亚利桑那州一名民主党国会候选人声称，她在8月修复竞选标语期间遭到性侵。她告诉MS NOW，她公开这些指控是为了支持性虐待幸存者。
A Democratic congressional candidate in Arizona who alleges she was sexually assaulted while repairing a campaign August told MS NOW she was going public with her allegations to support survivors of sexual abuse.
“如果我不能为遭受性暴力的女性挺身而出，我就不能到处告诉人们我将为她们而战，”伯纳黛特·格林-普拉森西亚（Bernadette Greene-Placentia）周三在接受采访时说。
“I can’t go around telling people I’m going to fight for them if I’m not going to fight for women who are victims of sexual violence,” Bernadette Greene-Placentia said in an interview on Wednesday.
格林-普拉森西亚正在竞选亚利桑那州第八国会选区，以取代共和党众议员亚伯拉罕·哈马德（Abraham Hamadeh）。根据MS NOW获得的事故报告，她于8月31日向马里科帕县警长办公室报告称，两周前，两名男子袭击了她，导致她失去意识。
Greene-Placentia, who is running to unseat Republican Rep. Abraham Hamadeh in Arizona’s 8th Congressional District, told the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office on Aug. 31 that two weeks earlier, two men attacked her, knocking her unconscious, according to the incident report obtained by MS NOW.
她表示，醒来时其中一名男子正在强奸她，事故报告将此描述为“强奸”。她指控第二名男子在她体内抽插后拔出，并说了一句包含脏话的话，意为“不值得”，报告将此描述为“简单袭击”。这些指控最早由另类周报《凤凰城新时报》（Phoenix New Times）于周三早些时候报道。
She said she awoke to one of two men raping which the incident report characterizes as “rape.”She alleged the second man penetrated her before pulling out and saying, “not worth it,” using an expletive, which the report characterizes as “simple assault.”The allegations were first reported by the Phoenix New Times, an alternative weekly, earlier Wednesday.
这位民主党挑战者表示，根据事故报告，据称的袭击发生在8月14日凌晨2点左右，当时她正在修复竞选标语后走回停在太阳城（Sun City）停车场的车，该地距离凤凰城西北约25英里。事故报告称，格林-普拉森西亚不记得这些男子的外貌，但她认为他们是白人，其中一人穿着黑色靴子，脚很小。
The Democratic challenger said the alleged assault occurred while she was walking back to her car after repairing a campaign sign at around 2 a.m. on Aug. 14 in a parking lot in Sun City, about 25 miles northwest of Phoenix, according to the incident report. The incident report said Greene-Placentia did not recall the men’s appearances, but that she believed they were white and that one was wearing black boots and had small feet.
她还告诉 authorities，其中一名男子在袭击期间称她为“民主党的婊子”，尽管她不记得具体时间。报告结论称，她无法确定所谓袭击的“确切地点”，但她表示袭击“可能发生在99大道以北、贝尔路以南以及阳城区域内”。报告还称，Greene-Placentia没有就她的伤势寻求医疗帮助，也没有拍摄她的瘀伤照片。她告诉警察说，她在所谓的袭击后洗了“三次淋浴和一次 bath”。
She also told authorities one of the men called her a “Democratic bitch” during the assault, though she could not remember when. The report concludes that she could not identify the “exact location” of the alleged assault, but said it “could have taken place north of 99th Avenue, south of Bell Road, and within the Sun City area.”The report also states that Greene-Placentia did not seek medical attention for her injuries or photograph her bruises. She told police she took “three showers and a bath” after the alleged assault.
Maricopa县 sheriff办公室发言人Dave Moyer告诉MS NOW，调查仍在进行中。
Dave Moyer, a spokesperson for the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, told MS NOW the investigation is ongoing.
这些指控来临之际，关于康奈尔大学的一起所谓轮暴案的消息主导了全国头条，引发了人们对性侵问题的重新思考。但Greene-Placentia表示，她几周前就已经与这家替代性每周刊物进行了交谈，早于康奈尔新闻的曝出。
The allegations comes as the news of an alleged gang rape at Cornell University has dominated national headlines sparking a renewed reckoning over the problem of sexual assault. But Greene-Placentia said she spoke to the alternative weekly outlet several weeks ago, prior to the Cornell news breaking.
这位候选人表示，她多次外出修理倒下的或被风暴损坏的竞选标志“多达几十次”，以避免炎热和交通。她表示，自从所谓的袭击发生后，她已经不再在半夜外出。
The candidate said she had gone out to repair campaign signs that fell over or were damaged by storms “dozens of times” to avoid heat and traffic. Since the alleged assault, she said she has stopped going out in the middle of the night.
除了这之外和她的工作人员“更加警觉”之外，她表示，所谓的袭击并没有改变她的竞选活动。
Aside from that and her staff being “a little more hyper-aware,” she said the alleged assault has not changed her campaign.
Greene-Placentia告诉MS NOW，她最初感到“尴尬”、“生气”和“愤怒”，因为她没有设法抵挡所谓的袭击者。但她表示，她最终认为如果她不公开报告自己的指控，她将成为“伪君子”。“我公开出来，是我夺回我的权力，”她补充道。
Greene-Placentia told MS NOW that she was initially “embarrassed,” “pissed,” and “angry” that she did not manage to fight the alleged perpetrators off. But she said she eventually concluded she would be a “hypocrite” if she did not come forward to report her allegations. “Me coming forward is me taking my power back,” she added.
Greene-Placentia在2024年竞选同一席位的国会席位，但在初选中退出。7月份，她以超过65%的选票赢得民主党初选。
Greene-Placentia ran for the same House seat in 2024 before withdrawing during the primary. In July, she won the Democratic primary with more than 65% of the vote.
她将在下个月的大选中对阵哈马德——这位候选人获得了唐纳德·特朗普总统的支持，并在共和党初选中毫无 opposition 地参选——。库克政治报告将该选区描述为坚定的共和党区。
She will take on Hamadeh — who has earned the backing of President Donald Trump and ran unopposed in the Republican primary — in the general election next month. The Cook Political Report characterizes the district as solidly Republican.
在星期三晚上提供给MS NOW的声明中，哈马德称这些指控“令人不安”，并要求 authorities“彻查这些严重指控，包括找到所有可能的相关时间和地点的监控 footage，以便依法最大限度地起诉该犯罪行为。”哈马德补充说：“没有一个美国人应该在自己的社区中成为犯罪受害者。”
In a statement provided to MS NOW on Wednesday night, Hamadeh called the report of the allegations “disturbing” and asked authorities “to investigate these serious allegations thoroughly, including finding all possible camera footage of the time and place in order to prosecute the crime to the fullest extent of the law.”“No American should become a victim of a crime in their own community,” Hamadeh added.
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