Who is Lauren Boebert’s ex-husband, Jayson Boebert?
LAUREN Boebert found herself in a tight race with Democratic challenger Adam Frisch during the 2022 midterm elections.
As a representative of Colorado's 3rd congressional district, many voters want to know more about the political candidate's ex-husband and his run-ins with the law.
Who is Lauren Boebert's ex-husband, Jayson Boebert?
In 2003, Lauren and Jayson Boebert met at Burger King when Lauren was briefly working there.
Lauren was 16 at the time while Boebert was 22. When Lauren turned 17, she began dating Jayson as no laws were broken in the state of Colorado.
In Lauren's memoir, My American Life, she recalls immediately being attracted to Jayson.
Lauren said: "He just took my breath away. I fell in love with Jayson immediately, and I knew, without doubt, that he was the man I was meant to be with — for better or for worse — forever."
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By June 2006, Lauren Boebert and Jayson were married.
They later founded Shooters Grill, a gun-themed restaurant in Rifle, Colorado in 2013. The Boeberts also owned another restaurant called Smokehouse 1776 but later closed because the landlord didn't renew its lease.
On May 16, 2023, Lauren announced she filed for divorce from her husband.
“It is with a heavy weight on my heart that I have filed for divorce from my husband,” the Colorado congresswoman said in a .
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“I am grateful for our years of marriage together and for our beautiful children, all of whom deserve privacy and love as we work through this process. I’ve always been faithful in my marriage, and I believe strongly in marriage, which makes this announcement that much more difficult.
"This is truly about irreconcilable differences. I do not intend to discuss this matter any further in public out of respect for our children and will continue to work hard to represent the people of Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District.”
When was Jayson Boebert arrested?
Since taking office in 2020, Lauren's life has been center stage, and so has her ex-husband's history with the law.
Over the years, Jayson has found himself involved in several criminal investigations, including a January 2004 incident where he allegedly exposed his penis to two women at a bowling alley, according to the .
At the time, he pleaded guilty to public indecency and lewd exposure and was sentenced to four days in jail with two years of probation.
A month later, Jayson was arrested on a domestic violence charge after he got into a fight with Lauren.
He “did unlawfully strike, shove or kick … and subjected her to physical contact,” a spokesman for the Garfield associate county court clerk told The Post.
As a result, of that charge, he served seven days in jail.
These previous run-ins with the law were quickly brought up during Lauren's campaign, however, her staff brushed them off.
In a statement, Lauren's chief of staff, Jeff Small, told the Post that the previous arrests were “a retread of a failed personal attack by the Democrats from the last campaign.”
Since Lauren was elected, Jayson has been keeping a low profile but made headlines again in August 2022 after he had a dispute with neighbors.
At the time, Jayson reportedly threatened his neighbors and destroyed their mailbox.
In the 911 calls that were obtained by , the neighbors appeared to be upset and nervous based on his behavior and the family's history with guns.
“I’m sure he’s loaded to the hilt. Do you know who his wife is? Lauren Boebert. She’s loaded. They all have guns,” one neighbor said.
“He just got chest to chest, face to face, looking to fight.”
According to The Denver Post, the altercation began after a neighbor asked Jayson's son to stop speeding down a residential street in a dune buggy.
“He’s going like 50 miles an hour and this is a residential lane, there’s kids,” a neighbor told the 911 dispatchers.
“We tried to stop him and he’d just freakin’ cuss at us and just left.”
After a second 911 call was made, deputies were dispatched to the Boeberts' neighborhood but no charges were filed, The Denver Post notes.
Do Lauren and Jayson have kids?
Lauren and Jayson are the parents of four kids: Tyler, Brody, Kaydon, and Roman.
Lauren had her first child at 18, resulting in her dropping out of high school.
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Boebert told : "I was a brand-new mom, and I had to make hard decisions on successfully raising my child, or getting to high school biology class. And I chose to take care of my child."
Unlike their parents, the Boebert children tend to stay out of the spotlight and off social media.