The husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was booked on suspicion of driving beneath the affect of alcohol Sunday morning after he was concerned in a car collision, authorities stated.
The collision occurred at 10:26 p.m. Saturday when Paul Pelosi tried to cross State Route 29 in unincorporated Oakville, California and the 2021 Porsche he was driving was struck by a 2014 Jeep, in accordance with a California Highway Patrol collision report.
A responding CHP officer arrested Pelosi, 82, for alleged DUI involving an alcoholic beverage, the company stated within the report, launched to news organizations Sunday.
Neither of the drivers within the crash was injured, the CHP stated. The trigger of the collision remained beneath investigation.
Pelosi was booked into Napa Valley Detention Center simply after 4 a.m., with bail set at $5,000, in accordance with the CHP and court docket information. Oakville, half of an space recognized for producing cabernet, is within the Napa Valley portion of California Wine Country.
The area is north of Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco district.
Her spokesperson, Drew Hammill, stated, “The speaker will not be commenting on this private matter which occurred while she was on the East Coast.”
The arrest was first reported by TMZ.
Court information states that Paul Pelosi was hit with two misdemeanor counts: driving beneath the affect and driving with a blood alcohol degree above .08.
Paul Pelosi is a rich actual property investor who splits his time between San Francisco and Washington, D.C. A name to a telephone quantity affiliated with him wasn’t returned.
Allie Raffa contributed.