Second gentleman Doug Emhoff has denied allegations made in a Daily Mail report that he slapped a former girlfriend during a 2012 trip to the Cannes Film Festival. The report, based on accounts from three unnamed sources, claimed that Emhoff slapped his then-girlfriend following an event in Nice, France. Emhoff's representative has refuted the claims, stating that any suggestion of him hitting a woman is false.
The Daily Mail's article relied on the recollections of the woman's friends, who provided details of the alleged incident. The sources, who chose to remain anonymous, described the events that purportedly took place during the Cannes trip, including an altercation in a valet line.
