The husband of Democrat presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, Doug Emhoff, did not deny allegations that he struck an ex-girlfriend. He brushed off the question during an interview on MSNBC as a “distraction” but did not say he was not guilty.

Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, has denied a report alleging that he slapped an ex-girlfriend across the face so hard that she spun around.The Daily Mail reported Wednesday that three friends anonymously said that Emhoff had struck the woman—who was also not identified by name—while the two waited in a valet line at France’s Cannes Film Festival in May 2012.

Reporting from the Daily Mail has claimed Emhoff slapped his then-girlfriend during the Cannes Film Festival more than ten years ago.

Doug Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, has faced scrutiny following bombshell reports alleging that he slapped an ex-girlfriend and had an affair with his first wife, Kerstin. Emhoff addressed these allegations during an interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe,

Second gentleman Doug Emhoff called salacious allegations against him a "distraction" after a Daily Mail report claimed he once struck an ex-girlfriend.