{"id":193544,"date":"2026-04-11T18:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T18:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/193544\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T18:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T18:14:07","slug":"eric-swalwell-under-investigation-by-manhattan-da-over-alleged-sex-assault-of-staffer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/193544\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Swalwell under investigation by Manhattan DA over alleged sex assault of staffer"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Manhattan District Attorney\u2019s Office announced on Saturday that it is launching an investigation into California Rep. Eric Swalwell, over an alleged sexual assault<\/a> involving a former staffer<\/a> in 2024, according to a new report.<\/p>\n

Swalwell\u2019s former staffer<\/a> \u2014 who has not been identified \u2014 told CNN<\/a> that after a night of drinking with her former boss in April 2024, she was heavily intoxicated and woke up to him having sex with her in his hotel bed.<\/p>\n

\"U.S.Several women have accused the California gubernatorial candidate of sexual assault and misconduct. REUTERS<\/p>\n

\u201cI was pushing him off of me, saying no,\u201d the woman told the outlet. \u201cHe didn\u2019t stop.\u201d<\/p>\n

The staffer \u2014 who is one of four women to recently come out with allegations of sexual misconduct by Swalwell<\/a> \u2014 said the incident occurred after she stopped working in his office.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe urge survivors and anyone with knowledge of these allegations to contact our Special Victims Division at 212-335-9373<\/a>,\u201d the DA\u2019s office said in a statement to the outlet.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur specially trained prosecutors, investigators and counselors are well-equipped to help you in a trauma-informed, survivor-centered manner.\u201d<\/p>\n

The embattled pol denied all allegations of sexual misconduct<\/a> and assault in a video statement on Friday.<\/p>\n

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Manhattan District Attorney\u2019s Office announced on Saturday that it is launching an investigation into California Rep. Eric…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193545,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[22680,19085,75,84,83,9,24,63,87,5161,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-193544","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manhattan","8":"tag-eric-swalwell","9":"tag-investigations","10":"tag-manhattan","11":"tag-manhattan-headlines","12":"tag-manhattan-news","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-politics","17":"tag-sexual-assaults","18":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193544","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=193544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}