by Trevor Scharkohl at Daily Caller News Foundation
- Paul Pelosi’s alleged attacker David DePape was frequently homeless, “mentally ill” and frequently used drugs, according to his former girlfriend Oxane “Gypsy” Taub.
- “This person really does suffer from mental illness and that is probably why he was there at 2 a.m,” she said.
- “I don’t think he became a Trump supporter,” Taub said. “He was against the government, but if anything he was opposed to the shadow government, against the people who really run the government and use politicians as puppets. Like Trump was a puppet. David and I were against the shadow government.”
Paul Pelosi’s accused assailant suffered from mental illness, habitually used drugs and was frequently homeless, according to his former girlfriend.
David DePape, 42, allegedly assaulted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband in their San Francisco home Friday morning, and sources said he shouted, “Where is Nancy?” according to CNN. His former girlfriend Oxane “Gypsy” Taub, who was convicted of child abduction and was a well-known public nudity activist, told The San Francisco Chronicle that DePape had used drugs, lived on Bay Area streets after they permanently broke up and thought “he was Jesus for a year.”
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“He has never been able to hold a job,” Taub told the outlet. “He has been homeless. This person really does suffer from mental illness and that is probably why he was there at 2 a.m.”
Others who had met DePape painted similar pictures of him as a drug user who struggled with mental health issues.
California resident Linda Schneider said DePape told her when they met about eight years ago that he was “trying to create a new life for himself” despite a struggle with hard drugs, CNN reported. A previous acquaintance claimed he seemed “out of touch with reality,” while California’s Laura Hayes said DePape was living in a Berkeley storage shed when she briefly worked with him about ten years ago.
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