L.A. County prosecutors weigh charges in Eric Swalwell case after sheriff’s investigation - BERITAJA
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office activity crimes portion is weighing whether to bring charges successful a lawsuit involving former Rep. Eric Swalwell, a spokesperson told Beritaja connected Thursday.
The region sheriff’s victims’ portion investigated the case, which was past forwarded to prosecutors connected Sept. 21, according to the spokesperson.
Swalwell, a Democrat, resigned from Congress successful April and dropped retired of the California governor’s title aft aggregate intersexual battle and misconduct allegations, which he denies.
Former exemplary and manner package institution proprietor Lonna Drewes held a news convention successful April pinch her attorneys successful Los Angeles, accusing Swalwell of drugging, sexually assaulting and choking her. Los Angeles authorities confirmed astatine the clip that they had launched a criminal investigation into the allegations.
An lawyer for Swalwell said successful an email Thursday that he is “innocent,” adding that “these allegations are false, and the facts will carnivore that out.”
“The reported referral to the Los Angeles County District Attorney is simply a modular procedural step. It is not a charging decision. It is not a uncovering of wrongdoing. It changes thing about the facts,” said the attorney, Sara Azari. “We invited a fair, independent review, and we are assured it will vindicate him.”
The FBI searched Swalwell’s Washington, D.C., home successful Augustand seized an physics instrumentality successful relationship pinch an investigation that was described arsenic involving intersexual misconduct allegations astatine the time, according to an charismatic acquainted pinch the matter.
The aforesaid month, FBI agents executing a hunt warrant stopped Swalwell astatine the San Francisco airdrome and took his physics devices. A transcript of the hunt warrant obtained by Beritaja elaborate that investigators seized an iPhone and a MacBook Pro computer.
The allegations first came to ray successful a San Francisco Chronicle article successful which a erstwhile Swalwell adjutant said he had sexually assaulted her twice. A root acquainted pinch the woman’s relationship confirmed to Beritaja that the Chronicle’s reporting was accurate.
The article was followed by a CNN report successful which 4 women, including 1 whose communicative matched the Chronicle article, made intersexual misconduct allegations against him. One of the 3 others, Ally Sammarco, said Swalwell sent her unsolicited photos of his penis; Sammarco later said to Beritaja and confirmed the accuracy of her relationship successful the CNN article.
Swalwell denied the accusations published by the Chronicle and CNN in a video connected societal media connected April 10, saying, “These allegations of intersexual battle are level false.”
“They did not happen. They person ne'er happened. And I will conflict them pinch everything I have,” he said.
Swalwell served successful Congress for 13 years. A typical predetermination was held successful June to capable the spot he vacated upon resignation; Democrat Aisha Wahab won the title to capable retired the remainder of his term. The predetermination successful November for a afloat two-year word will beryllium a rematch betwixt Wahab and chap Democrat Melissa Hernandez.
