Vic: Slain D.C. rioter attacked me when I exposed her trysts

A woman who says she was threatened and attacked by Ashli Babbitt, the Donald Trump supporter who was shot dead by a police officer after storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, recalls anything but “an incredible person” — words the former president once used to describe her.

Celeste Norris told The Associated Press that Babbitt (photo), who was having an affair with Norris’ longtime boyfriend, rammed her vehicle with an SUV, pounded on her car windows threatening to assault her and had to be restrained by police.

Norris said the trouble began in 2015 when she learned the 35-year-old Babbitt, who was married and then known as Ashli McEntee, was sleeping with Norris’ live-in lover.

According to Norris, she called Babbitt’s husband to tell him what was happening, which angered Babbitt.

Norris said she eventually moved out of the apartment she shared with her boyfriend — and that Babbitt promptly moved in. Months later, Norris said she was driving on a Maryland roadway in July 2016 when a white SUV chased her vehicle and rammed it from behind multiple times.

Norris said she dialed 911 and was told to pull over and wait for help. She said the SUV driver also pulled over and then approached her vehicle — it was Babbitt, according to Norris.

“She pulls up yelling and screaming,” Norris told the AP. “It took me a good 30 seconds to figure out who she was. … Just all sorts of expletives, telling me to get out of the car, that she was going to beat my a—.”

Rattled by the encounter, Norris got an order of protection against Babbitt. But according to Norris, Babbitt claimed in court that their collision was an accident. In 2017, Norris received a second order of protection from Babbitt.

According to Norris, Babbitt had on at least one occasion followed her home from work. She also said she was getting calls from unlisted numbers at all hours of the night.

“I lived in fear because I didn’t know what she was capable of,” Norris told the AP. “I was constantly looking over my shoulder.”

In 2019, Norris filed a $74,500 personal injury suit against Babbitt, which was settled out of court for an undisclosed amount.

Babbitt had by then gotten a divorce and married Norris’ ex-lover, Aaron Babbitt.

On Jan. 6, Ashli Babbitt, a 14year Air Force veteran, marched into history when she was killed by U.S. Capitol police while storming the Capitol to stop the certification of the 2020 election that she falsely believed had been stolen from then-President Trump.

Babbitt has since been largely celebrated as a martyr by rightwing extremists.

Trump in October recorded a video on what would have been Babbitt’s 36th birthday, painting her as a victim in his cause and claiming “We must all demand justice for Ashli and her family.”

The 45th president said it was his “great honor” to address those mourning Babbitt — a woman he called “a truly incredible person.”

An attorney representing Babbitt likened her killing to an “execution.”

The U.S. Capitol Police officer who shot Babbitt as she crashed through a broken window in a Capitol building doorway was cleared of any wrongdoing.