As David DePape discovers his luck by brutally attacking Paul Pelosi with a hammer, his former partner speaks up.
Nudist Gypsy Taub, who was in a relationship with DePape for 14 years, said DePape has struggled with mental health issues stemming from years of physical and sexual abuse he suffered as a child.
She says he was never violent during their affair, but rather became possessed by Pelosi’s conspiracy theories.
David DePape admitted to breaking into Pelosi’s residence in San Francisco with the intention of getting the high-ranking Democrat to acknowledge her party’s “lies” or risk breaking her kneecaps. She wasn’t home at the time.
Gypsy Taub, DePape’s ex-partner, said she suffered years of physical, sexual and emotional abuse
“He was deeply depressed and I have no doubt that his mental health problems were a result of his trauma,” Taub told DailyMail.com.
‘He had a very deep depression all the time and was terrified of people.
‘I was paranoid and thought it was Jesus. He wrote about these things on his blog. He needs help, not prison.
‘I met David when he was 21, but all the problems he had arose from the abuse he suffered as a child.
Gypsy Taub, a well-known Bay Area nudist activist, said she met DePape when he was 20 and she was 30. The two have three children together.
“He was prostituted, abused, tortured… and he has admitted that this sexual abuse tortured him.”
Taub added that he never knew DePape to be violent. The two share three children, but had been separated for years.
DePape’s relatives, including his twin sister, wrote to the judge asking for leniency.
David DePape cried in federal court while testifying about the October 2022 incident
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was not home when DePape broke into her San Francisco mansion.
While Taub said DePape had a “deeply troubled childhood,” his family claimed otherwise.
His sister, Joanne Robinson, said they had an “absolutely incredible childhood” and that their younger twin brother, five minutes apart, had always been “calm”.
When her brother met Taub, the popular nudist was pregnant and in her 30s.
“He was in a relationship situation with Gypsy for many years and was not allowed to establish contact with her family,” Robinson wrote to the judge. If he did, they would yell at him for hours and throw him out of the house.
“It was such a drama and battle that it would be easier if David just cut us out of his life and focused on being there for his own children.”
Robinson said that since his brother was in prison, he has started talking to his family again and is staying away from “the negative influences of gypsies.”
Taub denied the allegations and said he worries DePape could sink deeper into depression if left untreated.
Paul Pelosi, 84, managed to call 911 before DePape hit him in the head with a hammer. He continues to have health problems since the attack.
“I don’t agree with them because the first issue is that he has a serious mental illness,” Taub said.
‘None of them are talking about the truth of what happened that day. [of the attack] and what has happened. Nobody is telling their truth.
DePape, a former nudist from Canada, attacked the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on October 28, 2022 after he broke into her posh San Francisco mansion.
The shocking attack, captured on police body camera video footage, left 82-year-old Paul Pelosi with a fractured skull.
During his federal trial, DePape cried and testified that he was sorry for hurting Pelosi, but added that he reacted because his “plan was ruined.”
DePape said he was looking for Nancy Pelosi that night to ask her about Russiagate, but that she had no intention of hurting her husband.
Nancy Pelosi was not in the house during the attack.
Taub told DailyMail.com that he suffered from severe post-traumatic stress disorder and took to his personal blog to discuss his political fears and concerns.
DePape posted crazy COVID conspiracy theories, racist slurs, and a manifesto containing anti-government beliefs.
Prosecutors asked for a 40-year sentence for DePape and said he has shown no remorse for seriously hurting Pelosi. They also argued that the sentence should include an increase in terrorism.
DePape’s federal public defenders asked the court for a more lenient sentence of 14 years, arguing that their client was in a “long-term, abusive relationship with a partner who exploited his innate vulnerabilities and immersed him in a world of extreme beliefs where reality did not exist.” It’s like that.” reality.’
Although DePape’s public defenders did not mention her by name, Taub denied allegations that she manipulated him. Instead, she blames the alleged abuse DePape suffered when he was younger.