Lauren Boebert's Husband Refused to Take Divorce Documents

Representative Lauren Boebert's husband reportedly refused to take the divorce documents the Colorado Republican served him with papers after seventeen years of marriage.

On Tuesday, Boebert announced she was divorcing her husband Jayson Boebert. The two met when the congresswoman was 16 and her husband was 18. They share four sons together.

Court records dated April 25 and obtained by Newsweek indicated that Boebert's husband refused to take the documents and became "extremely angry" when he was served, setting his dogs loose on the process server.

In the filing, the server described the man who identified himself as Jayson Boebert as "drinking a tall glass of beer, and cleaning a gun that was sitting a table" when he was approached.

"I said 'Are you Jayson Boebert to which he said 'That's me,'" the server said.

"I tried to hand him the documents but did not take them," they added. "He started yelling and using profanities, and told me that I was trespassing, and that he was calling the Sheriff's Office. I told him I was leaving the documents on the chair outside of the door, he closed the door then let the dogs out."

In a statement sent to Newsweek, Boebert confirmed she was divorcing her husband, saying it is "truly about irreconcilable differences." However, she denied the allegations in the signed affidavit of service in a new statement, calling the process servers account "a complete lie."

"I've always been faithful in my marriage, and I believe strongly in marriage, which makes this announcement that much more difficult," she said in her original Tuesday statement.

On Wednesday, the congresswoman defended her husband to Newsweek saying, "Jayson doesn't sit around cleaning guns and he certainly doesn't drink beer out of a glass, just as much as he doesn't drink Bud Light."

"Our own home security footage shows he didn't 'sick dogs' [sic] on the process server. The dogs were outside when the server pulled up, they never showed aggression toward him, nor did he appear afraid of them," Boebert said. "Our divorce is a private matter, but the misrepresentations must be addressed. Jayson deserves his privacy, not slanderous stories."

Boebert has been a vocal proponent of "family values" throughout her time in office and repeatedly encouraged women to "speak life" into their marriages.

A year before Boebert announced her divorce, she spoke about the trials and tribulations of marriage at an event. Boebert told women who were struggling with their marriages to "chase Jesus." She said if women "start chasing Jesus with everything that you have" their husbands would "chase you chasing Jesus."

Boebert and her husband were married for 17 years before she filed for divorce. Court documents filed on May 11 included a request from Boebert for child support and that she be granted parental decision-making power for their children, according to the Colorado Sun-Times.

In a statement to Newsweek, Boebert said she was grateful for the couple's "beautiful children" and said they all deserve "privacy and love" as the couple's divorce plays out.

"It is with a heavy weight on my heart that I have filed for divorce from my husband," she said, adding, "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."

In her book, My American Life, Boebert wrote that her husband "needed the alcohol and anger management classes" that were required as part of a plea deal he took. Jayson was charged with public indecency after allegedly exposing himself to two girls at a bowling alley. Boebert denied he ever exposed himself and wrote in her book that he just acted like he was going to unzip his pants.

Jayson was reportedly drinking a beer and cleaning his gun when he was served the divorce papers, according to the Daily Beast.

Update 05/17/23, 1:28 p.m. ET: This story was updated with new comments from Boebert.

Update 05/17/23, 9:07 a.m. ET: This story was updated with additional information.