Jayson Boebert, the former husband of Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), was arrested Tuesday on six charges, including for allegedly assaulting their 18-year-old son.
The charges come three days after Jayson Boebert called the police on the congresswoman after a physical altercation between the two of them on Saturday at Miner’s Claim Restaurant, with Jayson Boebert claiming she had repeatedly hit him in the face, The Daily Beast first reported. On Wednesday, police said they’d cleared Lauren Boebert of the punch allegations.
“Due to a lack of any evidence, the allegations of domestic violence against Rep. Lauren Boebert are unfounded and the investigation into Rep. Lauren Boebert is closed,” authorities said.
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According to a pair of affidavits released Wednesday, three of the six charges against the congresswoman’s ex-husband were related to the restaurant incident, during which Jayson Boebert repeatedly cursed out cops and refused their demands for him to leave.
The other three charges stemmed from the altercation with Boebert’s teenage son, Tyler, at their home outside Silt, Colorado. In that incident, Jayson Boebert got into a physical fight with Tyler over the 18-year-old’s decision to let his infant sleep in a laundry basket, the affidavit says.
“During the physical altercation, Jayson stuck his right hand thumb into Tyler’s mouth. While Jayson dug his thumb into Tyler’s mouth, Tyler felt that Jayson was going to pull his tooth out. Tyler confirmed this caused him pain,” the documents state.
After they stopped fighting, Tyler told cops he called his mom and then law enforcement, at which point Jayson Boebert, who was intoxicated and slurring his speech, allegedly “grabbed the rifle” and left the house, the affidavit states.
A second affidavit also sheds new light on the messy aftermath of the Boeberts’ dispute at the Miner’s Claim restaurant.
Lauren Boebert told cops that their conversation about “new partners” got “heated” and at one point she placed “her finger on Jayson’s nose to end the conversation.”
Jayson Boebert then called the cops, allegedly telling her, “Congratulations your name is going to be in the headline.”
Once law enforcement showed up, an allegedly drunk Jayson Boebert repeatedly ignored officers’ pleas for him to leave the restaurant, telling them to “Get the fuck out” and “I’m gonna get so fucking drunk, I don’t even wanna talk to you motherfuckers.”
Jayson Boebert told them that “he had been punched in the face at the house and then had been punched in the face at the restaurant,” the affidavit states. An unidentified woman at the eatery said she saw Jayson get hit.
The congresswoman’s ex continued making a scene as he was physically escorted out of the restaurant, yelling and cursing and trying to hold onto a door when they led him outside.
In addition to the assault, weapons, and obstruction counts, Boebert was also charged with harassment (“strikes shoves, kicks”), disorderly conduct, and third-degree trespassing, jail records show. All are misdemeanors, except for trespassing, which is classified as a petty offense. (Petty offenses carry up to 10 days jail time, a fine, or both, according to Colorado law.)
Jayson Boebert, who was released on $2,500 bail on Tuesday, didn’t reply to a comment request.
The Boeberts’ ongoing tumult has played out in the public eye, as the long-married couple with four children closed their restaurant and split, finalizing their divorce last year. In September, Lauren Boebert caught significant blowback after her denials about vaping with a new boyfriend during a musical adaptation of Beetlejuice were immediately undercut by security footage.
When Boebert later apologized, she acknowledged the stress from the breakup, saying, “There’s no perfect blueprint for going through a public and difficult divorce,” and apologizing for the “unwanted attention” her behavior brought to her community.
In the following weeks, Boebert—whose political future in the district was already dicey—overhauled her campaign and went on a local charm offensive. She changed districts two months later.
