Latest Eric Swalwell accuser alleges he drugged and raped her

Politics Latest Eric Swalwell accuser alleges he drugged and raped her By Caitlin Yilek, Caitlin Yilek Politics Reporter Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter at CBSNews.com, based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a member of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship with the National Press Foundation. Read Full Bio Caitlin Yilek, Melissa Quinn Melissa Quinn Senior Reporter, Politics Melissa Quinn is a senior reporter for CBSNews.com, where she covers U.S. politics, with a focus on the Supreme Court and federal courts. Read Full Bio Melissa Quinn April 14, 2026 / 2:04 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google Washington — Another woman came forward with allegations against Rep. Eric Swalwell on Tuesday, claiming the California Democrat drugged and raped her after he offered to help her career in 2018. Swalwell announced Sunday that he would be ending his campaign for governor of California and said Monday he planned to resign from Congress. Swalwell has called the prior allegations against him "false" and suggested they were politically motivated to hurt his gubernatorial bid.The woman, who identified herself as Lonna Drewes at the news conference with her attorneys in Beverly Hills, said Swalwell had invited her to a political event but they ended up at his hotel room because he said he needed to get paperwork. "I believe he drugged my drink. I only had one glass of wine," Drewes said. "When I arrived at his hotel room, I was already incapacitated, and I couldn't move my arms or my body." "He raped me and he choked me," she said. "And while he was choking me, I lost consciousness and I thought I died." Drewes said she did not get a rape kit and but disclosed the alleged assault to the people closest to her and recorded the events in her handwritten calendar. She said she also talked about the alleged rape during her therapy sessions at a sexual assault cente...