KAMALA Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff has been accused of viciously striking an ex-girlfriend in a booze-fueled rage after presuming she was 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.
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Emhoff allegedly struck the woman so “hard she spun around” as they waited in a valet line after leaving the gala, according to the Daily Mail.
The Daily Mail did not name the woman, who declined to comment to the outlet, but described her as a prominent attorney in New York and gave her the pseudonym “Jane.”
A friend of Jane’s, described by the outlet as a successful businessman in New York, recalled how she called him from a car, sobbing after the attack.
The friend said he received a phone call from Jane as he was ready for bed, “It was hard to hear her because she was sobbing.
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“She told me she was with a guy, and he hit her.
“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.”
‘VICIOUS SLAP’
Jane told the friend she brought along Emhoff to the event 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, Jane slapped Emhoff back, the friend recalled.
“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 Jane had only been dating for three months after meeting on the dating site Match.com before the violent incident, a second friend of the victim told the outlet.
The second friend, described also as an attorney, told the Daily Mail that Jane had opened up about the incident and the moments leading up to the alleged assault.
She said (Doug) turned her around by her right shoulder, and she was completely caught off guard. (Doug) hauled up and slapped her so hard she spun around.
An attorney friend of Jane said.
“They had dinner. She said Doug was very charming, and it was lovely,” the attorney friend said.
“Then, I believe it was between 2-3am, it was still raging, but she was wearing four-inch heels and a floor-length gown, so it was time to depart.
“She said there’d been no fight before he hit her. You would have thought it was this fairytale trip.
“She put her hand on the valet’s shoulder, and as she was talking to him, Doug comes up.
“She said he turned her around by her right shoulder, and she was completely caught off guard. He hauled up and slapped her so hard she spun around. She said she was in utter shock.
“She was so furious, she slapped him on one side and then on the other cheek with the other hand.”
A third friend said Jane 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.
“I don’t know if it was an aggressive slap or a punch, but it was something that I know she would never forget and something that would end a relationship immediately,” the third friend, described as a female company executive, told the outlet.
“She had never been hit in her life. (Jane) is a gorgeous, strong woman, and you would never expect somebody to hit her.”
‘TRAILER TRASH MOMENT’
The associates, who were not named by the Daily Mail, shared photos of Emhoff with Jane in 2012.
The three friends all described how Jane tried to flee from Doug after the alleged assault, but he forced his way into the same cab as her.
“All of a sudden, the car was there, and they were ushering her into the car,” the attorney friend told the Daily Mail.
“She said she wanted to go back to the hotel without (Doug). But while she was shutting the door, he forced himself into the car, which she did not want.
“I think she asked him, ‘What the f*** was that all about,’ and the only thing she could really get out of him was that he thought she was hitting on the valet.
“(Jane) told me she was so embarrassed. She couldn’t believe he is the person that he is, and that it turned into this trailer trash moment.”
(Doug) was a tennis fan. All he said to (Jane) was, ‘Don’t worry about it, you got one across the court and down the line.
An executive friend of Jane recalled.
The female executive friend told the Daily Mail that Emhoff did not apologize to Jane the following day.
“When (Doug) hit her, she hit him back, like ‘Don’t you ever do that again,'” the associate recalled.
“I asked her if (Doug) ever apologized. She said no, but he commented about the hit she gave him. It was a tennis metaphor. But no apology at all.
“(Doug) was a tennis fan. All he said to her was, ‘Don’t worry about it, you got one across the court and down the line.”
Jane believed Emhoff’s baffling message meant they were “even,” the friend said.
EMHOFF’S INFIDELITY
All three friends also said Jane 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 Doug, Kamala, and I have built together.”
Emhoff met Harris, the vice president and Democratic presidential candidate, in 2013 on a blind date set up by a mutual friend.
The couple wedded on August 22, 2014, in a small ceremony officiated by Harris’ younger sister, Maya.