Four people accuse Eva Lopez Chavez, a SLC Council member, of unwanted ‘sexual’ advancesLopez Chavez, who is now running for Congress, said she is “shocked by the allegations.”
Robert Gehrke
April 22, 2026, 9:25 p.m. Updated: April 23, 2026, 12:33 p.m.
S.L. TribuneFour people from Utah political circles — three of them elected officials — accuse Eva Lopez Chavez, a Salt Lake City Council member and Democratic congressional candidate, of restraining them during what they considered unwanted sexual advances.
Lopez Chavez, through attorney Greg Skordas, said nothing “inappropriate” occurred during her interactions with three of the people and the fourth alleged contact “never occurred.” She is “shocked by the allegations,” a statement from Skordas said. “She is prepared to address them in any forum. She stands ready to submit to a polygraph test regarding these various allegations if requested.”
Victoria Petro, who is Lopez Chavez’s fellow City Council member; Maggie Regier, who worked on Stan Penfold’s mayoral campaign in 2019; Hoang Nguyen, who is now a state representative; and Jen Plumb, now a state senator, described their allegations in interviews with The Salt Lake Tribune. Each person said their allegations arose in social settings before Lopez Chavez joined the City Council in 2023. ...
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Salt Lake City Councilwoman Eva Lopez Chavez, now a Democrat congressional candidate, once described herself as “a Mexican lesbian shaping downtown.”
She is now facing allegations from four women, including three elected officials, who say she restrained them during advances they considered sexual and unwanted. Lopez Chavez denies wrongdoing and says one alleged encounter “never occurred.”
10:34 AM · Apr 23, 2026
