Just in case anyone believed the BS story of both the attacker and Paul Pelosi being in their underwear, you were dumb to believe the lie. Here is the truth.
Following the attack, social media users have shared a
variety of false claims regarding the incident. One of these claims is that Pelosi and DePape were in their underwear when police arrived at the scene.
"Paul Pelosi & his attacker were half naked when the police showed up," says an
Oct. 28 Instagram post. "They were both in their underwear."
The post garnered more than 60,000 likes in the first four days. Similar iterations have been shared on
Facebook,
Instagram and
Twitter.
The claims are false. A news outlet mistakenly reported that DePape was in his underwear at the time of the attack, but has since published a correction. DePape was wearing shorts while Pelosi was wearing a pajama shirt and boxer shorts, police said.
TVU Fox 2 in the Bay Area initially reported that DePape was in his underwear when apprehended,
according to Politico. The news outlet has since corrected the mistake, adding an editor's note to the bottom of its
Oct. 28 article.
"CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story misstated what clothing the suspect was wearing when officers found him," reads the note.
The district court's criminal complaint says DePape was wearing shorts at the time of the attack.
"Officers removed a cell phone, cash, clipper cards and an unidentified card from DEPAPE’s right shorts pocket," reads the complaint.
"Mr. Pelosi, who was sleeping, was wearing a loose-fitting pajama shirt and boxer shorts," District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said at an
Oct. 31 press conference.
