On July 3, 2026, in Yountville, California, 86-year-old Paul Pelosi drove his Maserati convertible into a parked, unoccupied Tesla. According to the Napa County Sheriff's Office, he admitted to "hitting something, but said he did not know what he had hit, so he kept driving" — until the Maserati became too disabled to continue.
He didn't know what he hit. He just kept going.
American Wire News reports that Pelosi received a six-month suspension of his driving privileges, one year of unsupervised summary probation, a 10-day work program requirement, and paid approximately $11,000 in restitution to the Tesla's owner. No DUI charge was filed this time — authorities cited "insufficient evidence." A Pelosi family spokesperson said "Mr. Paul Pelosi has personally apologized to the owner of the vehicle and assured them that he would take responsibility for the damage to their vehicle."
Taking responsibility is a generous way to describe what happened. The man hit a parked car, didn't stop, and only came to a halt because his own vehicle gave out first.
This is the same Paul Pelosi who pleaded guilty to DUI with injury after crashing his Porsche into a Jeep in Napa County wine country on May 28, 2022. That was the incident that made national news — the one where the husband of the then-Speaker of the House blew a .082 BAC and walked away with a plea deal that most Americans wouldn't get for a parking ticket.
But the 2022 DUI wasn't an aberration. The New York Times found that Pelosi had at least seven additional traffic violations in the San Francisco Bay Area over 13 years, spanning from 2011 to 2023. The violations included driving the wrong way on a one-way street, speeding, and running red lights on multiple occasions. Seven violations in 13 years, a DUI guilty plea, and now another crash — and the consequence is six months without a license and a work program.
The Pelosi family fortune built on decades of stock trades that just happened to align with congressional legislation. The Pelosi family lifestyle built on Napa Valley real estate and cars that cost more than most Americans' homes. And the Pelosi family accountability built on spokesperson statements, restitution checks, and probation terms that never seem to include actual consequences.
Six months. He got six months off the road for being an 86-year-old repeat offender who hit a parked car and kept driving. His wife spent two decades in Congress writing the rules the rest of us follow.
The Maserati, presumably, is totaled. The Tesla was parked. Paul Pelosi paid $11,000 and got summary probation.