One ofBrett Kavanaugh‘s former Yale classmates has accused PresidentDonald Trump‘s embattledSupreme Court nomineeof lying about his drinking habits.
At hisSenate Judiciary Committee hearingon Thursday, Kavanaugh, 53,denied that he ever blacked outfrom alcohol. “I drank beer with my friends. Almost everyone did,” he said in his opening testimony. “Sometimes I had too many beers. Sometimes others did. I liked beer. I still like beer. But I did not drink beer to the point of blacking out, and I never sexually assaulted anyone.”
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“For the fact is, at Yale, and I can speak to no other times, Brett was a frequent drinker, and a heavy drinker,” wrote Ludington. “I know, because, especially in our first two years of college, I often drank with him. On many occasions I heard Brett slur his words and saw him staggering from alcohol consumption, not all of which was beer.”
The White House did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Ludington is sharing his memories with the FBI, whichis conducting a week-long investigationinto sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh — all of which the judge has denied. The investigation began after Republican Sen.Jeff Flakeof Arizona dramaticallyasked Senate leadership to delay the full vote on Kavanaugh’s nominationfor an FBI probe.
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Calling it his “civic duty” to come forward with this information, Ludington summarized, “I can unequivocally say that in denying the possibility that he ever blacked out from drinking, and in downplaying the degree and frequency of his drinking, Brett has not told the truth.”
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Christine Blasey Ford, a 51-year-old research psychologist and professor at Palo Alto University,claims that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted herat a high school party in the 1980s, where he allegedly pinned her down to a bed, groped her and tried to remove her clothes.
A second woman, Deborah Ramirez,accused Kavanaugh of committing sexual misconductwhen they were freshmen at Yale. Ramirez, 53, said that Kavanaugh “exposed himself at a drunken dormitory party, thrust his penis in her face, and caused her to touch it without her consent as she pushed him away,”The New Yorkerreported.
A third accuser, Julie Swetnick,accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. Kavanaugh has denied all the allegations.
source: people.com
