The Napa County DA's office charged Pelosi, 86, after he struck a parked Tesla in Yountville on July 3 and drove away. The charge is his second driving-related misdemeanor in four years.

The Napa County District Attorney's Office charged Paul Pelosi, 86, with misdemeanor hit-and-run and an unlawful turn infraction after he struck an unoccupied parked Tesla in Yountville on July 3 and drove away, according to the SF Chronicle and NBC News. No injuries were reported; the incident caused property damage only.

Napa County sheriff's investigators located Pelosi approximately half a mile from the crash site, his 2025 Maserati Gran Cabrio showing significant front-end damage, NBC News reported. Pelosi told investigators he felt he had "hit something" but said he didn't know what it was and kept driving until the car became disabled, the Sacramento Bee reported, citing the Sheriff's Office.

The DA's office said it found "no evidentiary basis to file or prove a DUI charge in court," per the SF Chronicle. Prosecutors noted they don't typically publicize misdemeanor property-damage hit-and-runs but issued a statement given the "significant" public interest in the case. A family spokesperson told The Hill that Pelosi personally apologized to the Tesla's owner and pledged to cover the damage; former Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office declined to comment.

The July 3 incident is Pelosi's most recent in a documented driving history that includes a May 2022 guilty plea to misdemeanor DUI in Napa County — a Porsche crash at a blood-alcohol level of 0.082%, per KSBW — and at least eight other traffic violations across Bay Area counties since 2011, according to the New York Times.

Pelosi is scheduled to appear in Napa County court on August 14, per the DA's office. A misdemeanor conviction carries up to six months in jail, a $1,000 fine, or both, per the SF Chronicle.