According to the report, the incident happened when the woman, described as a successful New York attorney and identified only by the pseudonym ‘Jane’, was found flirting with a valet.

Second gentleman Doug Emhoff denies report he slapped then-girlfriend at 2012 Cannes Film Festival Investors braced for a key monthly jobs report, with the Middle East crisis and a return to work at US ports also in high focus.

The second gentleman was accused of assault in an alleged fit of jealousy by three friends of the woman who spoke to a British tabloid.

Second gentleman Doug Emhoff denied the veracity of a Daily Mail report in which three unnamed sources accused him of having slapped a former girlfriend during a 2012 trip to the Cannes Film Festival.

Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, has denied a report alleging that he slapped an ex-girlfriend across the face so hard that she spun around.The Daily Mail reported Wednesday that three friends anonymously said that Emhoff had struck the woman—who was also not identified by name—while the two waited in a valet line at France’s Cannes Film Festival in May 2012.

The second gentleman has been accused of slapping a former girlfriend after an event in France in 2012, according to a new report.

The Second Gentleman's office denied allegations published by the Daily Mail claiming Emhoff hit his former partner

Presidential candidate Kamala Harris' husband is now facing allegations that he slapped an ex-girlfriend years ago, which he has denied.