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华盛顿——正在竞选加利福尼亚州州长的民主党众议员埃里克·斯沃威尔否认了有关他性侵一名前助手的指控。
“这些指控是虚假的，且正值我与州长竞选领跑者对决的选举前夕，”斯沃威尔在一份声明中说。“近20年来，我作为检察官和国会议员为公众服务，始终保护女性。”
斯沃威尔威胁要对这名向《旧金山纪事报》详述所谓性侵经历的女子采取法律行动，该报于周五刊发了相关报道。
“未来几天我的重心将是陪伴我的妻子和孩子，并捍卫我们数十年的服务生涯，对抗这些谎言，”斯沃威尔说。
这名未具名的女子表示，2019年她被聘用到他位于卡斯特罗谷的选区办公室工作后不久，斯沃威尔就开始追求她。
她指控他通过Snapchat向她发送自己的不雅照片，索要她的裸照，并要求她在停车场为他口交。她还指控，2019年9月和斯沃威尔外出喝酒后，她在他的酒店床上赤身裸体醒来，对当晚几乎毫无记忆。
五年后的2024年，她已不再为斯沃威尔工作，她说她在纽约一场慈善晚宴后与他见面喝酒。她说自己喝醉了，只记得当晚的片段，包括据称她推开他并对他说“不”，而他却强迫与她发生性关系。她说第二天早上醒来时发现自己阴道出血，身上有瘀伤。
《纪事报》表示，该报查看了该女子在所谓事件发生三天后发给一位朋友的短信，她在短信中写道自己被斯沃威尔“性侵”。
“还有一次是在我为他工作期间发生的，但我说服自己当时是自愿的，尽管模式相同：我失去了意识，他和我发生了性关系，”据《纪事报》报道，她在谈及2019年的所谓事件时写道。
《纪事报》还采访了2024年事件发生时该女子的男友。当时的男友表示，他曾鼓励该女子向警方举报斯沃威尔，但该女子表示她没有这么做，因为她担心警方不会相信她，因为她已经洗过澡了，并且认为体检不太可能找到证据。
斯沃威尔州长竞选活动的主席、加利福尼亚州民主党众议员吉米·戈麦斯呼吁他退出竞选，称这一消息“令人震惊”，并表示该报道包含“我们能想象到的最恶劣、最严重的指控”。
“这位议员现在应该退出竞选，这样就能毫无疑虑、不受干扰、不拖延地追究全部责任，”戈麦斯说，并补充说他将“立即”断绝与斯沃威尔竞选团队的关系。
亚利桑那州民主党参议员鲁本·加列戈和加利福尼亚州民主党众议员亚当·希夫也表示，他们将撤回对斯沃威尔的支持。
“所描述的行为是不可原谅的，”加列戈说。“说出这类经历的女性理应得到尊重的倾听，而不是被质疑或不予理会。我很后悔在了解全部情况之前就在社交媒体上为他辩护。我对所发生的一切同样感到震惊和不安。”
希夫表示，他对这些指控“深感不安”，并呼吁斯沃威尔退出竞选。
斯沃威尔还失去了加利福尼亚州教师协会的支持，该协会称这些指控“极其令人不安且不可接受”。
Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell denies sexually assaulting former staffer
April 10, 2026 / 7:25 PM EDT / CBS News
Washington — Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, who is running for California governor, denied allegations that he sexually assaulted a former staffer.
“These allegations are false and come on the eve of an election against the frontrunner for governor,” Swalwell said in a statement. “For nearly 20 years, I have served the public — as a prosecutor and a congressman and have always protected women.”
Swalwell threatened to take legal action against the woman, who detailed the alleged encounters to the San Francisco Chronicle, which published a story Friday.
“My focus in the coming days is to be with my wife and children and defend our decades of service against these lies,” Swalwell said.
The woman, who was not named, said Swalwell started pursuing her shortly after she was hired to work in his district office in Castro Valley in 2019.
She alleged he sent her inappropriate photos of himself via Snapchat, requested nude photos of her and asked her to perform oral sex on him in a parking lot. She also alleged that after going out for drinks with Swalwell in September 2019, she woke up naked in his hotel bed with little recollection of the night.
Five years later, in 2024, when she no longer worked for Swalwell, she said she met him for drinks after a charity gala in New York. She said she became intoxicated and only remembers parts of the night, including allegedly pushing him away and telling him “no” while he forced himself on her. She said she woke up the next morning with vaginal bleeding and bruises.
The Chronicle said it reviewed texts the woman sent to a friend three days after the alleged incident, in which she wrote she was “sexually assaulted” by Swalwell.
“This happened one other time when I was working with him, but I convinced myself I was an equal party in it even though same pattern: I blacked out and he had sex with me,” she wrote, according to the Chronicle, referring to the alleged 2019 incident.
The Chronicle also spoke with the man who was the woman’s boyfriend at the time of the 2024 incident. The then-boyfriend said he encouraged the woman to report Swalwell to the police, but the woman said she did not do so because she was afraid they would not believe her because she had already showered and thought it would be unlikely that an examination would find evidence.
Democratic Rep. Jimmy Gomez of California, a campaign chair for Swalwell’s gubernatorial bid, called on him to drop out of the race, calling the information “shocking” and said the story contains “the ugliest and most serious accusations imaginable.”
“The congressman should leave the race now so there can be full accountability without doubt, distraction, or delay,” Gomez said, adding that he was cutting ties with Swalwell’s campaign “effective immediately.”
Democratic Sens. Ruben Gallego of Arizona and Adam Schiff of California also said they were withdrawing their endorsements.
“What is described is indefensible,” Gallego said. “Women who come forward with accounts like this deserve to be heard with respect, not questioned or dismissed. I regret having come to his defense on social media prior to knowing all the information. I am equally as shocked and upset about what has transpired.”
Schiff said he was “deeply distressed” by the accusations and called on Swalwell to withdraw from the race.
Swalwell also lost the support of the California Teachers Association, which called the allegations “incredibly disturbing and unacceptable.”
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