{"id":194026,"date":"2026-04-12T05:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T05:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/194026\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T05:00:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T05:00:39","slug":"manhattan-da-investigating-rep-eric-swalwell-after-sex-assault-accusations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/194026\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhattan DA investigating Rep. Eric Swalwell after sex assault accusations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2013 The Manhattan District Attorney\u2019s Office is launching an investigation into accusations Rep. Eric Swalwell, a candidate for California governor, sexually assaulted a woman in 2019 and 2024, the office confirmed Saturday.<\/p>\n

The investigation, which was first reported by CNN, follows accusations published by that outlet and the San Francisco Chronicle that Swalwell sexually assaulted the woman while she worked for him in 2019 and five years later; in both cases, she said she was too intoxicated to consent.<\/p>\n

Swalwell said Friday the accusations are \u201cabsolutely false\u201d<\/a> in a video posted to social media.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not clear what will be the focus of the Manhattan DA\u2019s investigation. The office is headed by Alvin Bragg, a Democrat.<\/p>\n

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

Swalwell\u2019s campaign spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

Swalwell has faced widespread calls from top Democrats to quit the race, including from Speaker Emeritus Nancy Pelosi and his former campaign co-chairs, Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., and Rep. Adam Gray, D-Calif.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, two major labor unions that had backed Swalwell, the SEIU California and Labor Federation of California, formally rescinded their endorsements. SEIU California in a statement also urged Swalwell to drop out of the governor\u2019s race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2013 The Manhattan District Attorney\u2019s Office is launching an investigation into accusations Rep. Eric Swalwell, a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194027,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-194026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194026","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=194026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}