LOS ANGELES – Paul Pelosi, the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was involved in a hit-and-run crash in California that caused “major” damage to another vehicle, authorities said Saturday. He could face a misdemeanor charge in connection with the incident.
Pelosi was driving a brown convertible Friday in Yountville, a Napa Valley town in California’s Wine Country, when he hit a legally parked vehicle along the roadside, the Napa County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. Authorities said he briefly stopped before leaving the area. No injuries were reported.
A witness reported the crash to 911. Deputies later located Pelosi about a quarter-mile away, where they observed damage to the front of his vehicle. According to authorities, Pelosi told officers he was aware he had struck something but did not know when it happened or what had caused the damage.
Pelosi, 86, had no alcohol in his system, the sheriff’s office said. Authorities also referred him to the Department of Motor Vehicles for a review process to determine whether he should continue driving, a step officials described as routine in some cases involving older motorists.
He was not taken into custody. Because the crash did not result in injuries, the sheriff’s office recommended a misdemeanor charge for leaving the scene of an accident.
A staff member for Nancy Pelosi did not immediately respond to an email requesting comment.
In 2022, Paul Pelosi pleaded guilty in Napa County to misdemeanor driving under the influence charges. He was sentenced to five days in jail and three years of probation, though he served two days behind bars and received credit for two additional days for good conduct, leaving one day to be completed through a courthouse work program.
Under the terms of that probation, Pelosi was ordered to complete a three-month drinking driver program and install an ignition interlock device, which requires a breath sample showing sobriety before a vehicle can start. He was also directed to pay roughly $5,000 in victim restitution for medical expenses and lost wages, as well as nearly $2,000 in fines.
That same year he was attacked and severely beaten with a hammer at the couple’s San Francisco home.
