{"id":193530,"date":"2026-04-11T17:53:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T17:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/193530\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T17:53:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T17:53:44","slug":"manhattan-da-launches-investigation-into-sexual-assault-allegation-against-eric-swalwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/193530\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhattan DA launches investigation into sexual assault allegation against Eric Swalwell"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n The Manhattan District Attorney\u2019s Office said on Saturday it is investigating an allegation of sexual assault against Rep. Eric Swalwell, a day after CNN reported<\/a> that a former staffer for the congressman accused him of having sex with her when she was unable to consent.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cWe urge survivors and anyone with knowledge of these allegations to contact our Special Victims Division at 212-335-9373,\u201d the DA\u2019s office said in a statement to CNN. \u201cOur specially trained prosecutors, investigators and counselors are well-equipped to help you in a trauma-informed, survivor-centered manner.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n The former staffer told CNN that she was heavily intoxicated after a night of drinking with Swalwell in New York City in April 2024 when she woke up to him having sex with her in his hotel bed.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cI was pushing him off of me, saying no,\u201d the woman told CNN of the incident, which she said happened after she had stopped working in Swalwell\u2019s office. \u201cHe didn\u2019t stop.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n The woman was one of four who described allegations of misconduct by Swalwell, who is running for California governor.\n <\/p>\n

\n Swalwell had denied the allegations in a statement to CNN and in a video he posted to social media Friday evening. The congressman said in a statement that \u201cthese allegations are false and come on the eve of an election against the front-runner for governor.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cFor nearly 20 years, I have served the public \u2013 as a prosecutor and a congressman and have always protected women. I will defend myself with the facts and where necessary bring legal action,\u201d he said.\n <\/p>\n

\n This is a developing story and will be updated.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Manhattan District Attorney\u2019s Office said on Saturday it is investigating an allegation of sexual assault against Rep.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13641,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-193530","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manhattan","8":"tag-manhattan","9":"tag-manhattan-headlines","10":"tag-manhattan-news","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}