Nancy Pelosi’s 86-year-old husband Paul has been charged in connection with a hit-and-run earlier this month.
Paul has been accused of crashing into an unoccupied parked car on the shoulder of a roadway just after 2.30pm in Yountville, a small town in the Wine Country of California on July 3.
The Napa County District Attorney’s Office formally charged Paul Pelosi with a misdemeanor hit and run Friday.
The criminal complaint argues that Paul damaged a parked Tesla and fled without trying to contact the owner of the vehicle or pass on any information.
Paul Pelosi is scheduled to appear in court in Napa County on August 14.
The Daily Mail has reached out to Congresswoman Pelosi for comment.
Pelosi was driving close to the palatial vineyard estate he shares with Speaker Emeritus Nancy in upscale St Helena when he smashed into a parked car.
Cops say, rather than stopping, Paul continued to drive his brown convertible until it shuddered to a halt and blocked an intersection – the exact spot he previously got a DUI in 2022.
Nancy Pelosi’s 86-year-old husband Paul has been charged in connection with a hit-and-run earlier this month
The sheriff’s department said Paul Pelosi’s brown colored convertible crashed into a parked car on a roadway in Yountville, California
Paul has since ‘personally apologized to the owner of the vehicle and assured them that he would take responsibility for the damage to their vehicle,’ a spokesperson for the Pelosi family told the Daily Mail, noting the former Speaker ‘will not be commenting further on this private matter.’
In a police interview following the crash, Paul said he knew he had hit something but didn’t know what, so he continued driving until his car puttered out.
‘He drove until his car became disabled and was no longer able to continue driving,’ the Napa Valley Police Department said.
Napa Valley police sources told the Daily Mail that his car sustained severe damage to the front right, while the empty car he hit was left needing serious repairs to the back.
Authorities identified the vehicle’s license plate as Pelosi’s. He is now facing a single charge of hit-and-run on a parked car and will have his driving license referred to the DMV for re-evaluation due to his age, which is common for elderly drivers.
Paul was not arrested, just charged with a misdemeanor.
This is a developing story.
