Swalwell's attorney sends out cease and desist notice over unverified sexual assault allegation - BERITAJA

SACRAMENTO — An lawyer for Rep. Eric Swalwell, a starring Democratic campaigner for California governor, connected Thursday sent a cease and desist missive to an chartless individual demanding that they extremity accusing the congressman of intersexual assault.

Swalwell’s lawyer Elias Dabaie of the rule patient Dabaie Kelley, successful Los Angeles confirmed Friday that he sent the cease and desist letter, which tells the recipient that they could beryllium sued for defamation. A transcript of the missive was posted online by a societal media influencer connected Friday, and Dabaie confirmed it was authentic.

Swalwell (D-Dublin) and his representatives earlier this week denied allegations made by societal media influencers and repeated by governmental insiders successful caller weeks that he behaved inappropriately towards young staffers and others.

Dabaie’s missive sent Thursday states that it “has travel to our attraction that you person made mendacious statements accusing Mr. Swalwell of intersexual battle and non-consensual intersexual encounters...”

“We constitute to request that you instantly and permanently cease and desist from continuing your wrongful conduct, including by stopping immoderate further publication of specified accusation aliases allowing it to beryllium disseminated successful immoderate form, whether oral, written, physics aliases otherwise,” the missive stated.

Dabaie confirmed to the Times that he sent the missive via text. He declined to opportunity if different cease and desist letters had been sent.

“I could show you that location person been aggregate baseless allegations made against the Congressman and we are attacking them connected each fronts,” he said.

A spokesperson for Swalwell’s run didn’t instantly respond to a petition for comment.

Cheyenne Hunt, a Laguna Hills lawyer and executive head of a progressive defense group who has said she is helping shape a group of women who allege inappropriate behaviour towards Swalwell, posted a screenshot of Dabaie’s missive online connected Friday.

“This is the first page of the cease and desist missive from Swalwell’s squad - it has has been shared pinch support from the recipient,” she wrote connected societal media.

The sanction of the individual who received the missive was redacted.

Hunt told the Times connected Friday that she was alert of 2 individuals who received cease and desist letters from Swalwell’s team.

Swalwell earlier successful the week denied immoderate inappropriate behavior, including allegations that his agency required interns to motion non-disclosure agreements. “It’s false,” he told reporters.

Swalwell said he ne'er behaved inappropriately pinch female unit members aliases had a intersexual narration pinch a unit personnel aliases an intern.