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What happened
Democratic congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia publicly stated that she was raped by two men in August while fixing campaign signs in Arizona. She filed a report with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office regarding the alleged attack. According to reports, she initially kept the incident secret out of shame and stated that she was knocked unconscious during the assault.
Reports across the spectrum agree that Democratic congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia alleged she was raped by two men in August while fixing campaign signs in Arizona.
Left-leaning outlets like The 19th and The Washington Post included content warnings regarding sexual assault and emphasized her decision to finally share her story publicly. Center outlets such as The Hill, The Wall Street Journal, and BBC News focused on the details of her opponent, the police report filed with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, and her spotty memory of the attack. Right-leaning outlets like the New York Post framed the coverage around her quote explaining why she initially kept the incident a secret.
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Congressional candidate says she was raped while repairing campaign signs
A Democratic congressional candidate in Arizona said Wednesday that she was raped by two men while repairing a campaign sign in August, revealing an alleged attack she said she initially kept secret out of shame. Bernadette Greene-Placentia, who is challenging Rep. Abraham Hamadeh (R) in Arizona’s 8th Congressional District, said she was attacked and…
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Source context: Content warning: This story references incidents of sexual assault. Bernadette Greene-Placentia, a Democratic candidate for Congress in Arizona, shared publicly for the first time that she was raped while fixing campaign signs over the summer. Greene-Placentia told her story to t…
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Content warning: This story references incidents of sexual assault. Bernadette Greene-Placentia, a Democratic candidate for Congress in Arizona, shared publicly for the first time that she was raped while fixing campaign signs over the summer. Greene-Placentia told her story to the local outlet Phoenix New Times, which published the account on Wednesday.…
Bernadette Greene-Placentia was fixing campaign signs in Sun City, Arizona, in August when two men attacked her from behind, she said.
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A Democratic congressional candidate in Arizona said Wednesday that she was raped by two men while repairing a campaign sign in August, revealing an alleged attack she said she initially kept secret out of shame. Bernadette Greene-Placentia, who is challenging Rep. Abraham Hamadeh (R) in Arizona’s 8th Congressional District, said she was attacked and…
Bernadette Greene-Placentia, who is running for a seat in the U.S. House, filed a report with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.
Bernadette Greene-Placentia says her memory of the attack is spotty and that she was knocked unconscious.
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The candidate said she was knocked unconscious and violently assaulted by two attackers in August.
