The sexual assault allegations against U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Castro Valley, continued to mount Tuesday with a model speaking out and accusing him of drugging and raping her.

“I believe he drugged my drink, I only had one glass of wine,” Lonna Drewes said during a news briefing with her lawyers. “He raped me and he choked me, and while he was choking me, I lost consciousness, and I thought I died.”

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.