{"id":1749829,"date":"2022-11-23T16:54:35","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T21:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1749829"},"modified":"2022-11-23T17:03:24","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T22:03:24","slug":"ex-girlfriend-of-pelosi-attack-suspect-speaks-out-from-behind-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-girlfriend-of-pelosi-attack-suspect-speaks-out-from-behind-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Girlfriend of Pelosi Attack Suspect Speaks Out From Behind Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fex-girlfriend-of-pelosi-attack-suspect-speaks-out-from-behind-bars%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1749829&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Oxane \u201cGypsy\u201d Taub said she doubts the allegations that her ex-lover faces\u00a0in the Oct. 28 hammer attack of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-paul-pelosi\">Paul Pelosi<\/a>, husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe whole thing is shrouded in secrecy,\u201d Taub, 53, told The Epoch Times on Nov. 22, a day before she released\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mynakedtruth.tv\/2022\/11\/\">a lengthy open letter to Nancy Pelosi<\/a> on a website where Taub has posted nudist and other content since 2008. The latest post includes an apology to Pelosi, additional details about DePape, and a poem promoting peace.<\/p>\n<p>The letter states: \u201cI invite you all to look at the incident that happened at Pelosi\u2019s house with an open mind and an open heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During a series of collect calls from a women\u2019s prison in California, Taub discussed her relationship with the Pelosi attack suspect, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-david-depape\">David DePape<\/a>, and her knowledge of his past. She also raised questions about the night he was arrested at Pelosi\u2019s San Francisco home.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018A Really Sweet Person\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Taub noted that officials have refused to release records such as the audio recording of Paul Pelosi\u2019s call to 911, police officers\u2019 body-camera footage, and DePape\u2019s mugshot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf things were the way they described, why not show everybody the photos?\u201d Taub said. \u201cEverybody would just believe them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead, she said, in the absence of those records, questions swirl.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4838631\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Taub-Oxane-WG8026-e1667440076445.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy wp-image-4838631 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Taub-Oxane-WG8026-e1667440076445.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"225\" height=\"281\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4838631 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Taub-Oxane-WG8026-e1667440076445.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"225\" height=\"281\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> Oxane \u201cGypsy\u201d Taub, 53, longtime girlfriend of David DePape, in 2021 mugshot. (Courtesy California Department of Corrections)<\/figure>\n<p>In her blog post, Taub urges Nancy Pelosi to call for the records to be made public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you have any control of this investigation (which I am not going to assume you do), please tell the authorities to release the security camera footage, the body camera footage from different angles, the entire dispatch tape, and witness interviews instead of spreading conspiracy theories about David,\u201d Taub wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities allege that DePape, 42, broke into the Pelosi residence, intending to kidnap and interrogate Nancy Pelosi, but she was not home.<\/p>\n<p>When police responded to Paul Pelosi\u2019s 911 call, officers saw the two men struggling over a hammer, court records say. DePape allegedly wrested the weapon away and used it to strike the 80-year-old victim\u2019s head. Paul Pelosi suffered serious injuries but survived; DePape is charged with attempted murder and other offenses.<\/p>\n<p>Taub said it makes no sense for someone like DePape, who long held \u201cprogressive\u201d ideals, to harbor ill will toward Pelosi, a longtime standard bearer for the Democratic party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDavid was a peace activist. He never expressed any desires to solve political problems through violence. He went to a lot of anti-war protests and participated in nonviolent resistance,\u201d Taub\u2019s blog post says.<\/p>\n<p>However, Taub had fallen out of touch with DePape in recent months, and more recent acquaintances told <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/31\/alleged-paul-pelosi-attacker-david-depape-fried-brain-with-drugs-qanon\/\">The New York Post<\/a> that DePape had abused drugs and was spouting right-wing conspiracy theories.<\/p>\n<p>Taub at one point conceded that she suspected he could have been under the influence of drugs. Still, she emphasized that violent behavior would be \u201cout of character\u201d for DePape. \u201cDavid is a really sweet person, and I really don\u2019t believe that he did what he\u2019s accused of,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>To support her contentions, Taub asserted that DePape had shown no aggressive tendencies during the 22 years she has known him. She said DePape is extremely reserved.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Afraid of People\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>When they first met, DePape hardly spoke to her. But Taub said she sensed \u201ca beautiful soul\u201d inside of him. \u201cThat\u2019s what I love about him, is the true David that is in there,\u201d she said, hidden beneath \u201cthe rubble of trauma.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After a while, DePape started opening up more to her, and he told her about his traumatic childhood. DePape told her he grew up in a family where he would be punished if he expressed his emotions or violated other household rules, she said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4834537\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/david-depape.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy size-full wp-image-4834537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/david-depape.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"1168\" height=\"779\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4834537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/david-depape.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"1168\" height=\"779\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> David DePape in Berkeley, Calif., on Dec. 13, 2013. (Michael Short\/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)<\/figure>\n<p>Taub believes DePape was severely abused. A caregiver \u201cpoured a pot of boiling water on him when he was 2 years old, and he nearly died,\u201d Taub said. \u201cAnd his shirt, the design on his shirt got imprinted on his skin. That\u2019s how hot that water was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DePape eventually made his way from his native land, Canada, to Hawaii. That\u2019s where he and Taub met in 2000. She was born in Russia and immigrated to New York in 1988. Twelve years later, she went to Hawaii when she was eight months pregnant to tap into social services for single mothers. \u201cI thought it would be a beautiful place to raise a baby,\u201d Taub said.<\/p>\n<p>She ran into DePape when they were both looking for a place to live. \u201cHe was afraid to even talk,\u201d Taub recalled. \u201cMy landlord in Hawaii said, \u2018I never met anyone who was more afraid of people than David.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>15 Years Together<\/h2>\n<p>She described DePape as a man who was so painfully shy. He had difficulty getting a job. That rendered him perpetually homeless and lonely. \u201cI was the only person he could talk to for many years,\u201d Taub said. \u201cI was the only person he wasn\u2019t afraid to have a conversation with. So he\u2019s very shy, very submissive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, Taub is outgoing. \u00a0They became a couple. They moved to California and had two children together, in addition to the child fathered by another man. Taub said their relationship suffered because of DePape\u2019s inability to communicate well.<\/p>\n<p>She and DePape didn\u2019t really function as \u201ca couple\u201d but stayed together to raise the children \u201cbecause he was always helping me,\u201d Taub said. Although he could not contribute financially, he would help watch the children, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Taub said she taught him meditation techniques to help him cope with the emotional pain from his past. \u201cThere were times when he definitely experienced joy being with us, and he got better,\u201d Taub said.<\/p>\n<p>They lived together as a family for about 15 years, except for 18 months when DePape lived on the streets alone. \u201cWhen he came back, he was paranoid. He thought people were following him,\u201d she said. And, according to her children, \u201che thought he might be Jesus,\u201d Taub said.<\/p>\n<h2>Apart But In Touch<\/h2>\n<p>She and DePape parted ways about seven years ago, but they remained in touch periodically.\u00a0DePape was so poor, he relied on meals from soup kitchens, she said.<\/p>\n<p>The last time Taub contacted DePape was about two weeks before the Pelosi attack. Reflecting on her life while incarcerated, Taub felt terrible that many months had elapsed since their last communication. So she mailed a note to a post office box that DePape rented in Berkeley, Calif.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI sent him a letter saying that I love him and I miss him. And I really want to help him heal and I want to, like, see him on a regular basis,\u201d Taub said.<\/p>\n<p>She didn\u2019t get a response, but she assumed the letter was delivered because the postal service did not return the letter to her.<\/p>\n<p>The next thing she knew, DePape had been arrested in the Pelosi attack.<\/p>\n<p>Based on everything Taub understood about him, it made no sense. \u201cHe\u2019s not gonna break into someone\u2019s house and start threatening, you know, politicians and their family members and physically assaulting them,\u201d she said. \u201cIf anyone knew David, they will tell you that is the complete opposite of what he would behave like.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Suspect\u2019s Transportation a Mystery<\/h2>\n<p>She wonders how DePape made his way to the Pelosi residence. He didn\u2019t have enough money to buy a car and he used a bicycle for transportation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe had no way of getting to San Francisco at 2 in the morning. Someone had to bring him there,\u201d Taub said. She thinks DePape was still living in Berkeley, about a 20-minute car ride from San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>Taub also said details about DePape\u2019s injuries are lacking. She would like to know more about the extent and type of injuries he suffered.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4838469\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/11\/02\/GettyImages-952525902-1200x800.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy size-full wp-image-4838469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-952525902-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"2018 White House Correspondents&#039; Dinner\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4838469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-952525902-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"2018 White House Correspondents&#039; Dinner\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> Paul Pelosi (L) and then-House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) attend the 2018 White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner at Washington Hilton in Washington, on April 28, 2018. (Tasos Katopodis\/Getty Images)<\/figure>\n<p>Authorities have disclosed that\u00a0Paul Pelosi underwent surgery to repair a skull fracture and was hospitalized for six days as a result of the attack. But Taub said she hasn\u2019t heard descriptions of DePape\u2019s injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever happened, \u201cDavid deserves justice, and the American people deserve to know the truth,\u201d Taub said. She feels sympathetic to Nancy Pelosi. \u201cI still feel bad this has happened to her because she did not deserve it,\u201d Taub said.<\/p>\n<h2>No Political Disagreements<\/h2>\n<p>Taub also said she wanted to set the record straight on a few points.<\/p>\n<p>First, she acknowledges that she practices nudism, which she calls \u201cbody freedom.\u201d However, DePape was \u201cnot really that much of a nudist,\u201d she said. Rather, he attended nudist events to help with Taub\u2019s crusade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe basically just always supported me and my activism,\u201d Taub said.<\/p>\n<p>Taub said she likes Nancy Pelosi, and can\u2019t remember DePape saying anything bad about her or her politics in years past.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe never had any disagreements about a political issue,\u201d Taub said.<\/p>\n<h2>Future Plans<\/h2>\n<p>About her August 2021 conviction on 20 charges related to her repeated contact with a teen boy, Taub said, \u201cI\u2019m innocent,\u201d adding the case is \u201cunder appeal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her trial lawyer, Christopher Dobbins, has said that Taub \u201cnever touched\u201d the youth and her overzealous intentions of helping him were misinterpreted.<\/p>\n<p>Taub said: \u201cI\u2019m just tired of being slandered over the media \u2026 the last thing I would do is hurt a child \u2026 I protect people. That\u2019s why I\u2019m here\u2014because I was trying to protect him. I was trying to help him get to the youth shelter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She is scheduled to be freed from prison on Jan. 4. Taub has been unable to communicate with DePape while she remains incarcerated; she wants to see him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m definitely going to visit him,\u201d she said, \u201cand that\u2019s the first thing I want to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-janice-hisle\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WEB_JaniceHisle.jpg\" alt=\"Janice Hisle\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Janice Hisle writes about a variety of topics, with emphasis on criminal justice news and trends. Before joining The Epoch Times, she worked for more than two decades as a reporter for newspapers in Ohio and authored several books. A graduate of Kent State University&#8217;s journalism program, she embraces &#8220;old-school&#8221; journalism with a modern twist. <\/p>\n<p>You can reach Janice by email by writing to janice.hisle@epochtimes.us<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oxane \u201cGypsy\u201d Taub said she doubts the allegations that her ex-lover faces\u00a0in the Oct. 28 hammer attack of Paul Pelosi, husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.\u201cThe whole thing is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1722381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1749829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1749829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1722381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1749829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1749829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1749829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}