Video shows Boebert being escorted out of 'Beetlejuice' performance
New video surfaced Wednesday showing Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) being escorted out of a performance of the musical “Beetlejuice” on Sunday night.
The 9News video contains more than four minutes worth of surveillance footage taken from various angles. It begins with a shot from within the Denver theater, where Boebert is seen arguing for about a minute with someone, who appears to be an usher, before she gathers her things and leaves the theater with another patron, who appears to be her companion.
The video then pans to footage from several angles, following Boebert and her associate as they’re escorted through consecutive hallways outside of the building. The video then includes footage from outside surveillance cameras as she and her associate walk away from the building.
The footage emerged after a Tuesday afternoon report from The Denver Post described the event based, in part, on an incident report the newspaper obtained from venue officials. The incident report did not include names, but it claimed two patrons were escorted out of the touring Broadway musical’s Sunday evening performance for what it described as behavior including vaping, singing, recording and “causing a disturbance.”
Boebert’s campaign manager, Drew Sexton, confirmed in a statement to The Hill on Wednesday that Boebert was escorted out of the theater Sunday, but he denied claims the congresswoman was vaping.
The incident report, according to The Denver Post, said Boebert was asked to leave five minutes into the second act of the musical after being warned during intermission about the alleged behavior. The outlet reported that three complaints prompted the first warning, and a subsequent complaint prompted Boebert to be asked to leave.
“I can confirm the stunning and salacious rumors: in her personal time, Congresswoman Lauren Boebert is indeed a supporter of the performing arts (gasp!) and, to the dismay of a select few, enthusiastically enjoyed a weekend performance of ‘Beetlejuice,’” Sexton wrote in the statement.
In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Boebert said Tuesday evening, “It’s true, I did thoroughly enjoy the AMAZING Beetlejuice at the Buell Theatre and I plead guilty to laughing and singing too loud!”
Boebert encouraged everyone to see the musical and joked, “and please let me know how it ends!”