EXCLUSIVE: The ex-husband of California Democrat Senate candidate Rep. Katie Porter said he does "not recant" his domestic abuse allegations against the congresswoman after her campaign said that he did.
The allegations against Porter include claims that she dumped hot potatoes on her then-husband's head and smashed a glass that led to him being cut by shards of glass. Porter has separately faced accusations of running a toxic, emotionally abusive workplace by former staffers.
According to divorce documents received by Fox News Digital, Porter and her ex-husband, Matt Hoffman, both filed domestic violence restraining orders against each other after an April 2013 altercation at the home they shared while legally separated.
Hoffman alleged that Porter hit him "in the arm, causing a large bruise," dumped boiling potatoes on his head and ridiculed him as "too dumb" to have a cellphone. He said that the congresswoman "waited all day, then called the police" and "made false allegations" against him 11 hours after a confrontation while brushing their teeth the day the police were called to their residence.
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Police arrested Hoffman on battery charges at the residence after the confrontation in April 2013. Porter requested the temporary restraining order the next day.
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