{"id":71650,"date":"2026-04-14T09:56:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T14:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/14\/billionaire-sugar-daddy-kicks-swalwell-out-of-his-mansion-wants-1m-back-after-heinous-sex-allegations\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T09:56:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T14:56:41","slug":"billionaire-sugar-daddy-kicks-swalwell-out-of-his-mansion-wants-1m-back-after-heinous-sex-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/14\/billionaire-sugar-daddy-kicks-swalwell-out-of-his-mansion-wants-1m-back-after-heinous-sex-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Billionaire sugar daddy kicks Swalwell out of his mansion, wants $1M back after heinous sex allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The billionaire founder of Diamond Resorts, Stephen Cloobeck, is cutting ties with Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/eric-swalwell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eric Swalwell<\/a>, D-Calif., and forcing him out of his California mansion after sexual misconduct allegations derailed Swalwell&#8217;s bid to become the next governor of California.<\/p>\n<p>Cloobeck, who has backed Swalwell since 2017, broke dramatically with Swalwell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/news\/eric-who-billionaire-who-backed-swalwells-campaign-disgusted-sex-assault-allegations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in interviews<\/a> with the New York Post and Fox 11 Los Angeles just hours after Swalwell announced he would abandon his campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am no longer supporting Eric. F&#8212;ing tell everyone I\u2019m a libertarian. F&#8212; you, Democrat Party. I\u2019m a libertarian now,&#8221; Cloobeck <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/12\/us-news\/billionaire-stephen-cloobeck-cuts-ties-with-eric-swalwell-and-fumes-f-the-democratic-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told the Post.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am now a Republican,&#8221; he added to Fox 11 LA.<\/p>\n<p>He confirmed Swalwell would no longer be welcome at his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/west\/california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California<\/a> residence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/swalwell-faces-house-ethics-probe-over-alleged-sexual-misconduct-expulsion-threat-looms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SWALWELL FACES HOUSE ETHICS PROBE OVER ALLEGED SEXUAL MISCONDUCT AS EXPULSION THREAT LOOMS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have a lot of people who stay at my house. I built a gorgeous place, my dream home, I relish it, and I\u2019m a very generous man. I\u2019m very thoughtful and I\u2019m very kind,&#8221; Cloobeck said.<\/p>\n<p>Cloobeck has donated to Swalwell\u2019s primary and general campaigns, contributing $23,400 from 2017 to 2023. He has also given the Democratic congressman gifts, including a $39,900 flight to Nice, France, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/disclosures-clerk.house.gov\/public_disc\/financial-pdfs\/2024\/10066827.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">congressional disclosures.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The billionaire hinted that he would cut ties with more of the party than just Swalwell.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/swalwell-calls-sexual-misconduct-allegations-flat-out-false-says-he-fight-them-with-everything\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SWALWELL CALLS SEXUAL MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS &#8216;FLAT OUT FALSE,&#8217; SAYS HE WILL FIGHT THEM &#8216;WITH EVERYTHING&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m going to change my Godd&#8212; party affiliation, because I cannot stand this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/democratic-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratic Party<\/a> at all,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I am done. Finito.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cloobeck did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Fox News Digital if he would consider backing a Republican candidate in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\/gubernatorial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California race for governor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>His about-face toward Swalwell follows a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/swalwells-former-female-staffer-drops-bombshell-allegations-sexual-assault-exposing-himself-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bombshell report on Friday<\/a> from the San Francisco Chronicle, detailing alleged accounts of Swalwell\u2019s pursuit of intoxicated women, pressuring employees into intimate situations and asking for explicit images from female contacts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/dem-senator-ripped-smear-female-activist-advocating-swalwell-accusers-very-bad-look\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DEM SENATOR RIPPED FOR &#8216;SMEAR&#8217; OF FEMALE ACTIVIST ADVOCATING FOR SWALWELL&#8217;S ACCUSERS: &#8216;VERY BAD LOOK&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rumblings of misconduct from Swalwell first emerged earlier this month when Cheyenne Hunt, a former Capitol Hill staffer and a political media personality, began <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/swalwell-campaign-rejects-outrageous-allegations-sexual-misconduct-dem-activists-issue-viral-warning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">circulating testimony from women<\/a> who said they had been sexually assaulted by the congressman.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Democratic candidate currently leading in the California governor\u2019s race has a known history of being predatory towards women,&#8221; Hunt claimed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cheyenne.l.hunt\/reel\/DWjgJEAETWI\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">in a post to social media.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Swalwell announced his decision to step down after a series of Democrats, including former House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/pelosi-california-dems-slam-swalwell-bombshell-sexual-assault-allegations-indefensible\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., demanded<\/a> that Swalwell exit the race.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/eric-swalwell-exits-california-governor-race-apologizing-past-judgment-while-denying-claims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suspending my campaign for governor<\/a>. I will fight the serious, false allegations that have been made \u2014 but that\u2019s my fight, not the campaign\u2019s,&#8221; Swalwell said in a post to X.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The billionaire founder of Diamond Resorts, Stephen Cloobeck, is cutting ties with Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., and forcing him out of his California mansion after sexual misconduct allegations derailed Swalwell&#8217;s bid to become the next governor of California. Cloobeck, who has backed Swalwell since 2017, broke dramatically with Swalwell in interviews with the New York &#8230; <a title=\"Billionaire sugar daddy kicks Swalwell out of his mansion, wants $1M back after heinous sex allegations\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/14\/billionaire-sugar-daddy-kicks-swalwell-out-of-his-mansion-wants-1m-back-after-heinous-sex-allegations\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Billionaire sugar daddy kicks Swalwell out of his mansion, wants $1M back after heinous sex allegations\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71650\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}