Justice Alito’s wife ‘spat’ at liberal neighbors’ car during dispute that saw police called, says report

The wife of embattled Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito allegedly spat at the car of a neighbor with whom she had become embroiled in a weeks-long argument.

A young couple living near the Alitos’ residence in Fairfax County, Virginia, ultimately rang the police, claiming that they were being harassed by Martha-Ann Alito, according to a new report from The New York Times.

It comes after several reports from the newspaper, which detailed howflags used by supporters of Donald Trump’s “Stop The Steal” campaign had appeared at two properties owned by the right-wing justice and his wife.

The Alitos had reportedly flown an upside-down American flag on the front lawn of their Virginia property in late 2020 and early 2021, in the days after Joe Biden took office.

Mr Alito previously said the inverted American flag was flown “for a short time” by his wife amid a dispute with neighbors, and he had no part in it.

On Tuesday, The Times reported that a couple living down the street from the Alitos, had called police on 15 February 2021, with claims of repeated hostile encounters with Ms Alito.

“Somebody in a position of authority needs to talk to her and make her stop,” said the man making the complaint, according to a recording of the call reviewed by the outlet.

The call to authorities was placed following a series of interactions which had reportedly worsened, between the young, liberal couple, and the wife of the conservative judge.

However, Emily Baden, whose boyfriend, and now-husband, had contacted the police, said she had no knowledge of the controversial upside-down flag – despite Justice Alito’s reference to her in his explanation.

“I never saw the upside-down flag, never heard about it,” she told the newspaper. Ms Baden