She told the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office she was hit in the back of the head, woke up to one man assaulting her, and that a second man then assaulted her while she kicked to fight back. She described a bump on her head, bruises on her arms, and bleeding for several days. She filed the report about two weeks later. She did not get a sexual-assault exam, and she has said she never got a clear look at either man.
The sheriff's office says the investigation is open. No suspects have been named and no arrests have been reported. On CNN she said her face is on the signs, she felt she was recognized, and she does not rule out being targeted. A line in the police report said one man called her a "Democratic bitch." She has since said she only caught the ending "-ic" and cannot confirm what was said.
The case sits in a tense lane: she is challenging Republican Rep. Abe Hamadeh in a heavily Republican West Valley district, and she does not rule out being targeted. Hamadeh has not questioned her account — he called for authorities to investigate the allegations thoroughly, including any possible camera footage of the time and place, "to prosecute the crime to the fullest extent of the law," adding that "no American should become a victim of a crime in their own community."
Arizona's Family (3TV/CBS 5) on why Greene-Placentia waited to report.
The story went public October 7 through Phoenix New Times, and the facts that can be checked all line up: the sheriff's office confirmed the report was filed on August 31 and that the investigation remains open. Everything else rests on what she told reporters and investigators — her memory is fragmentary, she described the men only as possibly white and could not clearly remember their faces, and no physical evidence has been reported. That is what the investigation will have to work with.