Paul Pelosi has been prohibited from driving for six months after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor hit-and-run charge stemming from a July collision in California wine country. The 86-year-old husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also pleaded no contest to a traffic infraction involving an unlawful turn.
Napa County District Attorney Allison Haley said on Nov. 3 that Pelosi struck an unoccupied vehicle parked in Yountville on July 3 and left the scene. The case brought him back before a Napa County court four years after a separate crash that resulted in a misdemeanor DUI conviction.
Napa County Superior Court Judge Scott R.L. Young imposed one year of probation along with the driving prohibition. Prosecutors said the six-month ban was the longest permitted under the California Vehicle Code provisions they cited. Young also required Pelosi to complete a work program lasting 10 days and report to the Napa County Department of Corrections for booking only by Nov. 20.
Under the plea agreement, Pelosi paid the owner of the damaged vehicle $11,191.14 in restitution, the district attorney’s office said. The court additionally ordered him to pay fines and fees.
A criminal complaint previously reported by Fox News Digital identified the parked vehicle as a Tesla. According to the allegations, Pelosi was driving a burgundy Maserati convertible and departed without trying to identify the owner or providing the information required by California law. Deputies subsequently found him roughly half a mile away. He allegedly told them he had planned to go back to the collision site.
Pelosi pleaded guilty to misdemeanor DUI following the separate Napa County crash in 2022. That conviction required participation in a DUI education program and use of an ignition interlock device. He was also ordered to pay restitution and fines.
The New York Times has reported that Pelosi was driving during a 1957 crash in San Mateo County that killed his 19-year-old brother. A jury cleared him of wrongdoing. The newspaper also reported more recent traffic violations in Napa, San Mateo, Marin and San Francisco counties, including speeding, running a red light, driving the wrong way on a one-way street and using a cellphone without a hands-free device.
Prosecutors said public interest in Pelosi’s case led them to issue the announcement. Their office generally does not release statements about misdemeanor hit-and-run cases when the damage is limited to property.
