California state senator says he remembers Paul Pelosi’s alleged attacker from 2013 nudist protests

California state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat, mentioned that he remembers Paul Pelosi’s alleged attacker from nudist protests in 2013 regarding the implementation of a San Francisco ban on public nudity.

David DePape, 42, is accused of attacking Paul Pelosi, the husband of Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi, of their San Francisco house early on Friday morning.

San Francisco Police Chief William Scott mentioned DePape is being charged with tried murder, assault with a lethal weapon, elder abuse, housebreaking and different felony costs in relation to the assault, which befell after 2 a.m.

Police had been responding to a wellbeing test when officers discovered DePape and Paul Pelosi combating a hammer, in line with Scott, including that the officers noticed DePape take the hammer away from Paul Pelosi, who then “violently assaulted” him.

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Wiener, a California state senator within the San Francisco space, informed Fox Information Digital that he remembers DePape from pro-nudist protests in 2013.

“[DePape] appeared very acquainted to me from after we had been coping with public nudity points in 2012/2013,” Wiener mentioned. 

The protests got here after Wiener sponsored laws banning public nudity in 2012, in line with ABC7.

Weiner mentioned that DePape was related to Gypsy Taub, who’s a nudist activist in Berkeley.

Nudist Gypsy Taub speaks with reporters after eradicating her clothes on the U.S. Courthouse in San Francisco, California Jan. 17, 2013. Nudists gathered previous to a listening to on a lawsuit looking for to dam implementation of San Francisco’s ban on public nudity. 
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“[DePape] was related to this lady by the title of Gypsy Taub, who was like this very creepy one that, along with her activism round public nudity, she was a 9/11 denier,” Weiner mentioned. “She was the ringleader, and he or she was extraordinarily aggressive and creepy. … And I believe he was one of many individuals in her work.”

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The San Francisco house of Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Paul Pelosi is seen after police say David DePape violently assaulted Paul Pelosi early Friday, Oct. 28, 2022.
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The California state senator mentioned that Taub and DePape weren’t thought of “common” nudist activists, however “they had been extra aggressive” and “they had been creepy.”

“I simply wish to, , be very clear, that they had been in a unique class than the common [nudist activists],” Wiener mentioned. 

DePape was tackled by law enforcement officials, who then took him into custody. Police are investigating a attainable motive for the assault.

Drew Hammill, spokesman for Speaker Nancy Pelosi, mentioned in an announcement on Friday afternoon that Paul Pelosi is anticipated to make a full restoration after present process surgical procedure to restore a cranium fracture in addition to different accidents.

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Paul Pelosi, the husband of Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was severely crushed by an attacker who broke into their San Francisco house within the early morning hours on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. Paul Pelosi, 82, was taken to the hospital and is being handled by medical doctors for accidents after he was crushed with a hammer
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“Earlier this morning, Paul Pelosi was attacked at house by an assailant who acted with pressure, and threatened his life whereas demanding to see the Speaker,” Hammill mentioned. “Mr. Pelosi was admitted to Zuckerberg San Francisco Normal Hospital the place he underwent profitable surgical procedure to restore a cranium fracture and severe accidents to his proper arm and fingers. His medical doctors count on a full restoration.”