Documents obtained by The Washington Post show that Nancy Pelosi‘s husband, Paul Pelosi DUI arrested on suspicion of drunk driving and crashed a new Porsche just five miles from their multi-million dollar vineyard in California, according to police.
It was just before 10:30 at night when Paul Pelosi, 82, was trying to cross State Route 29 in Napa Valley in his 2021 Porsche. His arrest was made on Saturday, according to the police report.
A 2014 Jeep driven by a 48-year-old local man “hit his Porsche” as he attempted to cross the main road, according to the document. Nobody else was arrested. There were no reported injuries, and the police report did not assign blame for the accident.
To get to SR-29, Pelosi would have had to drive through a stop sign, as can be seen in photos of the intersection. Records show that Pelosi was taken into custody at 11:44 p.m. and taken to the Napa County Detention Center.
Online booking records show that he was charged with one count of driving under the influence and one count of driving with a blood alcohol content level of 0.08 or more. Both are misdemeanor charges. The records show that Pelosi was released on $5,000 bail at 7:26 a.m. Sunday, three hours after he was booked into jail.
The 82-year-old House Speaker and the former venture capitalist have been married since 1963 and have five children together. Currently, she serves as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, where she represents a small portion of the city.
One of the Pelosis’ wineries is located just five miles away from the crash site in St. Helena, which is about 65 miles north of San Francisco. More than 30 years after they bought it for $2.35 million, tax assessors in California now value it at $4.6 million, according to public records.
A year ago, the Los Angeles Times reported that in official records, the speaker of the House of Representatives listed its value as between $5 million and $25 million. As the architect who sold it to them described, it has an infinity pool with an unusual “Z” shape that overlooks the vineyards. Inspired by Palladian villas, the architect created an interior Zen Garden in the main house.