I was a virgin in high school, says Kavanaugh, denies assault charge
Kavanaugh and his accuser will testify before Senate panel tomorrow
Washington, Sept. 25: Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh declared in a televised interview that he never sexually assaulted anyone in high school or at any other time in his life.
Mr Kavanaugh and his wife, Ashley, sat down for an interview with Fox News Channel’s The Story with Martha MacCallum
after a second woman accused him of sexual misconduct.
In the Fox interview Kavanaugh got a taste of the personal questions he’ll face from senators. MacCallum asked him how long he was a virgin in college, after he volunteered that he never had sex in high school. “Many years after. I’ll leave it at that,” he said.
Ashley Kavanaugh was asked whether she wondered if her husband was telling the truth about the allegations against him. “No, I know Brett. I’ve known him for 17 years,” she said, adding: “I know his heart. This is not consistent with Brett.”
Christine Blasey Ford has accused Mr Kavanaugh of assaulting her at a party when they were teenagers. Mr Kavanaugh denied that he was “at any such party”. He said that he did not question that perhaps Ford at some point in her life was sexually assaulted, “but what I know is I’ve never sexually assaulted anyone”.
Mr Kavanaugh said it’s possible he may have met Ms Ford at some time, but he said that they were not friends and did not travel in the same social circles. He said that he did not remember being at a party with her.
“I was not at the party described,” Kavanaugh said.
Mr Kavanaugh was asked if there was any chance Ms Ford misunderstood an exchange between them. “I have never had any sexual or physical activity with Dr Ford,” Mr Kavanaugh said. “I’ve never sexually assaulted anyone, in high school or otherwise.”
Ford and Kavanaugh are set to testify Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The second woman, Deborah Ramirez, has accused Mr Kavanaugh of exposing himself to her at a Yale dormitory party, putting his penis in her face and causing her to touch it without her consent as she pushed him away. Mr Kavanaugh said on Monday, “I never did any such thing.”
“If such a thing had happened, it would have been the talk of campus,” Kavanaugh said.
President Donald Trump and Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell say they are determined to get Kavanaugh on the court, calling the allegations against him false and politically motivated. Kavanaugh was defiant as well.