Alameda DA: No Case Without Victim, Urges Resources

0:00Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones-Dixon says her office stands ready to help any victims of sexual assault linked to former East Bay. Rep Eric Swalwell, but so far, no one's come forward. Swalwell faced accusations from multiple women earlier this month, with reports from the San Francisco Chronicle and CNN detailing alleged assaults, including one right here in Alameda County. He denied it all, promised to fight back, then dropped out of the California Governor's race and quit Congress. Swalwell actually started his career as a prosecutor in the same Alameda County DA's office, back when he overlapped with Jones-Dixon herself. Those allegations hit hard enough to end his political run quick. Jones-Dixon laid it out plain, without a victim stepping up, there's no case to build. She won't go hunting for witnesses either, citing legal and ethical red lines. She gets it though, some folks take 30 years or more to speak out on trauma like this, and no one's judging their timeline. Instead, she's pointing people to solid resources like the county's trauma recovery center,

1:03therapists, doctors, or even lawyers outside her office. Start the process your way, she says, and law enforcement in any jurisdiction can pick it up from there. Meanwhile, she's throwing shade at those unofficial hotlines popping up, like the one from recalled DA Pamela Price, or the tip line by U.S. Attorney. Info their ain't confidential, your name, your story, it all goes public, and it doesn't even reach real cops. Victims deserve better channels that actually protect and move things forward. That's your update from California News Today, powered by AI.