*New accuser claims Rep. Eric Swalwell drugged, raped and choked her*

[DemocratSinceBirth]

A Los Angeles woman came forward Tuesday with new sexual assault accusations against Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-California), deepening the onetime rising political star’s legal woes.

As Swalwell prepared to resign from Congress in disgrace, accuser Lonna Drewes said Swalwell attacked her following a Hollywood meeting in 2018. She also believes he spiked her drink.

“He raped me and he choked me. While he was choking me I lost consciousness. I thought i died,” Drewes said.

“I did not consent to any sexual activity,” she added.

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https://www.nydailynews.com/2026/04/14/eric-swalwell-rape-accuser-lonna-drewes/

How did he run for governor with these skeletons in his closet? He has some real criminal exposure.

[Walleye]

1. Why do men work so hard to get elected and then throw it all away

Maybe they want to get elected so they can get laid

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. There's a difference between a playa and a predator.

Neither is laudable but the latter can land you in the hoosegow.

[Walleye]

14. I get that distinction.But a congressman shouldn't put himself in a position to be blackmailed

[pattyloutwo]

32. He shouldn't rape and choke women

[aeromanKC]

3. Taking right out of the Trump Epstein playbook

Well, except for the acid and murder thing.

[Ars Longa]

31. Uggg.......... Bill Cosby kind of stuff!!

very hard to process...............

[WhiskeyGrinder]

4. "How did he run for governor with these skeletons in his closet?" Because people weren't able to put the whole story

together until now.

[WSHazel]

5. No one knew?

No one on his staff knew what a scumbag this guy was? Really?

[WhiskeyGrinder]

7. Why would you think people didn't know?

[WSHazel]

9. Because they all shut up about it

This could have been catastrophic for our side if it happened during the run off.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

10. Yes, the timing is indeed fortuitous.

But this has been an open secret in some political circles for some time; people definitely knew.

[leftstreet]

8. Of course people knew. Of course they did n/t

[Ocelot II]

6. I am gobsmacked. Maybe I shouldn't be, since this stuff keeps coming to the surface

about men from all over the political spectrum. But Swalwell was an articulate, forceful spokesman for liberal issues - and nevertheless he betrayed us in the most egregious way possible by pretending to be someone who spoke for abused women. Release the Epstein files, he said. “Every member of the Judiciary Committee, every Republican, every Democrat voted to release these documents and to have them in our hands,” he said. “They were supposed to be in our hands so that we could stand up for victims and to make sure that we know the names of the people who enabled Jeffrey Epstein,” he said back in December. https://www.ms.now/news/eric-swalwell-hearings-epstein-files-trump-administration-accountability "Stand up for victims"? Hello? A guy credibly accused of drugging, raping and choking a woman says what? Did he think it was OK while Epstein's actions weren't because the women he abused were adults? WTAF? Jesus on a pogo stick, what's wrong with these men?

[MustLoveBeagles]

11. That took a lot of gall didn't it?

He belongs in prison. Maybe he and dump could be cellmates? 🤭

[Deuxcents]

12. I watched him on Lawrence O a few times and thought him to be a fighter for the victims n democracy

This has become quite a scam

[MustLoveBeagles]

13. Yes

Unfortunately it has. I feel for his victims and his family.

[Deuxcents]

18. This whole time the stories are getting into the public, the families involved certainly need our respect

When the dust settles, I hope the truth comes out but it’s being tried in public for now and that’s what happens when it becomes sensational

[MustLoveBeagles]

21. This is true

I was in wait and see mode over the weekend. The corroborating evidence and the fact that no one defended him convinced me to pick a side.

[Sparkly]

42. I feel the same way, Ocelot II

Shocked, and with a sense that somehow I shouldn't be. As if I should have known, and why didn't I, and how couldn't I, or how can I, or what the hell... I encountered asshole men as a young woman, but I'm too far removed to have any kind of radar for this kind of crap in DC, and why should I?

I'm just at a total loss, and completely surprised.

[JCMach1]

15. Going into Duke Lacrosse mode on this issue...

Let's see the complete evidence and then deal out the damnation.

[JI7]

17. Yes, But he has already dropped out 9f Governors race and resigned from Congress

if this was fake what would be the point now ?

And listening to it she sounds very believable.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

20. He should have demanded the House investigate him

They would have inculpated or exculpated him.

[MustLoveBeagles]

23. I think that's what Al Franken wanted

It one of the reasons I continue to think he was innocent. The fact that Swalwell didn't is telling.

[spooky3]

29. Franken definitely requested an investigation but Schumer and other Dems pressured him

to step down. I read one statement from Swalwell where he mentioned that due process includes an investigation, but he resigned very quickly.

The important thing is that the accusations against Swalwell involve FAR more serious alleged wrongdoing. The worst thing anyone said about Franken was that he put his arm around someone who didn't want him to do that.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

44. The accusation was that Franken was handsy.

I don't want to relitigate it. What Swalwell is accused of goes infinitely further.

[LudwigPastorius]

38. I think Swalwell didn't want Congress uncovering evidence that could be used in a potential prosecution against him.

The states of New York and California are currently conducting criminal investigations against him. I'm sure their DAs would welcome anything that the House came up with.

[JCMach1]

33. 100% not saying anything either way, but a political L

Is very different from prosecution vs. what actually happened.

Until those components are sorted...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

19. Why did he resign from Congress?

He could have compelled the House Ethics Committee to do an investigation that would have inculpated or exculpated him.

[JI7]

22. That Republican resigned at the same time

I think both were told there were enough votes to kick them out so they should resign or be voted out.

So both ended up resigning. He can still fight the accusations though.

[JI7]

16. Not just Governor. He tried to run for President just a year or so

after this. He didn't get anywhere close to winning though . But if he had I'm guessing this would have come out.

[GJGCA]

24. Upon what meat...

...did this our Eric feed
That he was grown so great?

[Nixie]

25. How did these allegations not come out for his congressional runs ?

He’s been an elected official for at least a couple congressional cycles. Only the governor’s run started these allegations.

[3catwoman3]

28. First elected in 2012.

I am so disappointed in him. I thought he was one of the good guys.

[spooky3]

30. One of the women said she thought she was the only victim/survivor. When she learned there were others,

she spoke out.

[Nixie]

39. But she is claiming she was choked. That's a lot different than

going to a hotel room drunk and saying you don’t know for sure what happened due to intoxication. I can’t imagine a situation where someone was choking me and I wouldn’t go to the police. That’s more like attempted murder.

[spooky3]

41. RAINN and other sources warn us against takes like this.

If you were afraid you wouldn’t be believed or the police would not act if you reported rape, for example, why would you think they’d believe you or take action when you report choking? And if they did believe and act, he could say “it was consensual rough sex” or deny it altogether. If you were afraid that the rapist was powerful and could harm your career if you reported it, wouldn’t you have the same concern about choking?

[Nixie]

43. Please. You are free to stay silent if you don't want help

from someone trying to murder you. “Takes like these”. Maybe a few women would get murdered, but at least we’re warned about the wrong takes so don’t tell anyone.

[spooky3]

45. Your wrong take is the result of your having little understanding of what victims actually experience after they

Are assaulted. Read the RAINN website; read the scholarly research on what happens to survivors.

[Nixie]

46. Okay, so you are free to remain silent after you are choked.

I will file a police report.

[cate94]

26. He thought he got away with it.

And he did for a while, but I’m glad these women got the courage to speak up.

[Sogo]

27. She looks like Tara Reade....just sayin'

nt.

[iemanja]

40. The woman in NY has contemporaneous

Text messages, conversations with friends and her partner, and medical records. Despite that evidence, you insult victims. The man is under investigation for rape, with an open criminal case in Manhattan. Rapists rarely stop at one victim.

[spooky3]

35. People Magazine reported that 30 other women have contacted the

“Influencer” who originally broke the story:

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[True Dough]

36. 30!!!!!!

OMG! And you have to imagine there are still others who are too intimidated to come forward.

This is so bad.

[True Dough]

37. During the initial stages of these allegations

it can be easy to brush off the accusers because we want to believe it's a political scandal. As the numbers add up and someone like this woman summons the courage to say her piece in front of the world, there's nobody who shouldn't be willing to hear their stories and consider the full weight of their words.

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