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Details of Paul Pelosi’s DUI bust are surfacing in court documents — and it’s ugly.
In addition to alcohol, the multimillionaire husband of Nancy Pelosi also allegedly had drugs in his system.
Court documents revealed Pelosi was “under the combined influence of an alcoholic beverage and a drug.”
He even tried to hand over a “police courtesy card” in a desperate attempt to avoid arrest. Pelosi was driving his 2021 Porsche he crashed into a 2014 Jeep causing “major collision damage.”
Responding officers arrived on the scene to find Pelosi in the driver’s seat.
When asked for his ID, Pelosi also handed his “11-99 Foundation” card, which is a California Highway Patrol charity that supports officers and provides scholarships for their children.
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Pelosi allegedly exhibited “signs of impairment” during field sobriety tests and officers “observed objective signs and symptoms of alcohol intoxication,” according to the documents.
Those allegedly included “red/watery” eyes.
“He was unsteady on his feet, his speech was slurred, and he had a strong odor of an alcohol beverage emanating from his breath,” the complaint alleges.
The other driver, identified only as John Doe, was standing outside an SUV, according to the documents.
Both of them declined medical treatment at the scene, but Doe on June 2 told Napa County prosecutors that he had begun suffering pain in his upper right arm, right shoulder and neck the day after the crash. He also complained of headaches and said it was difficult to lift things with his right arm, according to the documents.
Pelosi allegedly injured the other driver, “while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage and a drug and under their combined influence,” the first count in the two-charge complaint reads.
Investigators later determined he had a blood-alcohol content of .082%.
