- Lauren Boebert and her ex-husband, Jayson Boebert, had been reportely concerned in a bodily confrontation on Saturday.
- The alleged incident, which occurred at a Colorado restaurant, was first reported by The Every day Beast.
- Jayson Boebert tried “to seize her” in “an aggressive transfer, not romantic,” per an aide who heard from Lauren Boebert.
A bodily confrontation between US Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado and her ex-husband Jayson Boebert ended with Mr. Boebert calling the police, in keeping with studies.
A gathering between the long-embattled couple turned bodily on Saturday night time, The Every day Beast first reported, citing an aide to Lauren Boebert. Colorado’s Silt Police Division confirmed to the outlet that an “lively investigation” is ongoing.
The police division didn’t instantly reply to Enterprise Insider’s request for touch upon Sunday. A spokesperson from Lauren Boebert’s workplace additionally didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Lauren Boebert’s aide advised The Every day Beast that the previous couple met up at a restaurant after Jayson Boebert requested for a gathering together with his ex-wife after trying to hug her earlier that very same day when she picked up their son from his residence. At one level on the restaurant, Jayson Boebert tried “to seize her” in “an aggressive transfer, not romantic,” The Every day Beast reported, citing the aide, who had heard the story from Lauren Boebert.
As Lauren Boebert tried to maintain Jayson Boebert again, she “put her hand in his face, put her hand on his nostril,” after which Jayson Boebert known as the police to report a case of home violence, The Every day Beast reported, citing the aide.
Lauren Boebert then known as a non-emergency quantity and mentioned {that a} home violence incident had not occurred, per the report.
Jayson Boebert spoke with The Every day Beast on Sunday and confirmed the small print of an X submit from the American Muckrakers PAC that his ex-wife had “punched” him within the face a number of instances.
In response to The Every day Beast, nobody was arrested.
The alleged incident comes shortly after Lauren Boebert, a conservative who represents Colorado’s third congressional district, final month determined to desert her reelection bid in her extremely aggressive reelection race and swap to the open 4th district congressional race — in what’s a firmly Republican redoubt.
Lauren Boebert’s district swap has obtained combined reactions, with some Republicans applauding her transfer whereas others are questioning her candidacy in a district the place she would not stay or have political roots.
Final week, she advised The Durango Herald she was “defending” her third district constituents from a Democratic takeover of the seat in 2024 by operating within the redder 4th district, which was simply carried by then-President Donald Trump in 2020.
Over the course of Lauren Boebert’s roughly three-year congressional tenure, she has generated headlines over her controversial statements as a lawmaker in addition to the tumult in her private life, together with final 12 months’s Beetlejuice scandal the place she was booted from a Denver theater over her conduct.
