An American tourist has alleged that US Senate candidate Ken Paxton lunged at him and attempted to grab his phone after he filmed the Texas Attorney General walking with his lover in London.
The tourist, who spoke exclusively to the Daily Mail on the condition that neither he nor his wife be identified, said he reported the alleged incident to London’s Metropolitan Police. He said it occurred on Westminster Bridge near the London Eye on July 1.
He said he was sightseeing in the British capital with his wife when he recognized the embattled Republican alongside his mistress, Tracy Duhon. The tourist decided to capture a brief video using his phone.
Paxton and Duhon were traveling through Europe at the time. Days earlier, they had been seen together in Iceland in footage first reported by the Daily Mail.
Paxton, 63, is facing Democrat James Talarico in the closely watched Texas Senate race, an election whose result could help determine whether Trump’s party retains power.
The Daily Mail first reported on Paxton and Duhon’s affair a year ago, revealing that the Texas official and the mother of seven began a romantic relationship in May 2024 after meeting at the Kentucky Derby, while both were still married to other people.
Neither Paxton nor Duhon has denied the affair.
The tourist said he walked away after filming an 18-second clip, which was later published by the Daily Mail on July 7.
Moments later, he claimed, he felt a sudden bump against his left shoulder.
An American tourist has accused US Senate candidate Ken Paxton (right) of lunging at him and trying to snatch his phone after he filmed the Texas Attorney General walking with his lover in London.
When he looked over, he described Paxton standing shoulder to shoulder with him.
‘Were you filming me back there?’ Paxton allegedly demanded.
‘And I said, “Yes, I was.” And he said, “You can’t do that,”‘ the tourist told the Daily Mail.
‘I stopped because I was just hot, and I said, “I can absolutely film you. You’re a public figure in a public place, and I can film you all I want.”
‘Now we’re facing each other and he’s mad, and he says, “Let me see what you filmed,” and he lunged for my phone,’ according to the tourist.
He claims the encounter then descended into a heated public confrontation, with Paxton repeatedly demanding his phone as he tried to move away.
‘He says, “You can’t do that. Let me have your phone. I want your phone,” and then at this point it’s a confrontation,’ he added.
‘He’s yelling at me, and I’m telling him to back off. He lunged at the phone a second time and tried to force it from me.’
By then, the man’s wife said she realized her husband was in trouble and began running toward him.
Paxton realized he was being filmed with his mistress as he walked down the street with his mistress on July 1 in London
Ken Paxton and his mistress Tracy Duhon have been romantically involved since May 2024 when they were both still married to other people
With her then-husband Troy Duhon (center) standing between them, Tracy Duhon (right) and Paxton (left) pose for a photo at the Kentucky Derby in May 2024
After hearing him shout for her to record what was happening, she pulled her own phone from her purse.
‘He saw me get my phone out of my purse,’ she told the Daily Mail.
‘I could also see him trying to evaluate, “What’s my next move?”‘
The couple allege Paxton walked away after realizing the confrontation could be captured on a second phone.
Duhon was not with him during the alleged altercation.
Paxton’s campaign did not respond to Daily Mail’s request for comment over the couple’s allegations.
For now, the husband and wife have held off on pursuing criminal charges against Paxton because they don’t want Paxton or the MAGA political machine to know their names or come after them.
Paxton and Duhon were spotted traveling to Iceland in the midst of Paxton’s US Senate campaign in June
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his mistress Tracy Duhon were spotted traveling to Iceland, leaving Dulles Airport in the Washington, DC area
Paxton and his mistress walk through the Reykjavik airport in June, days before arriving in London
Paxton and his wife, Angela, married in 1986 after meeting at Baylor University, a Baptist university located in Waco, Texas
The husband said there were no punches thrown, and he was not injured from the alleged ordeal.
‘It doesn’t lessen the effect. Just because (my husband) felt like he could hold his own doesn’t change the fact that he tried to intimidate and physically threaten someone,’ the wife added.
The scandal-prone Republican, who has the support of President Donald Trump, has previously been accused but never convicted of fraud and corruption and was impeached and later acquitted by Texas lawmakers in May 2023.
‘He just thinks he’s a tough guy. I think he’s used to people being afraid of him,’ the husband continued.
‘He is acting like he’s in Texas. His whole public career, he can get away with all of that crap and if we’d had been in Texas, he would have done the same thing. He would have immediately called the cops and they would have come in there and they would have taken my phone and they would have done it because he’s the top cop in the state of Texas.’
The Americans had been on the fence for months about publicly telling their story, however, they decided to grant Daily Mail an anonymous interview because they want voters in Texas to have the information as early voting starts Oct. 19 in the Lone Star State.
‘I just think that a normal person, an average person, would think of the consequences and not do something like this,’ the husband said.
‘But he’s so out of control, he’s literally done whatever he wants to do and gets away with it. He thought he could get away with this. Think about how stupid that guy is.’
Duhon, 58, divorced her Louisiana car dealership mogul husband in 2025, while Paxton is separated but still legally married to the mother of his four grown children, who filed for divorce in July 2025 citing ‘Biblical grounds.’