India, Oct. 9 -- Abuse allegations against Katie Porter have resurfaced after she threatened to walk out of a CBS interview on being asked a simple question. Her former husband, Matthew Hoffman, previously claimed that the ex-Congresswoman often abused him verbally and even threw "toys, books and other objects" at him during their marriage. Hoffman also accused Porter of pouring scalding-hot mashed potatoes on his head during a fight, divorce records showed, according to a 2023 New York Post report.

Hoffman filed for divorce from Porter in 2013. He said in a request for a restraining order dated April 30, 2013, that he was "routinely" called a "f-ing idiot" and "f-ing incompetent" by his wife. He also accused her of shattering a glass co...