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Bernadette Greene-Placentia, a Democratic congressional candidate in Arizona's 8th district, reported being raped at around 2 a.m. on August 14 while trying to fix a campaign sign in Sun City. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office confirmed receiving her report on August 31 and is conducting an investigation. Greene-Placentia decided to go public with the incident to support other survivors of sexual assault and emphasize her commitment to advocating for women's rights during her campaign against Republican Rep. Abe Hamadeh.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-08,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
Bernadette Greene-Placentia, a Democratic candidate running for Congress in Arizona’s 8th Congressional District, reported she was sexually assaulted while repairing campaign signs near Sun City around 2 AM on August 14. She stepped out of her Jeep Grand Cherokee into a parking lot at approximately 99th Avenue and Bell Road to fix a damaged sign, a routine she often did late-night to avoid daytime heat and traffic. Greene-Placentia was hit over the head and woke up to find herself being raped; another man approached but left after Greene-Placentia swung her leg at him. She reported the incident to Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office two weeks later on August 31, due to embarrassment. The Phoenix New Times first published details of the assault in a report, with Greene-Placentia saying she was covered in bruises and possibly suffered a concussion from the attack.
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Arizona congressional candidate says she was raped trying to repair campaign sign
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said a report was filed on Aug. 31.
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A Democratic congressional candidate in Arizona says she was raped over the summer while trying to repair a campaign sign.
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she → say → sign
Bernadette Greene-Placentia, who is running in the state's 8th district to try to unseat GOP Rep. Abe Hamadeh, told the Phoenix New Times, a local news outlet, that she was attacked at around 2 a.m. as she was walking toward a campaign sign in a parking lot in Sun City, north of Phoenix.
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she → run → Phoenix
Greene-Placentia said she was attacked, subdued and then woke up to find that she was being raped by an unknown assailant.
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she → say → assailant
Greene-Placentia told the news outlet she reported the assault to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, and that she chose to tell her story because she had been talking about fighting for Arizona residents while campaigning "and I didn't feel like I could keep saying that if I weren't also fighting for women that are victims of sexual assault."
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The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office confirmed to ABC News that a report was filed on Aug. 31 and that there is an ongoing investigation, but said the office could not comment further on the investigation.
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In a statement to ABC News, a campaign spokesperson said the attack happened around 2 a.m. on Aug. 14.
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attack → say → Aug.
"Bernadette made the difficult decision to speak publicly about the assault because she wants other survivors to know they are not alone," the spokesperson said.
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spokesperson → make → assault
"She is grateful for the support she has received from the community and asks that her privacy be respected as she continues to process what happened."
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In a phone call with ABC News, Greene-Placentia's campaign manager, Isaiah Lopez, confirmed that she went "missing in action" for two days following the assault.
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she → confirm → assault
Lopez said the campaign was at a canvass event in Chandler, Arizona, a couple days after the alleged assault on a Sunday, and she was "noticeably distraught."
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she → say → Sunday
He said he and her communications manager spoke with her privately that day while the campaign event was still going on where she told them that she'd been raped while repairing campaign signs.
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she → say → signs
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