Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) is under “active investigation” from law enforcement officials in Colorado after an alleged physical altercation with her ex-husband over the weekend.
The Daily Beast reported that the “alleged physical altercation” occurred at Miner’s Claim restaurant in Boebert’s district on Saturday. Silt Police Chief Mike Kite confirmed to CBS News that an “active investigation” was already underway.
Boebert’s ex-husband, Jayson Boebert, called police and claimed he was a “victim of domestic violence” and said that the congresswoman had “punched” him in the face several times, according to The Washington Post.
Jayson Boebert told The Denver Post that he did not want his wife to be charged despite being the one to call the police.
“I don’t want nothing to happen,” he said. “Her and I were working through a difficult conversation.”
The congresswoman denied the allegations that she punched her ex-husband in the face and threatened legal action against those pushing the claims.
“This is a sad situation for all that keeps escalating and another reason I’m moving,” Boebert said in a statement. “I didn’t punch Jayson in the face and no one was arrested. I will be consulting with my lawyer about the false claims he made against me and evaluate all of my legal options.”
Boebert apologized in September after she was thrown out of a “Beetlejuice” musical at the Buell Theater in Denver.
Denver Arts & Venues said in a statement that they received three different complaints that Boebert and her date were “vaping, singing, causing a disturbance.”
The report said that the couple were repeatedly warned after Boebert was caught vaping and they “were causing a disturbance for the area with noise, singing, [and] using their cell phone.”
“The patrons were argumentative,” the statement said as officials warned them that if it continued, they would be kicked out. They were later told that they needed to leave and that if they did not, they were then trespassing and the police would be called.
A spokesperson for Boebert said that she was not vaping during the performance and that “heavy fog machines and electronic cigarettes were used during the show, so there might have been ‘a misunderstanding from someone sitting near her,’” The Washington Post reported.
Surveillance video from inside the Buell Theater obtained by local media, however, appears to show otherwise. Footage also appears to show the two groping each other.
Police were called to the theater and stayed present until Boebert left.
NEW: GOP Rep Lauren Boebert denied vaping during a Denver Center for the Performing Arts musical before being kicked out Sunday. @Marshall9News got the video. Take a look. #copolitics pic.twitter.com/VtT67Vn4L9
— Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) September 15, 2023