​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office is investigating sex assault allegations against embattled Rep. Eric Swalwell, a California Democrat who suspended his campaign to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom after they became public last week.. Separately, the House Ethics Committee announced Monday its own probe into allegations of sexual misconduct.. A former staffer accused him of sexually assaulting her when she was blackout drunk twice, including once in New York City in 2024, according to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle published Friday.. SWALWELL’S FORMER FEMALE STAFFER DROPS BOMBSHELL ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, EXPOSING HIMSELF: REPORT. The unnamed woman told the paper that she was hired at 21 to work in Swalwell’s district office in 2019 and claimed her married boss began pursuing her weeks later. She reportedly claimed he sent her naked pictures over Snapchat and asked for oral sex in a parking lot during a ride home from an event. On another occasion, she claimed to have awoken naked in Swalwell’s bed after blacking out drinking.. The New York investigation stems from separate allegations in the article, when she was no longer an employee of Swalwell’s office. They allegedly met up for drinks after a gala in Manhattan at around 11:30 p.m. on April 25, 2024.. SEND US A TIP HERE. According to the report, she claimed to remember only “snippets of the night,” including telling Swalwell “no.” Three days later, she reportedly told a friend she believed she was sexually assaulted.. “I have no skin in the game of who becomes governor of California, but I feel people have a right to know whether the person who leads a state that is a safe haven for so many women actually treats women with dignity and will protect their rights,” the Chronicle quoted her as saying. “No one protected me from him, and so I have to protect the other young women like me who aspire to work in this field and he could prey upon.”. SWALWELL THREATENS FBI WITH LEGAL ACTION AS PATEL REPORTEDLY WEIGHS ‘FANG FANG’ FILES RELEASE. She claimed she kept quiet for years, however, out of fear of retaliation.. “We urge survivors and anyone with knowledge of these allegations to contact our Special Victims Division at 212-335-9373,” a spokesperson for the DA’s office told Fox News over the weekend. “Our specially trained prosecutors, investigators, and counselors are well-equipped to help you in a trauma-informed, survivor-centered manner.”. Swalwell has denied the allegations and apologized to his wife in a video posted online. He said he planned to fight the accusations but stepped out of the California governor’s race anyway.. “I will fight the serious, false allegations that have been made,” he wrote on X Sunday. “But that’s my fight, not a campaign’s.”. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP. Since the initial report, several other women came forward with other misconduct allegations.. Fox News’ Max Gorden and Kelly Phares  

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. GREAT ABACO ISLAND, Bahamas – Bahamian authorities face a Monday evening deadline to either charge or release Brian Hooker, the husband of missing Michigan boater Lynette Hooker, as the investigation into her disappearance near Elbow Cay is up against the clock.. Hooker has been in custody since last week after authorities detained him in connection with his wife’s disappearance. His attorney said officials have until about 7:20 p.m. ET Monday to decide whether to file charges or let him go.. Police continue searching for Lynette by air, land and sea, though the effort has shifted from a rescue mission to a recovery operation.. Final hours under scrutiny. Lynette Hooker was last seen the night of April 4 after the couple left the Abaco Inn on a dinghy headed back to their anchored yacht.. DINGHY ROUTE TAKEN BY MISSING AMERICAN WOMAN AND JAILED HUSBAND RECREATED AS DETAILS OF DISAPPEARANCE EMERGE. Fox News Digital previously retraced the route — a short trip through waters local experts say are typically shallow, clear and heavily trafficked.. According to Brian Hooker’s account, Lynette fell overboard in worsening weather and strong winds. He has said the couple was not wearing life jackets and that the dinghy lost power after the ignition key went into the water.. In a recorded phone call obtained by CBS, Hooker described the incident as a series of mistakes, saying Lynette “basically just bounced off the dinghy” before he lost sight of her in the dark.. He has said he later paddled for help after searching for her.. WATCH: Volunteer fire and rescue team searches for missing Lynette Hooker. Family raises concerns. In an interview on Ashleigh Banfield’s “Drop Dead Serious” podcast, Lynette’s mother described a volatile relationship and said her daughter had left her husband multiple times in the past.. “They had a lot of highs and a lot of lows,” she said. “When there were bad times, they were bad times.”. She alleged Brian Hooker could become “mean” and “hateful” when drinking and said there had been instances where he became physical, adding she had long feared for her daughter’s safety.. Lynette had been planning to leave the marriage, her mother said in the interview.. FRIEND OF BRIAN HOOKER SPEAKS OUT, QUESTIONS DISAPPEARANCE OF WOMAN IN BAHAMAS MYSTERY. Separately, Lynette’s daughter, Karli Aylesworth, has questioned Brian Hooker’s version of events, saying the circumstances surrounding her mother’s disappearance “don’t add up.”. In a previous appearance on “Fox & Friends,” she also alleged he had been physically violent in the past.. “I’ve seen him choke out one of his daughters before. And we had to go to court for that,” Aylesworth said. “So he’s just repeating patterns.”. MISSING AMERICAN’S HUSBAND HAD ‘SPOTTY’ CELL SERVICE DURING 8-HOUR TREK TO REPORT DISAPPEARANCE: TELECOM BOSS. Brian Hooker has denied wrongdoing and has spoken publicly about the incident, saying in  

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. Federal authorities are warning Missouri officials not to release an illegal immigrant accused of raping and kidnapping a woman in a quiet college town on Easter Sunday — the second violent crime in the state in just weeks involving a suspect in the country unlawfully.. The Department of Homeland Security announced Monday that Cristian Lopez-Gomez, a Honduran national who entered the U.S. illegally in April 2024 and was released into the country under the Biden administration, is now charged in the attack in Kirksville, home to Truman State University.. Authorities say Lopez-Gomez raped the woman and held her against her will during the holiday weekend. He remains behind bars in the Adair County jail, where ICE has lodged a detainer to keep him from being released.. DHS reinforced that message in a social media post, urging Missouri officials not to release Lopez-Gomez and stressing that cooperation with ICE is key to ensuring suspects like him are not “released back into our communities.”. DHS reinforced that message in a statement on Monday, urging Missouri officials not to release Lopez-Gomez, whom it called an “animal” and a “monster.” The agency stressed that cooperation with ICE is key to ensuring suspects like him are not “released back into our communities.”. “Thankfully, Missouri cooperates with ICE law enforcement,” DHS Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said. “When state and local law enforcement work with ICE, we can safely remove criminal illegal aliens from our country and put the safety of American citizens first.”. FEDS CHARGE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT IN LOYOLA STUDENT KILLING AS ATTORNEY SAYS PROSECUTORS LACK ‘FAITH’ IN STATE. The disturbing case is rattling the college town and fueling broader outrage, coming just weeks after another high-profile attack in Missouri involving an illegal immigrant suspect.. In that March case, 18-year-old Honduran national Yefry Archaga-Elvir is accused of luring 15-year-old Miles Young into a deadly ambush before chasing him down and shooting him as the teen reportedly begged for his life.. ICE DETAINER LODGED FOR ILLEGAL MIGRANT ACCUSED OF MURDERING 15-YEAR-OLD MISSOURI BOY WHO BEGGED FOR HIS LIFE. The killing sparked fierce backlash from Republican leaders, who pointed to the suspect’s immigration status as a broader public safety failure.. GOT A TIP?. “Unfortunately, this is just the latest example of a Missourian killed by an illegal alien,” Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., said, calling for sweeping deportation efforts.. FOLLOW US ON X. Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., warned that “dangerous individuals who should not be here remain in our communities,” while Rep. Mark Alford added, “Our children should NEVER fear murder on our streets.”. Missouri State Treasurer Vivek Malek also weighed in, calling the teen’s death “another Missouri family destroyed” and arguing the crime “never would’ve happened” if the suspect had not been in the country.. GET BREAKING  

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. The defense of Charlie Kirk’s accused assassin, Tyler Robinson, is expected to call on an expert witness who also worked for Bryan Kohberger’s legal team at Friday’s hearing on their motion to kick news cameras out of the courtroom, according to court filings.. California-based trial consultant Bryan Edelman, who has a Ph.D. in social psychology, conducted a telephone survey for the defense and reported his findings on March 13.. “It is Dr. Edelman’s opinion that the modern internet and social media ecosystem — especially algorithmic curation and personalization — has fundamentally altered how news is consumed and makes local, high-profile publicity substantially harder to avoid for residents of the locality where the events giving rise to the case occurred and the case is being tried,” Robinson’s attorneys wrote in a filing last week.. ALLEGED CHARLIE KIRK ASSASSIN TYLER ROBINSON’S FINGERPRINTS, PALM PRINT FOUND NEAR ROOFTOP. SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER. Edelman’s testimony is expected to delve into pretrial publicity and public opinion connected to the case against Robinson, who faces the potential death penalty if convicted of aggravated murder and Kirk’s shooting death.. Robinson, 22, is accused of firing the fatal shot from a rooftop at Utah Valley University as Kirk, a 31-year-old father of two, spoke to a crowd of about 3,000 in the campus’ central courtyard.. In a summary of Edelman’s opinions filed with the court, the defense suggested that social media algorithms promote prominent local news, making it harder for potential jurors to avoid pretrial coverage of a case, including online commentary.. SEND US A TIP HERE. “Experimental research indicates that hostile or uncivil comments can affect readers’ interpretations and perceptions,” the defense wrote in the new filing. “In practical terms, the same news item may be encountered alongside inflammatory commentary that can heighten emotional response and shape impressions beyond the factual content of the reporting.”. Robinson’s lawyers, Kathryn Nester, Michael Burt, Richard Novak and Staci Visser, also argued that pretrial publicity impacts the jury pool and can increase the likelihood of guilty verdicts. Judges are often tasked with balancing the public’s right to access court proceedings and a defendant’s right to a fair trial.. LISTEN TO THE NEW ‘CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO’ PODCAST. Edelman also worked on a controversial juror questionnaire on behalf of Kohberger’s legal team. It included questions that Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson alleged were aimed at tainting the jury pool in that case.. Multiple people contacted for the survey called police, raising concerns about violations of a gag order meant to protect details ahead of trial.. Judge John Judge, who was presiding over Kohberger’s case at the time, called it “ironic” that the defense survey could have tainted the jury pool, rather than allegations from  

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. A Florida high school math teacher was arrested after investigators say she carried on a sexual relationship with a student, a case that began when suspicious parents tracked their son to a mystery location.. Kirsten Rose, 37, a teacher at Cocoa Beach Jr./Sr. High School, was taken into custody in connection with the case, the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office said.. The investigation began in March when the parents of a male student grew suspicious that he was having an inappropriate relationship with a teacher after he came home late from work and refused to explain where he had been, according to the sheriff’s office.. When his parents checked his location, they found he had been at an unfamiliar home. The teen initially claimed he was at a girlfriend’s house, but later admitted he was in a relationship with his teacher, investigators said.. COLORADO SCHOOL STAFFER ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ABUSING 13-YEAR-OLD STUDENT, NOW ON THE RUN. Detectives determined Rose and the student had been communicating privately on Instagram since November 2025. Authorities said the relationship turned sexual in February and continued into March.. Rose was arrested and booked into the Brevard County Jail, where she is being held without bond.. FLORIDA TEACHER CHARGED FOR ALLEGED SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH STUDENT WHO LIVED WITH HER. Rose faces five counts of unlawful sexual activity with a minor, along with lewd and indecent exposure offenses against a student by an authority figure.. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP. The investigation remains ongoing, and authorities are asking anyone with additional information to contact the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office Special Victims Unit.