Thomas Ravenel offered to pay an Uber driver $500 to wipe cocaine off his face and clothes after he partied on the night his youngest child, Saint, was born, his former nanny claims.
Charleston's disgraced former State Treasurer and ex-reality TV star was allegedly so inebriated he had to be persuaded to clean up and go to the hospital to visit his son when the child was born one month prematurely in November 2015.
This is just one revelation of a string of fresh allegations leveled against the 56-year-old former Southern Charm star in a deposition given by Dawn Ledwell, his children's one-time nanny.
The deposition was given as part of his ongoing custody battle with ex Kathryn Dennis, 26, and is among new filings obtained by DailyMail.com just hours before the judge sealed the case.
Today, on the eve of the show’s season six premiere, we can reveal what they tried to keep secret as Ravenel and the mother of his children duke it out through the courts.
Thomas Ravenel's former nanny Dawn Ledwell accused him of abusing illegal drugs and of nearly amputating his ex Kathryn Dennis' hand in a car door. Pictured: Ravenel arriving at work amid fresh allegations of substance abuse and domestic violence
The deposition was given as part of Ravenel's ongoing custody battle with ex Dennis, 26, the mother of his children Kensie, 5, and Saint, 3, (pictured) and is among new filings obtained by DailyMail.com just hours before the judge sealed the case
Although Ledwell (pictured) described Ravenel as a loving father, according to her, he admitted to abusing drugs in conjunction with alcohol. Ledwell claimed Ravenel, who ran for Senate in 2014, told her he had 'sniffed cocaine off his campaign sign'
The claims the couple did not want aired include allegations of substance abuse and domestic violence.
Although the former nanny described him as a loving father, according to Ledwell, 44, Ravenel admitted to abusing illegal and prescription drugs in conjunction with alcohol.
Ledwell claimed that Ravenel, who ran for Senate in 2014, told her he had 'sniffed cocaine off his campaign sign.'
She recounted the tale told to her by an Uber driver and friend who claimed to have driven Ravenel to the hospital the night his son was born.
Ledwell said: 'One night [my friend] got a call to go pick up these gentlemen. I believe there were between three or four of them.
'She said that two of those people were Thomas Ravenel and [fellow former cast member] JD Maddison…they wanted to party. They were all intoxicated..they were doing cocaine in her car.
'Thomas was the last person to be dropped off and he wanted to give her a tour of his house…She's trying to convince him to go to the hospital. Like ''Dude, if you're celebrating the birth of your baby, you need to go to the hospital and spend time with the baby. Wasn't the baby born early?''
'And so he's like ''Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, will you do me a favor? I'll pay you $500 to clean the cocaine off my face and wipe it off my clothes.''
Ledwell claimed in her deposition (pictured) that Ravenel wanted Kathryn to abort Saint, once threw
