{"id":50755,"date":"2026-04-14T20:04:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T20:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=50755"},"modified":"2026-04-14T20:04:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T20:04:51","slug":"eric-swalwell-accuser-lonna-drewes-he-raped-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=50755","title":{"rendered":"Eric Swalwell accuser Lonna Drewes: ‘He raped me’"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Lonna Drewes reacts during a press conference alleging U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) sexually assaulted her alongside a photo of Drewes with Swalwell (R) on April 14, 2026 in Beverly Hills, California. <\/p>\n

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A new accuser of Rep. Eric Swalwell<\/a> on Tuesday tearfully said she believed the fallen Democratic<\/a> lawmaker from California<\/a> had drugged her before choking and raping her in a hotel room in that state in 2018.<\/p>\n

The woman, Lonna Drewes, spoke at a press conference in Los Angeles, where her high-powered attorney, Lisa Bloom<\/a>, said she would be filing a police report detailing her allegations against Swalwell, a 2020 presidential contender<\/a> who has been accused of sexual misconduct by several other women.<\/p>\n

“He invited me to two public events. I knew he was married at the time and that his wife was pregnant,” Drewes told reporters. “He was my friend. On the third occasion, I believe he drugged my drink. I only had one glass of wine.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“We were supposed to go to a political event, and he [Swalwell] said he needed to get paperwork from his hotel room,” Drewes said.<\/p>\n

“When I arrived at his hotel room, I was already incapacitated, and I couldn’t move my arms or my body,” Drewes said of the incident in West Hollywood.<\/p>\n

“He raped me.”<\/p>\n

And he choked me, and while he was choking me, I lost consciousness, and I thought I died,” Drewes said. “I did not consent to any sexual activity.”<\/p>\n

The press conference came several hours before Swalwell’s resignation from Congress, which he had announced on Monday, became effective.<\/p>\n

Swalwell, 45, is already under criminal investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office in New York City in connection with another alleged assault there.<\/p>\n

Swalwell, in recent public statements, has denied any criminal wrongdoing, even after copping to unspecified “mistakes” he said he had made.<\/p>\n

But the congressman, who has three children with his wife, on Sunday suspended his campaign for California governor<\/a>, and a day later said he would give up his seat in the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A picture showing Lonna Drewes (L) and former US Representative Eric Swalwell, Democrat of California, is shown during a press conference where she described her claims about sexual misconduct by Swalwell in Beverly Hills, California, on April 14, 2026. <\/p>\n

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Bloom said, “We will not rest until we get justice for Lonna.”<\/p>\n

“I want to say something now directly to Mr. Swalwell: Your recent statement \u2014 that you are just not perfect, you are not a saint \u2014 is just blather and spin. Stop it,” Bloom said.<\/p>\n

“Your statement that this is all just a matter between you and your wife is laughable, if not for the fact that it is a slap in the face to the victims,” the attorney said.<\/p>\n

In his resignation statement on Monday, Swalwell had said, “I am deeply sorry to my family, staff, and constituents for mistakes in judgment I’ve made in my past. I will fight the serious, false allegation made against me.<\/p>\n

“However, I must take responsibility and ownership for the mistakes I did make,” Swalwell said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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