It’s the photo they tried to hide, but has obtained the mug shot of the disgraced Paul Pelosi after he was arrested for drunk driving last month.
Pelosi, 82, was pulled over by California Highway Patrol officers in Oakville, Calif., on May 28 after blasting through a stop sign and hitting a Jeep in his 2021 Porsche.
The mug shot, which shows Pelosi in a smart brown suit and collared shirt, would have been taken shortly after the nighttime incident.
Pelosi, who had a blood alcohol content of 0.08%, is scheduled to appear in court on August 3 for the incident.
Napa County Attorney Allison Haley said last week that she has not yet decided whether to press charges and told Fox News that if she does press charges, he will be charged at the hearing.
Paul Pelosi, 82, was arrested last month for drunk driving after driving his Porsche into the path of an oncoming Jeep being driven by Jesus Lopez, 48. has obtained his mugshot, which was taken after the drunk driving arrest
Pelosi, who had a blood alcohol content of 0.08%, is scheduled to appear in court on August 3 for the incident
In a statement, she said: “The case is currently under review to decide what charges, if any, will be brought against Mr. Pelosi.
“This is standard protocol for every DUI case referred by a Napa County law enforcement agency.”
She added: “No decision has been made at this point. Any speculation to the contrary is wrong.
“If the Napa County District Attorney makes a decision on the filing, the media and the public will be notified.”
Businessman Pelosi, who is married to spokeswoman Nancy Pelosi, also 82, had been to dinner with friends before the crash and was driving back to the couple’s palatial vineyard home in nearby St Helena.
At the time of the incident, he was attempting to cross State Road 29 — a busy freeway connecting Napa and Calistoga — when he crashed into a 2014 Jeep driven by Jesus Lopez, 48.
Although neither was seriously injured, CHP sources told both cars were written off in the crash.
Photos from show the two vehicles pulling up at the intersection of Walnut Lane and S-29 – just before the Oakville general store.
The damage caused by the accident was still visible 48 hours after the accident, including a fallen parking sign and injuries to a vineyard fence.
Pelosi was hit while attempting to cross the St. Helena Highway in Napa at 10:22 p.m. He drove with Nancy from Walnut Lane, five miles south of his house
Paul Pelosis’ blood alcohol level was above the California limit of 0.08%, according to police. He is pictured toasting actress Nicole Kidman during a Futures Without Violence event in 2017
The new development comes after revealed Pelosi had a history of driving accidents and was involved in a crash that killed his brother David aged 16.
According to a 1957 San Francisco Examiner report, Pelosi, then a sophomore in high school, had picked up 19-year-old David from a friend at 12:30 a.m. and the brothers decided to go on a “joy ride.” .
The fatal accident happened just after 2:40 a.m. near Crystal Springs Dam outside of San Mateo and left David trapped under the car, where he was strangled by his neck brace.
Although a coroner’s jury later dismissed the manslaughter charge against Pelosi, a patrol officer quoted in contemporary news reports said David told his brother to slow down seconds before the crash.
He said, “This is a bad track — you better slow down” as they approached a tight turn near Crystal Springs Dam on the Skyline Highway — now California State Route 35.
Paul told patrolman Thomas Ganley he tried to slow by changing gears in the manual truck but lost control.
“The car swerved across the road, rebounded off a small embankment, climbed 20 feet onto another, simultaneously spun and rolled over and landed upside down on its shoulder with both youths underneath,” the examiner reported.
The new development comes after revealed that Pelosi was involved in an attack that killed his brother David, aged 16. Pelosi’s accident made headlines at the time. The San Francisco Examiner reported on page 6 in its February 23, 1957 issue, saying David warned Paul to slow down
On September 19, 1963, Paul Pelosi married Nancy D’Alesandro at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore
Paul Pelosi was released on $5,000 bail after the crash over the weekend. He is pictured taking selfies of himself and his wife Nancy at the 2010 World Series in San Francisco
David, a freshman at the College of San Mateo, was dead when he arrived at the hospital.
The newspaper said David was likely strangled to death by a brace he wore to support a broken neck he sustained while diving into shallow water in Lake Tahoe.
The San Mateo Times reported that Ganley and another patrolman, Jack Rakestraw, found David’s brace “fits snugly around his neck.”
“They jacked up the car to relieve the pressure, but the youth appeared to be dead,” the Times reported.
Pelosi broke his collarbone in the accident and was trapped under the car for a while. He managed to free himself and called for help.
More recently, Pelosi was cited twice — both times in 2011 — once for running a red light and once for crossing the center line while driving.
The fatal accident happened six years before Paul married Nancy D’Alesandro, the daughter of a former Baltimore mayor.
Taking his surname, she was elected to Congress in 1987 and then became the first woman Speaker of the House of Representatives.