Elder disputes showing gun to ex-fiancee in heated argument

LOS ANGELES — The former fiancee of Larry Elder said Thursday that the conservative radio talk show host now running for governor in California showed her a gun during a heated argument in 2015. Datig, 51 and a longtime Los Angeles resident, said she worked on Elder’s show and they lived together during their 18-month romantic relationship from 2013 to 2015. A short time later he tweeted: “They’re coming at me with every dirty trick because they know what’s coming on September 14.” Datig supports one of Elder’s Republican rivals, former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer. “Larry Elder doesn’t have the judgment or character to lead our state,” Faulconer said in response to Datig’s allegations. Elder agreed he and his assistant would sign a nondisclosure agreement regarding anything to do with Datig, that he would write her a letter of recommendation for her work product, and that they two would “halt mutual insults.” Datig refers to herself as a sex trafficking survivor and has publicly disclosed working for so-called former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss, who was convicted in the mid-1990s of running a high-priced call-girl ring, a conviction that was later overturned.