An attorney for Eric Swalwell accuser Lonna Drewes blasted the outgoing congressman’s public response Tuesday, calling his comments “blather and spin” and “a slap in the face to the victims.”
At Tuesday’s Beverly Hills news conference at the law office of attorneys Lisa Bloom and Arick Fudali, the legal team said it would immediately file a police report with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office.
Bloom blasted Swalwell’s recent statement in which he said he was “not perfect” and “not a saint” and framed the matter as one between him and his wife.
“Your statement that this is all just a matter between you and your wife is laughable, if not for the fact that it is a slap in the face to the victims,” Bloom told reporters. “Your statement [Monday] that you just made, ‘mistakes in judgment’ is defensive and minimizing.
“Stop it. Own your behavior.”
Bloom said her team would provide investigators with evidence including text messages, journal entries, a photograph and witness information.
“We will not rest until we get justice for Lonna,” Bloom said.
Dropping out of the gubernatorial race and resigning from Congress is not enough, Boom added.
“Losing one’s job is not a sufficient consequence for these types of allegations,” she said. “We feel that the criminal investigations are the priority.”
Bloom also argued Swalwell’s resignation was not an act of accountability, but an effort to avoid further scrutiny.
“I do not, in my opinion, see that as an act of accountability at all,” Bloom said. “I see it as an effort to avoid the expulsion hearing that was coming.”
Bloom also issued a broader call for other possible accusers or witnesses to come forward, saying she had already received messages from other women and that her firm was available to speak with them confidentially.
“Enough is enough,” Bloom said. “I’m sick and tired of women being victimized by men in power.”
New Eric Swalwell Accuser Breaks Her Silence for First Time – Reveals Her “Lucky” Escape From His Clutches
A new Swalwell accuser has broken her silence for the first time, revealing how she luckily escaped the now-former Democrat congressman’s attempts to seduce her.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, Eric Swalwell (D-China) is facing explosive accusations of sexual misconduct from several women, including a former staffer who claims he ra*ed her twice.
The allegations of the former staffer, who was the first to come forward, were initially reported by the San Francisco Chronicle.
While speaking with CBS’s Nancy Cordes on Tuesday alongside fellow Swalwell accuser Ally Sammarco, Annika Albrecht revealed her own harrowing experience with the former congressman.
Albrecht explained that while she was in college, Swalwell offered to stay in touch and mentor her after meeting with her student group in Washington, DC.
“That was an incredibly generous offer that I felt very lucky to have,” she said.
Swalwell then created a group chat on Snapchat with all the students and later added Albrecht as a friend on the messaging app.
Confused, Albrecht then asked the other students if Swalwell added them as friends, and they said no. Even more creepily, she was the only woman in the meeting.
Swalwell started out talking politics to her, but then his messages turned seductive and dark.
“Ultimately, it reached a point where he invited me to a hotel to meet him,” Albrecht said. “It was very clear what the connotation was.”
“At that point, I completely stopped responding.”