BREAKING: New Accuser Claims Eric Swalwell Drugged, Choked And Raped Her
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🗓️ 14 April 2026
⏱️ 19 minutes
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A fifth woman has come forward, accusing Congressman Eric Swalwell of rape. Lana Drewes just held a powerful, emotional press conference where she detailed a horrific account of what she says happened in a Beverly Hills hotel room in 2018. She describes being incapacitated from one glass of wine and then being choked so violently she lost consciousness. Drewes announced she was going straight to law enforcement from the presser to make a criminal report against Swalwell.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.0 | Hey there, folks. It is Tuesday, April 14th. And as we record this, a woman in Los Angeles is on her way to the police department to report that Congressman Eric Swalwell drugged, choked, and raped her. And with that, welcome to this |
| 0:25.7 | episode of Amy and T.J. This would be the fifth accuser and the second woman robs to come forward |
| 0:33.7 | and share a story, accusation of this is not just inappropriate behavior. This is now two |
| 0:41.9 | accusations of a horrible criminal actrobes. Yes, this isn't sexual harassment. This isn't |
| 0:49.4 | sexual abuse. This was, as she described it, a violent rape that involved drugging. And you mentioned |
| 0:58.6 | choking. She actually sat in front of cameras with microphones in her face and said after she went |
| 1:07.9 | through this, she says she didn't want to live. This was a powerful, emotional |
| 1:13.8 | account of what she claims happened in 2018. And we should tell you all now, we are hopping on. |
| 1:21.5 | She just wrapped a press conference. We knew this press conference was happening. We were told |
| 1:25.0 | that there would be some new details. We were not expecting this. |
| 1:29.1 | And key here, Robes, key is that the first accuser came out, sure, maybe people are putting it together. |
| 1:35.1 | But she did an interview in which she did not show her face, that she was blacked out. |
| 1:39.7 | She hasn't given her name. |
| 1:41.2 | This woman sat in front of a room full of cameras. Her name is Lana |
| 1:45.6 | Drew's and put her name and face on it and told her story. Robs, this is not the other, |
| 1:54.1 | the other, look, we have to believe a woman when she comes forward like this, but talk of |
| 1:59.0 | alcohol and really getting wasted and didn't remember |
| 2:03.2 | one night and then the other night there were flashes. This is not the case at all with this woman's |
| 2:08.4 | story. I have to tell you, just listening to her, tell her story, you could hear a pin drop. And I had |
| 2:14.4 | chills from head to toe multiple times listening to her recount this. And I |
| 2:19.1 | just have to say just in terms of my impressions and everyone can have their impression. And of course, |
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