Doug Emhoff was ‘misogynist’ and ‘pretty girls’: report

Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, retaliated against women who didn’t respond to his philandering and hired an assistant who was widely considered unsuitable for the job based on her appearance, according to allegations in a 2019 lawsuit against his former law firm.

Emhoff and Harris met through a mutual friend in California and have been married since 2014. Emhoff already had two children from his previous marriage, which he admitted ended mainly because of an affair with his children’s teacher.

Some media outlets reported that the teacher became pregnant and had an abortion, while others said she had a miscarriage.

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Emhoff’s past is being scrutinized by the media following an article in The Daily Mail claiming that Harris’ husband would pick “young, beautiful girls” at Venable’s law firm in Los Angeles. Emhoff led the office from 2006 to 2017, and former colleagues claim his workplace behavior was “inappropriate” and “misogynistic.”

An anonymous staffer told the outlet that Emhoff bragged about yelling “get the f–k out of my office” at a female partner, and later told his male colleagues that he “put her in her place.” A woman who worked at the company claimed that Emhoff’s alleged antics were known to many in the office and that he had a reputation for being “very flirtatious” with female colleagues.

Women who did not respond positively to the flirting were reportedly placed on his “s–t list” and subjected to retaliation, the Mail said.

“There were deadlines that, if you were one of his favorite people, wouldn’t apply. But if you weren’t, they would,” said a former female employee.

In August 2019, former legal secretary Marjan Rabbi filed a lawsuit against the company, alleging gender discrimination and abuse by two partners at the company. Although Emhoff is not a defendant in the lawsuit, the company claims he hired an assistant named “Katya” because she was “young, attractive and friendly to the powerful men in the office.”

The Mail reported that the “Katya” referred to in the lawsuit may have been Katya Calderone, who was hired the same year Harris and Emhoff married.

Harris’ campaign and the Venable law firm did not immediately respond to The Christian Post’s request for comment.

The latest allegations against Harris’ husband follow another report accusing Emhoff of punching a former girlfriend in the face at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival in France. Emhoff had reportedly been drinking at the time and he hit her because he thought she had flirted with another man.

Three anonymous friends of the woman told the Mail about the alleged incident last month. One of the unnamed sources claimed that Emhoff turned his ex-girlfriend by the shoulder and “hit her so hard that she turned around.”

According to another anonymous source, the woman had offered 100 euros to a member of the valet team at the gala in France. The woman reportedly placed her hand on the team member’s shoulder, an action that Emhoff considered flirting. One of the ex-girlfriend’s friends reported that the woman punched Emhoff and that they had both been drinking at the time of the incident.

“I don’t know if it was an aggressive slap or a slap, but it was something I know she would never forget and something that would end a relationship immediately,” said a third friend.