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 accused that she believed the fallen Democratic lawmaker from California had drugged her before choking and raping her in a hotel room in the state six years ago.<\/p>\n The woman, Lonna Drewes, spoke at a press conference in Los Angeles, where her high-powered attorney, Lisa Bloom, said she would be filing a police report detailing the accusations against Swalwell, who has repeatedly denied any criminal wrongdoing.<\/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 Read more CNBC politics coverage<\/p>\n “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 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. 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.”<\/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.<\/p>\n The congressman, who has three children with his wife, on Monday said he would resign his seat in the House of Representatives representing a district in California after several women accused him of sexual misconduct.<\/p>\n