Eric Swalwell’s hotshot attorney has come out swinging after a bombshell new rape claim was leveled at the former congressman.

Sara Azari told NewsNation on Wednesday “regret is not rape.”

She continued: “So the fact that, you know, a day later, years later, or whatnot, you maybe had shame around what you did, or maybe you were in a relationship and shouldn’t have done what you did, doesn’t make it rape.”

Swalwell resigned from Congress Wednesday amid a smattering of serious sexual misconduct allegations, including from Beverly Hills model Lonna Drewes.

She claimed Swalwell choked her unconscious after he allegedly roofied her in 2018. Drewes described her alleged traumatic experience in the front of the press.

“When I arrived at his hotel room, I was already incapacitated, and I couldn’t move my arms over my body. He raped me, and he choked me. And while he was choking me, I lost consciousness. I thought I died,” she said.

Drewes had met Swalwell on two other occasions and was expecting to form a strictly-business connection with him, she claimed.

The victim and her attorneys went to the LA County Sheriff’s Department to file a police report after she recounted her encounter with Swalwell.

LA authorities say they are investigating the incident, which happened in July 2018 at the Montrose Hotel in West Hollywood.

“The investigation remains in its preliminary stages and is ongoing. Investigators are in the process of gathering information, reviewing available evidence, and conducting follow up inquiries as part of a comprehensive investigative process,” the sheriff’s department said.

A different woman, Annika Albrecht, came forward to accuse Swalwell of luring her to a hotel room after allegedly sending her pervy messages on Snapchat.

She claimed Swalwell, who initially started chatting to her under the guise of a professional mentorship, quickly asked for her Snapchat. Eventually, she alleged, the messages crossed the line to “sexually inappropriate” before he hit her with the hotel invite.

“I keep thinking about how lucky I am that I didn’t go to that hotel,” Albrecht said, adding that she immediately stopped responding to him. “It was very clear what the connotation was.”

She claimed Swalwell, who initially started chatting to her under the guise of a professional mentorship, quickly asked for her Snapchat. Eventually, she alleged, the messages crossed the line to “sexually inappropriate” before he hit her with the hotel invite.

And another victim, a woman who has not been identified, claims Swalwell sexually assaulted her in a New York City hotel room in 2024.

Azari is a top Los Angeles attorney who is “frequently retained by high-profile individuals facing allegations of sexual misconduct, arising in the context of the #MeToo movement,” her legal bio says.

She makes frequent appearances as a legal contributor in the media and also works as a legal analyst for NewsNation.

Azari argues that the allegations against Swalwell shouldn’t be hashed out in the court of public opinion.

“I don’t dispute the severity of what is being alleged here, being alleged that he committed rapes; one person was allegedly drugged,” Azari said. “That underscores why we can’t hash this out in the court of public opinion.”

“These allegations are false. The court of public opinion is not the venue to bring out receipts,” she added.

Swalwell has faced several ramifications from the allegations including his resignation from Congress and his lost gubernatorial campaign. He’s apologized for “mistakes” he’s made in his past.