New Information Emerges About Suspect’s Background After Attack on Paul Pelosi

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (L) and her husband Paul Pelosi, outside of 10 Downing Street in central London on Sept. 16, 2021. Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images

David DePape, the man accused of attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer last week in the couple’s California home, has been “mentally ill for a long time,” according to a woman who identified herself as DePape’s former life partner.

Oxane Taub, a nudist activist who’s currently incarcerated in the California Institution for Women after being convicted on abduction charges last year, told ABC7 that DePape, 42, suffered from mental health issues.