talk out after Emhoff, Kamala Harris‘s husband, denied the claims via a spokesman.
Emhoff’s accuser, who DailyMail.com is naming solely as ‘Jane’, initially declined to touch upon the file. However Emhoff’s denial, and his alleged hypocrisy by claiming to be a feminist in media interviews, lastly turned an excessive amount of for her.
‘What’s scary for a girl that is been on the opposite finish of it, is watching this fully fabricated persona being portrayed,’ Jane stated.
‘He is being held out to be the antithesis of who he truly is. And that’s totally stunning.’
The ex-girlfriend of Kamala’s husband Doug Emhoff, who DailyMail.com is naming solely as ‘Jane’, alleges that he slapped her within the face so laborious she spun round at a 2012 celeb occasion in France
The lady, a profitable New York lawyer who’s remaining nameless, determined to talk out after Emhoff denied the claims via a spokesman
Doug Emhoff arrives for the amFAR gala dinner within the south of France (proper). Jane had booked tickets for the 2 of them to attend the occasion the earlier month
DailyMail.com broke the story concerning the alleged unprovoked assault on October 2, by reporting accounts from two buddies she informed instantly after the incident, a 3rd she informed in 2018, and paperwork evidencing her relationship and journey to France with Emhoff.
The bombshell allegations, which adopted DailyMail.com’s revelation in August that Emhoff cheated on his first spouse together with his daughter’s nanny Najen Naylor, obtained little or no protection from politically center-left main information retailers.
Emhoff admitted the affair in an announcement in August however his spokesman gave solely a brief denial of the alleged violence to a politics information website a day after we completely reported the slap allegation.
In an announcement to Semafor revealed October 3, a spokesperson stated ‘this report is unfaithful,’ and that ‘any suggestion that he would or has ever hit a girl is fake.’
Emhoff, the Harris marketing campaign, and the White Home have failed to reply to DailyMail.com and different retailers’ repeated requests for remark.
However the second gentleman has since continued to brag about his long-held feminist values in softball media interviews organized by the Harris presidential marketing campaign.
‘Each time I see Doug on TV portraying the persona of an ideal partner and non-toxic man, I ponder if Najen is watching too and feeling as disgusted as I’m,’ Jane stated.
Final week, ‘Jane’ recounted her story to DailyMail.com – together with that Emhoff ‘slapped me so laborious I spun round,’ and that Emhoff informed her he was accused by his mistress of inflicting her to miscarry their child.
DailyMail.com completely broke the story in October concerning the alleged unprovoked assault in 2012, by reporting accounts from two buddies ‘Jane’ had informed instantly after the incident
The denial by the second gentleman and his alleged hypocrisy by claiming to be a feminist in media interviews satisfied the girl to talk out
DailyMail.com has reported that Emhoff impregnated the household’s nanny whereas married to his first spouse, allegedly slapped an ex-girlfriend on the Cannes Movie Competition and was ‘inappropriate’ and ‘misogynistic’ at work
Emhoff and Jane bought collectively in 2012 earlier than he met Harris, who he married in 2014.
‘I used to be dwelling in New York, and Doug was dwelling in Los Angeles,’ Jane stated. ‘I met him on Match.com.
‘After work one evening I met him for drinks at a lodge close to Occasions Sq..’
She stated Emhoff’s odd conduct started instantly, when he invited his son Cole to hitch them about an hour into their first date in March 2012.
‘It was an odd request for a primary date, however I additionally felt dangerous that his son was strolling across the metropolis ready for his dad to complete his Match.com date. So I agreed. Looking back, it ought to have been a purple flag.’
Jane stated their relationship consisted of ‘an intense few months’, with Emhoff discussing marriage and youngsters after simply weeks.
‘He flew me to Los Angeles in April [2012]. I stayed in his dwelling for every week. Your complete time, he was alluding to marriage and having kids with me,’ she informed DailyMail.com.
‘He was completely love-bombing me. He grabbed me around the abdomen and talked about wanting extra infants.’
Jane stated that lower than a month into her relationship she bought a profitable job alternative within the UK, and Emhoff gave her the impression he was keen to depart his household behind.
‘He was actually pushing me to pursue it, and he appeared like he was keen to come back with me to London,’ she stated. ‘He was able to uproot, although he had a household, and he had a baby nonetheless in junior highschool.’
Emhoff has been beforehand dubbed by Democrats as a ‘spouse man’ and a ‘mensch’, a Yiddish time period for an honorable, type man. ‘He is being held out to be the antithesis of who he truly is. And that’s totally stunning,’ Jane stated
A replica of Jane and Emhoff’s itinerary shared with DailyMail.com exhibits a layover flight from Newark, New Jersey to Good, France on Might 22, 2012
Emhoff’s first spouse and mom of his two youngsters, Kerstin, had filed to finish their marriage three years earlier in June 2009, after splitting with him the month earlier than, in line with LA court docket paperwork.
However Jane stated she bought the impression Emhoff nonetheless felt a debt to his ex, and determined to ask him about it throughout her LA journey in April 2012.
‘We have been in Santa Monica. He was driving his fancy automobile. And so I simply straight out requested him: ‘I really feel such as you’re on the again foot within the divorce, such as you’re making an attempt to make up for one thing?’ she stated.
‘All I did was ask him one query, and he informed me the entire story. With out skipping a beat, and staring straight forward on the street, he tells me he had an affair together with his daughter’s trainer and that subsequently she claimed that she was pregnant. He is telling me this very casually prefer it’s no huge deal.
‘He yelled at her. He by no means stated he hit her, however he stated he bought actually indignant along with her, and he or she subsequently claimed that no matter he did brought about her to lose the being pregnant.
‘He stated she bought a lawyer and was threatening litigation. I used to be flabbergasted. And I used to be greatly surprised by how matter of reality he may discuss it.
‘He tried to reduce it. He stated there was no proof that the girl had turn out to be pregnant. He tried to make it seem to be she was scamming him.
‘To be sincere, I wished to imagine him on the time, as a result of by all appearances this was turning right into a severe relationship.
‘I had simply met each his kids, his dad and mom and many individuals he labored with at Venable. However I did harbor reservations after this.’
The bombshell allegation of the slap adopted DailyMail.com’s revelation in August that Emhoff cheated on his first spouse Kerstin (proper) together with his daughter’s nanny Najen Naylor. The story concerning the slap obtained little or no protection from politically center-left main information retailers
‘Each time I see Doug on TV portraying the persona of an ideal partner and non-toxic man, I ponder if Najen is watching too and feeling as disgusted as I’m,’ Jane stated. When DailyMail.com approached Naylor she wouldn’t remark about her relationship with Emhoff or the infant. ‘I am form of freaked out proper now,’ she stated
LAPD information obtained by DailyMail.com present that police have been referred to as to a home the place Naylor was dwelling across the time she was allegedly pregnant in 2009
Jane added that Emhoff informed her he settled with Naylor for about $80,000, and had her signal an NDA.
Los Angeles Police Division (LAPD) information obtained by DailyMail.com below the California Public Information Act present that police have been referred to as to a home the place Naylor was dwelling across the time she was allegedly pregnant, at 8:14pm on June 28, 2009.
The callout was given precedence degree three, which is a ‘life threatening emergency, lights and sirens on’.
LAPD refused to present additional data or the names of the people concerned within the incident, and Najen declined to remark.
Hours after DailyMail.com revealed a narrative on August 3 revealing claims that Emhoff impregnated his daughter’s grade faculty trainer and part-time nanny, the second gentleman gave an announcement to CNN admitting the affair, however not mentioning any being pregnant, miscarriage, or authorized settlement.
Jane stated Emhoff’s alleged disclosure to her in April 2012 about his affair gave her pause about their relationship.
However she had already booked tickets for the 2 of them to attend the star-studded amfAR gala dinner within the south of France the next month, held alongside Cannes Movie Competition.
‘I had already deliberate and paid to go to this occasion, and he was already invited, so I went forward and introduced him,’ she stated.
She described the journey as a ‘fairytale’ at first. She mingled with A-list celebrities on the Might 24 occasion, wearing a purple ball robe with Emhoff in a dapper tuxedo.
However she stated it become a nightmare at round 3am once they joined a protracted and chaotic line for a taxi outdoors the Lodge du Cap occasion venue in Antibes to return to their lodgings in a neighboring city.
‘I made a decision I will go as much as the valet and provides them 100 bucks, to get out of this line,’ Jane stated.
A Might 17, 2012 electronic mail supplied by the buddies, written by Jane to considered one of her fellow amfAR attendees, offers the placement of the lodge in Good the couple stayed at that weekend
The elite charity public sale was held on the Lodge du Cap Eden Roc in Antibes, southern France
The alleged incident purportedly befell after the 2 attended amfAR’s Cinema Towards AIDS occasion at Lodge Du Cap within the South of France in Might 2012, the place mannequin Heidi Klum and now-disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein have been among the many company
‘I put my hand on the valet’s shoulder and inform him, with my $100, may you please get me a automobile as quickly as potential.
‘As I am speaking to him, Doug bought out of the road, comes up, turns me round by my proper shoulder. I am fully caught off guard, I am not bracing, I am in 4 inch heels, carrying a full-length robe and it is between 2-3am.
‘He slaps me so laborious I spin round, and I am in utter shock.
‘There had been no struggle, no argument. It had been a very incredible occasion. I’m so livid. The one factor I may assume to do was slap him again. I slapped him on one facet, and on the opposite cheek with the opposite hand.
‘In that second, his masks had dropped and I noticed his darkish facet,’ she added.
‘Unexpectedly the automobile is there, the valet is ushering me in.
‘I supposed to return to the lodge with out him. So I used to be shutting the automobile door, however he compelled his means into the automobile, which I didn’t need.
‘It is darkish. I do not communicate French, my buddies we’re with are off having a tremendous time. I am embarrassed and humiliated that, this superb skilled become this violent spectacle.
‘I am unable to imagine he simply slapped me. I feel I stated to him within the automobile, ‘What the hell is incorrect with you? Why did you do this?’ And the one factor I may get out of him was he thought I used to be hitting on the valet.’
Jane stated she referred to as a businessman pal in New York from the cab to inform him what simply occurred. The pal confirmed the decision to DailyMail.com.
‘This was the primary time I noticed Doug’s ugly facet,’ Jane stated. ‘I used to be in shock. I wished anyone to know the place I used to be, and what occurred. I used to be freaked out as a result of I believed I knew this individual. However I do not, and he is within the automobile with me.
‘I additionally wished Doug to see me on the cellphone telling anyone.’
Jane stated that lower than a month into her relationship she bought a profitable job alternative within the UK, and Emhoff gave her the impression he was keen to depart his household behind. ‘He was actually pushing me to pursue it, and he appeared like he was keen to come back with me to London,’ she stated
Jane stated the subsequent day Emhoff was unapologetic, telling her in an off-the-cuff method that they have been ‘even’ and referencing her returned slaps utilizing a tennis metaphor: ‘Don’t be concerned about it, you bought one throughout the court docket and down the road.’
The New York lawyer informed DailyMail.com that after the stunning alleged assault, she started to see previous conduct by Emhoff in a brand new mild.
In addition to questioning his alleged model of his affair with Naylor, she additionally recalled a ‘bizarre’ incident at their lodge in Good earlier than the amfAR dinner.
‘We went outdoors and sat on the loungers,’ Jane stated. ‘I am in a bikini. He wished to take an image of me. I did not assume something of it.
‘Afterward he despatched me a few photos. The image he took of me didn’t embrace my head. I used to be like, ‘The place’s my head?’ And he was simply guffawing about it like a pubescent boy.
‘It was gross and I felt so humiliated. Looking back I imagine he was deliberately objectifying me to decrease me. That is the form of individual he’s.’
Earlier this month, DailyMail.com revealed claims from Emhoff’s former colleagues at his ex-law agency Venable that he was ‘misogynistic’ and ‘inappropriate’ with ladies on the agency, together with bragging to high agency companions that he yelled at a girl and ‘put her in her place’.
Jane stated that the alleged conduct match with the Emhoff that she knew – however not the one which he presents in media interviews.
She stated that the week after the slapping incident, she informed a pal who labored with Emhoff at Venable about it, and the girl responded that Emhoff had a ‘dangerous repute’ with ladies within the regulation agency’s LA workplace.
When Jane learn Emhoff was relationship then-California Legal professional Normal Kamala Harris in 2014, the reminiscence of the slap ‘all got here flooding again’
Emhoff not too long ago sat down for a fawning interview with Jen Psaki throughout which the previous White Home Press Secretary informed the second gentleman that he had ‘reshaped the notion of masculinity’
Jane stated that way back she moved on emotionally from Emhoff’s alleged violent assault, and he or she does not wish to be seen as a ‘sufferer’.
‘It was very hurtful on the time. However I’m pleased with how I responded in actual time to this surprising assault,’ the lawyer stated.
‘I had by no means actually wished to speak about Doug slapping me, to be sincere with you, as a result of I used to be with him for just a few months, it was this one second. And it was sufficient to wake me up and depart.
‘Looking back, it was one of the best factor that would presumably have occurred, as a result of his masks dropped, and I spotted I should not waste one other second with him.’
The 2 by no means spoke after the French journey, Jane stated, save for 2 texts the place she requested he paid her cash he owed, and he requested a swimsuit he left behind – which she promptly threw within the trash.
However when she learn Emhoff was relationship then-California Legal professional Normal Kamala Harris in 2014, all of it got here flooding again.
‘I simply bought this sinking feeling, like, oh my god, she’s engaged to this man. My first thought was she clearly has not accomplished due diligence on him. And I believed, he is placing the laborious promote on her, like he did with me.
‘I used to be questioning, does she know?’
Jane stated she felt compelled to inform her finest pal, a feminine high govt, her story about Emhoff in 2018 after they watched Harris grill Supreme Court docket Justice Brett Kavanaugh about alleged sexual assault in his 2018 affirmation listening to.
The pal recounted to DailyMail.com the identical story Jane informed.
DailyMail.com additionally obtained a duplicate of Jane and Emoff’s flight itinerary to France, an electronic mail to a pal and fellow attendee on the 2012 amfAR gala mentioning Emhoff’s attendance, and photos of the previous couple with metadata displaying the date and placement of the picture.
Emhoff, 59, and film producer ex-wife Kerstin, 57, ended their 16-year marriage in 2009 when she found the affair, the sources stated. Their daughter Ella was 10 and son Cole was 15 on the time
A Federal Election Fee file exhibits Jane and her husband donated hundreds of {dollars} to Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential marketing campaign. DailyMail.com redacted the web page to protect Jane’s anonymity
Footage obtained by DailyMail.com from the purple carpet on the occasion exhibits Emhoff strolling within the background.
The fabric helped verify key features of Jane’s story.
Jane dismissed any claims that her allegations towards Emhoff have been politically motivated, including that she and her husband have been registered Democrats, voted for Joe Biden within the Democratic presidential main and 2020 election, and donated over $10,000 to Biden’s campaigns.
DailyMail.com obtained Federal Election Fee information evidencing the donations, and voter registrations displaying the couple’s earlier registration as Democrats.
‘I’ve recounted the identical story for years, and I have been telling this story earlier than he turned well-known,’ she stated.
Jane added that after studying DailyMail.com’s story about Emhoff’s affair together with his daughter’s nanny, she felt ‘validated’ – but in addition indignant at a lackluster response amongst some mainstream media.
‘I have been telling this story to my buddies. And I stored saying, this can be a huge deal, why does not anyone within the media care? And apparently no person did,’ she stated.
‘Not a single reporter has instantly requested Doug about these allegations.
‘When some information organizations re-reported your reporting, they even neglected the declare that the trainer had turn out to be pregnant. I used to be furious. It is simply so clear what’s occurring. I am so disgusted.’
Jane stated she hopes coming ahead now, albeit anonymously, will assist set the file straight, and immediate a radical investigation of the hopeful POTUS’s husband.