The person {accused} of breaking into Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s dwelling and battering her aged husband with a hammer has suffered a traumatic life stuffed with abuse, his son has advised DailyMail.com completely.
‘There’s ‘virtually no particular person on this planet that has gone by way of a lot struggling,’ Nebosvod ‘Sky’ Gonzalez mentioned. ‘In the event you look into his eyes, you’ll be able to see he is such a tragic particular person.
‘He is not a hazard to society, I do not even know if he even attacked Mr. Pelosi. For all that we all know he was some type of intercourse slave as Elon Musk identified.’
DePape, 42, is due in court docket in San Francisco on Wednesday for an arraignment on state prices together with tried homicide, first-degree residential housebreaking, elder abuse, assault with a lethal weapon, and threatening relations of public officers in reference to the October 28 assault on Paul Pelosi, 82.
He has additionally been charged in federal court docket.
On the eve of the state listening to, his older son got here to his protection.
‘He usually advised us he was raised in an abusive dwelling and can be bodily abused by his grandparents,’ Sky, 19, mentioned.
He mentioned that DePape, 42, advised him and his brother Daniel, now 17, that his dad and mom had pawned him off to his grandparents, who have been bodily abusive.
David DePape’s son Nebosvod ‘Sky’ Gonzalez, 19, advised DailyMail.com in an unique interview, ‘My father is not an evil particular person, he did the perfect he might do as a father’
David DePape, 42, was carrying shorts, sneakers and a sweatshirt when San Francisco cops burst into the $8million four-bedroom dwelling at round 2.30am on October 28
Gonzalez mentioned he feels unhealthy for Mr. Pelosi. ‘However we do not know what occurred. I do not know whether or not or not my father did what he is been {accused} of. Up to now what we all know, would not make any sense’
As a substitute of staying round to take the abuse DePape would escape to the ocean to swim till the day was over, Gonzalez mentioned.
When David was a toddler, Gonzalez claimed, ‘his grandmother dumped a pot of boiling water on him. A chunk of his clothes melted into his flesh and scarred him for all times.’
Gonzalez claims that DePape was bullied at school and did not have any buddies and due to that had a troublesome time in his early years.
All through his life he has discovered issue making buddies, the son added. ‘He’s a loner.’
Gonzalez says that when he first heard that his father had been arrested for the assault on Pelosi, he was in complete shock. ‘That is not the kind of particular person he’s.
‘I am shocked about the entire thing, there’s nonetheless quite a lot of data that hasn’t been given to the general public. I’ve no clue what occurred or the way it occurred. There are extra questions than solutions proper now. Can we even know what actually occurred?’
Gonzalez and his brother dwell in a run-down dwelling in Berkeley, California, with their older sister, Inti, DePape’s stepdaughter. All three use the final title of Gonzalez. Their mom Oxane ‘Gypsy’ Taub gave all her youngsters the ‘Gonzalez’ final title as a tribute to a Mexican household that saved her life a number of years in the past.
Gonzalez mentioned that after they have been youthful his father took them to the park or seaside and he has fond reminiscences of his upbringing with DePape. ‘He tried to be the perfect father he may very well be he tried his greatest to make us comfortable.’
Gonzalez mentioned he tried to arrange a jailhouse go to with DePape however thus far has not been profitable.
A glass door was shattered after DePape allegedly made his approach into the Pelosi home with rolls of tape and gloves. ‘For all that we all know he was some type of intercourse slave,’ Gonzalez mentioned. ‘I imply how did David get into the home. Does anybody actually know what occurred there?’
DePape, 42, appeared in an orange jumpsuit in San Francisco, the place he pleaded not responsible to federal prices following October’s assault on Paul Pelosi
He additionally debunked the concept the assault was politically motivated. ‘My father had quite a lot of political opinions and advised me about quite a lot of various things, however he did not subscribe to both political social gathering, Democrat or Republican.
DePape mentioned the 2 events ‘are simply covers and colours’ his son mentioned.
‘What issues are the insurance policies of every particular person particular person. Every particular person particular person is exclusive, and it is not about proper or left. That is only a distraction.’
Gonzalez mentioned he believed his father was a member of the Inexperienced Occasion.
‘My father had progressive views, he believed in human rights, equality, and justice. He was towards the battle, he was a peace activist, hardly a right-wing conservative as he has been branded.’
Gonzalez mentioned it has been a number of years since he is seen DePape. ‘Someday my father acquired right into a combat with my mom, and she or he kicked him out after which we misplaced contact with him.’
He described DePape because the ‘enjoyable’ mother or father, however admitted he contributed little or no financially. The one job he has had for so long as his son can keep in mind is making bracelets, which offered little or no cash to his household.
As a substitute he left the job because the breadwinner of the household to their mom, Taub who’s at the moment locked up on the California Establishment for Girls in Chino, California for the tried abduction of a 14-year-old boy. She shall be eligible for parole subsequent month.
Shortly after Pelosi was attacked, Taub, 53, advised ABC30 that her former accomplice was ‘mentally sick.’
She mentioned he disappeared for a 12 months within the mid 2010s.
Gonzalez, 19, lives in a run-down Berkeley dwelling together with his 17-year-old brother Daniel and older sister Inti. DePape is the organic father of Daniel and Nebosvod and the stepfather to Inti. All three youngsters use the final title of Gonzalez
‘He got here again in very unhealthy form. He thought he was Jesus. He was continuously paranoid, considering individuals have been after him,’ she mentioned. ‘And it took a superb 12 months or two to get again to, you realize, being midway regular.
‘Once I met him, he was solely 20 years outdated and he did not have any expertise in politics, and he was very a lot in alignment with my views and I’ve at all times been very progressive.
‘I completely admire Nancy Pelosi,’ she mentioned.
Gonzalez, her son, says he understands why individuals dislike his father, however says, that as DePape is his father he’ll help him through the troublesome time.
‘All of us should know what occurred particularly in such a high-profile case.
‘No matter occurs sooner or later, occurs. However it doesn’t matter what, he’s nonetheless my father.’
Gonzalez mentioned he feels unhealthy for Paul Pelosi. ‘However we do not know what occurred. I do not know whether or not or not my father did what he is been {accused} of. Up to now, what we all know would not make any sense.’
He hopes the general public may have compassion for his father, including, ‘I actually love my dad and don’t desire him to undergo anymore.’
