The second gentleman has been accused of slapping a former girlfriend after an event in France in 2012, according to a new report.

Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, has denied a report alleging that he slapped an ex-girlfriend across the face so hard that she spun around.The Daily Mail reported Wednesday that three friends anonymously said that Emhoff had struck the woman—who was also not identified by name—while the two waited in a valet line at France’s Cannes Film Festival in May 2012.

( NewsNation) — Several unnamed sources accused second gentleman Doug Emhoff of hitting a woman in the face while waiting in line at a valet in 2012, according to the Daily Mail. Emhoff, husband of Democratic nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris, was attending the Cannes Film Festival in France when the situation allegedly unfolded.