Independence Day weekend allegedly kicked off with a crash instead of a bang for the Pelosis when the former House speaker’s husband was accused of leaving the scene of an accident.
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Known for business ventures and a late-night hammer fight, Paul Pelosi also has a reputation for motor vehicle accidents stretching back to a tragedy from his youth. Friday, the husband of California Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D) allegedly added a new notch in his seatbelt that could see him charged with misdemeanor hit-and-run.
According to the Napa County Sheriff’s Office, a witness called to report seeing a brown convertible strike an unoccupied parked car in Yountville, CA around 2:30 p.m., only for the driver to briefly stop before driving away. A brown convertible was found roughly a quarter of a mile away with damage consistent with a collision as law enforcement identified 86-year-old Paul Pelosi as the driver.
“During the investigation, Pelosi admitted to hitting something but said he didn’t know what he had hit, so he kept driving. He drove until his car became disabled and was no longer able to continue driving,” a statement from the Napa County Sheriff’s Office conveyed while indicating that a test determined a DUI was not suspected.
A statement from the family read, “Mr. Paul Pelosi has personally apologized to the owner of the vehicle and assured them that he would take responsibility for the damage to their vehicle. Speaker Pelosi will not be commenting further on this private matter.”
Friday’s accident came a little more than four years after Pelosi had previously been arrested for a DUI. In May 2022, when his wife was still House Speaker, he’d been arrested with a blood-alcohol level of 0.082. He pled guilty to a DUI charge after his 2021 Porsche crashed into a 2014 Jeep.
Dashcam video released by the police features the then-82-year-old slurring his speech while interacting with police after handing over his driver’s license and a card for the California Highway Patrol charity 11-99 Foundation.
Dashcam released of Paul Pelosi’s failed sobriety test; sham plea agreement gets him only 5 days in jail https://t.co/qCzFzBo7lQ pic.twitter.com/FTpmhZ8UTj
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Following his arrest and guilty plea, Pelosi was sentenced to five days in jail, three years’ probation, a three-month DUI program, and was ordered to pay thousands in fines and restitution to the victim. Regarding the sentence, two days served and good conduct credit for two more left Pelosi performing eight hours in the court’s work program to spare him another day in jail.
Reacting to the video, Fox News host Jesse Watters said at the time, “It’s obvious to anyone with two eyes this is not a misdemeanor. This is a felony. The cops admitted how serious it was on the tape they’ve been hiding. They told Paul he was lucky to be alive.”
Decades earlier, at 16-years-old, Pelosi flipped a sports car in an accident that resulted in the death of his older brother David, 19. He’d also been cited for running a red light and veering over the center line back in 2011.
While it remains to be seen whether he will face a hit-and-run charge for Friday’s accident, Pelosi has been referred to the DMV for a driver reevaluation.
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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