Influencer Who Brought Women’s Stories About Eric Swalwell Forward ‘Heard From Over 30 Women’

Multiple women have already shared stories about sexual assault and misconduct they allegedly experienced with Eric Swalwell, but there are apparently a lot more, according to influencer Cheyenne Hunt. 

Hunt first made a video on Tuesday, March 31, sharing a message she received from her friend Annika Albrecht — whose identity she kept secret at the time — about the former congressman, 45, which read in part, “it’s well known that he uses his power to sleep around with younger staffers and interns.”

On Wednesday, April 15, Hunt posted another video on her Instagram, in which she claimed, “I’ve personally heard from over 30 women with stories about him.”

The day before, on Tuesday, April 14, Hunt sat down with Albrecht and another accuser, Ally Sammarco, for a CBS News interview, where she similarly said she’s heard from many more women.

“I could never have guessed where it would lead us,” Hunt said, referring to the first video she made where she posted Albrecht’s message. “I was immediately slammed with DMs from other women who said, ‘I have a story to tell.’ And that was when I realized that this was a lot bigger than I think any of us knew.”

As Globe previously reported, also on Tuesday, a woman named Lonna Drewes gave a press conference claiming she went to multiple public events with Swalwell, and she believes he “drugged” her drink one night before sexually assaulting her.

“When I arrived at his hotel room, I was already incapacitated and I couldn’t move my arms or my body,” Drewes said. “He raped me and he choked me.”

Additionally, on April 10, the San Francisco Chronicle published a report in which another woman accused Swalwell of sexually assaulting her while she was too intoxicated to consent.

Since the allegations surfaced, Swalwell withdrew from the California governor race and resigned from Congress on Monday, April 13. He shared a statement on X which read: “I am deeply sorry to my family, staff, and constituents for mistakes in judgment I’ve made in my past. I will fight the serious, false allegations made against me. However, I must take responsibility and ownership for the mistakes I did make.”

Swalwell also posted a statement Tuesday on his Instagram from his attorney Sara Azari on his behalf, which noted he “categorically and unequivocally denies each and every allegation of sexual misconduct and assault that has been leveled against him.”