Lauren Boebert Accused of Punching Her Ex-Husband in the Face: Report

Lauren Boebert, the volatile national embarrassment from western Colorado, has delivered once again. Over the weekend, the second-term Republican congresswoman denied punching her ex-husband in the face several times after the two reportedly got into it at a restaurant located in her district. She has since conveniently cited the incident to justify her preexisting plan to leave Colorado’s Third Congressional District—where she eked out a reelection win in 2022—and head east to compete for the state’s deep red Fourth District.

“This is a sad situation for all that keeps escalating and another reason I’m moving,” Boebert said Sunday in a statement to the Daily Beast, the outlet first to report on her alleged restaurant row. (Boebert could conceivably avoid her ex simply by settling in another part of Colorado’s Third, a 49,730-square-mile district that makes up more than 47% of the entire state.)

“I didn’t punch Jayson [Boebert] in the face and no one was arrested,” she added. “I will be consulting with my lawyer about the false claims he made against me and evaluate all of my legal options.”

Mike Kite, the police chief of Silt, Colorado, confirmed to The Washington Post that officers were called to the Miner’s Claim restaurant on Saturday following an alleged physical altercation between the lawmaker and Jayson Boebert. The incident remains under investigation, with the department reviewing surveillance footage and interviewing potential witnesses. However, Boebert’s ex-husband told The Denver Post that he had informed police that he did not wish to pursue charges, despite having claimed to be a “victim of domestic violence.”

The Boeberts have a history of accusing each other of domestic violence, dating back to before their marriage in the mid-2000s. The couple divorced last year, but even with her ex out of the picture, the congresswoman has continued to cause national scandal with her personal life. In September, she and a date were removed from a Denver performance of the Beetlejuice musical after being disruptive; the two were later seen groping each other on CCTV video. 

Meanwhile, Jayson Boebert has his own criminal record. He was arrested in 2004 after allegedly exposing himself to two women at a Colorado bowling alley. He ultimately pleaded guilty to charges of “public indecency and lewd exposure” and was sentenced to four days in jail and two years of probation.