The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday morning executed a search warrant at a Beverly Hills mansion, reportedly in connection with an ongoing investigation into former Rep. Eric Swalwell. Agents were at the North Roxbury Drive property, though no arrests were planned, an FBI spokesperson confirmed.
"We are executing a search warrant. Court documents are sealed. No arrests are planned," FBI spokesperson Lourdes Arocho said.
The mansion belongs to Stephen Cloobeck, a 64-year-old billionaire and known figure in Democratic politics. Mr. Swalwell, a Democrat from Dublin, had reportedly stayed at the home several times during his campaign for California governor and used it for political events. It was also where he filmed a video denying sexual assault accusations before those allegations became public. A spokesperson for Mr. Swalwell declined to comment on the raid.
Mr. Swalwell exited the California governor’s race and resigned from Congress in April after facing accusations of sexually assaulting a former staffer and acting inappropriately with other young women, allegations he denied at the time. Despite being among the front-runners in polls before his departure, the accusations upended the race and brought scrutiny to Capitol Hill's culture around sexual impropriety.
The investigation linked to the Beverly Hills raid is not the first federal action concerning Mr. Swalwell. In August, agents seized his electronic devices and conducted a search at his Washington home. He was also briefly held at San Francisco International Airport for search purposes before being released the same day, according to a person familiar with the inquiry. Later that summer, his Dublin home was also searched based on a warrant tied to a civil rights investigation related to the sexual assault allegations. Court records show investigators sought Mr. Swalwell’s white iPhone and MacBook Pro.
Federal prosecutors are reportedly using civil rights law to investigate Mr. Swalwell's conduct as a member of Congress, specifically looking into whether he violated a federal law that prohibits anyone acting under official government authority from willfully depriving a person of their constitutional rights. Separate investigations are also being conducted by authorities in New York and Los Angeles County.
In April, a former Swalwell staffer accused him in the San Francisco Chronicle of sexual assault in a New York hotel room in 2024 while intoxicated, and also in 2019. These allegations were followed by other accounts of sexual misconduct from other women. More recently, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department sent its investigation into allegations about an attack in West Hollywood to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office for a filing decision. Lonna Drewes accused Mr. Swalwell of drugging, raping, and choking her in 2018 during a news conference earlier this year.
Adding another layer to Mr. Swalwell's public challenges, declassified documents released in August by a White House Government Transparency Task Force revealed that he had acknowledged "physical relations" with alleged Chinese intelligence operative Christine "Fang Fang" Fang between 2012 and 2015 during FBI interviews. Mr. Swalwell's lawyers had attempted to block the release of these documents, known as the "Rusty Thumbs" files.
The owner of the raided Beverly Hills mansion, Stephen Cloobeck, has his own notable public profile. A self-made billionaire from the timeshare industry, he sold his Las Vegas-based Diamond Resorts company for $2.2 billion. He was deeply involved in Nevada Democratic politics, developing a close relationship with the late U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, before launching his own unsuccessful bid for California governor. After failing to gain significant traction, he threw his support behind Mr. Swalwell.
More recently, Mr. Cloobeck has been embroiled in a criminal case involving Adva Lavie, a 29-year-old OnlyFans model. Prosecutors accuse Ms. Lavie, who also uses the names Mia Ventura, Shoshana, and Shana, of posing as girlfriends to numerous men between 2023 and 2025 to pilfer cash, gold, and high-value items from homes in Westlake Village, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, and Beverly Hills. She has pleaded not guilty and awaits trial. Ms. Lavie was arrested in July while out on bail and is also reportedly under investigation for potentially drugging Mr. Cloobeck with ketamine, according to a police search warrant reviewed by The Times.
The raid on Mr. Cloobeck’s property adds a new, very Southern California chapter to the complex legal and political saga surrounding Mr. Swalwell, highlighting the interconnected and often surprising world of local figures and federal inquiries.
