(CNN) Rep. Keith Ellison is denying allegations made public on Saturday that he physically abused an ex-girlfriend.
The allegations were detailed in a Facebook post by Austin Monahan, the son of Ellison’s former girlfriend Karen Monahan. The son wrote that he found a video on his mother’s computer in 2017 that allegedly showed the Minnesota Democrat attempting to drag his mother off a bed while cursing at her.
CNN first spoke with Karen Monahan on Friday and Saturday about social media posts she’d made, some obliquely referencing Ellison. CNN was in the process of reporting the story when her son went public Saturday afternoon. CNN has asked to view the video, but Monahan said she could not produce it.
