d she drove straight home, and she said she believes police have footage of her driving home.

A police report from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office says the incident occurred on Aug. 14 between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m., and she reported the incident on Aug. 31.

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said in a statement earlier this week that it was investigating the incident but could not comment further.

Greene-Placentia said she told her husband and staff the next day, but she didn't want to talk about it at first.

Greene-Placentia said Friday that she realized she wanted to come forward while she was telling her own personal story on the trail. She said she was talking about how her father died while waiting to get care with the Department of Veterans Affairs and she found out six months later that her mother had been rationing her insulin.

 I was asking them, 'Do you think anybody's gonna fight harder than me?'  Greene-Placentia said.  And then in the back of my head, I'm like, 'Well you're telling these folks that you're gonna fight for them, but what about all the women that are victims of sexual assault? Are you not gonna fight for them? That kind of makes you a hypocrite, Bernadette.' 

Greene-Placentia's story was first published on Wednesday in the Phoenix New Times. Since then, her opponent, Hamadeh, called it a  disturbing story,  and he was calling  upon authorities to investigate these serious allegations thoroughly, including finding all possible camera footage of the time and place in order to prosecute the crime to the fullest extent of the law. 

Greene-Placentia said that she wants to tell women who come up to her that she understands what they are going through.

 As women, we want to take responsibility for everything and blame ourselves, and that is a societal problem we've got to get away from,  Greene-Placentia said.