NEW KAV SEX SHOCKER
2nd woman claims attack at Yale dorm Embattled Supe pick denies sordid tale
Brett Kavanaugh faces salacious accusations that he thrust his private parts in a woman’s face while the two were students at Yale, according to a bombshell magazine report.
Two more allegations of sexual misconduct by federal appeals judge Brett Kavanaugh cast more controversy Sunday on his nomination to the Supreme Court — that he thrust his private parts in a woman’s face at a college party, and that he participated in gang rapes in the 1980s when he was in high school.
The accounts became public as Kavanaugh’s nomination was already roiled by allegations he tried to rape a woman while both were high school students.
Kavanaugh’s first public accuser, Calfornia college professor Christine Blasey Ford, is to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday. After Sunday’s revelations, a White House spokeswoman said the Trump administration remains “firmly behind Judge Kavanaugh,” and Republican senators showed no sign they plan to abandon his nomination.
In a story published Sunday night, The New Yorker quoted Deborah Ramirez, 53, saying that Kavanaugh exposed himself at a college dorm party when they were both students at Yale. The magazine reported that Ramirez claims Kavanaugh “thrust his penis in her face, and caused her to touch it without her consent as she pushed him away.”
“Brett was laughing,” Ramirez said. “I can still see his face, and his hips coming forward, like when you pull up your pants.”
Ramirez claims that a male student brought out a fake plastic penis at the party, where the group was playing a drinking game. At one point, she claims another male student exposed himself and other students encouraged her to “kiss it.”
“I wasn’t going to touch a penis until I was married,” said Ramirez, a devout Catholic. “I was embarrassed and ashamed and humiliated.”
During the incident, she claims, she heard another male student shouting about Kavanaugh.
“Somebody yelled down the hall, ‘Brett Kavanaugh just put his penis in Debbie’s face,’ ” she told The New Yorker. “It was his full name. I don’t think it was just ‘Brett.’ And I remember hearing and being mortified that this was out there.”
Another Yale student, who chose to remain anonymous, said he was “100% sure” that he had heard about Kavanaugh allegedly exposing himself to Ramirez at the time.
Kavanaugh denied Ramirez’s allegations, reported by New Yorker writers Ronan Farrow and Jane Mayer.
“This alleged event from 35 years ago did not happen,” Kavanaugh told the magazine. “The people who knew me then know that this did not happen, and have said so. This is a smear, plain and simple. I look forward to testifying on Thursday about the truth, and defending my good name — and the reputation for character and integrity I have spent a lifetime building — against these last-minute allegations.”
At least two Democratic senators are investigating the allegations, the magazine said. At least two other senators know about the claims, as well as some senior Republican staffers, the magazine said.
After hearing the claims in the New Yorker story, Senate Republicans allegedly tried to
push up the timing of Kavanaugh’s confirmation vote, which had already been postponed once.
“This 35-year-old, uncorroborated claim is the latest in a coordinated smear campaign by the Democrats designed to tear down a good man,” White House spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said in a statement.
“This claim is denied by all who were said to be present and is wholly inconsistent with what many women and men who knew Judge Kavanaugh at the time in college say. The White House stands firmly behind Judge Kavanaugh.”
The second new claim — that Kavanaugh and high school friend Mark Judge participated in gang rapes — came in a Twitter post by Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for porn star Stormy Daniels, who says she had sex with President Trump in 2006.
“I represent a woman with credible information regarding Judge Kavanaugh and Mark Judge. We will be demanding the opportunity to present testimony to the committee and will likewise be demanding that Judge and others be subpoenaed to testify. The nomination must be withdrawn,” Avenatti tweeted.
The new claims follow those of Christine Blasey Ford, who claims Kavanaugh tried to rape her at a high school party they both attended.
Ford, who was 15 at the time, told The Washington Post that she went upstairs at the party to use the bathroom, but was pushed into a bedroom and on top of a bed. There, she claims, Kavanaugh, then 17, attacked her. He allegedly groped her and tried to pull off her clothes and a one-piece bathing suit — all while holding his hand over her mouth so she couldn’t scream.
“I thought he might inadvertently kill me,” she said. “He was trying to attack me and remove my clothing.”
Judge was allegedly in the room during the attempted assault.
Kavanaugh has denied Ford’s allegations.
“I categorically and unequivocally deny this allegation,” he said in a statement distributed by the White House. “I did not do this back in high school or at any time.”
Kavanaugh is also scheduled to testify in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, the committee’s top Democrat, on Sunday night urged to postpone further consideration of Kavanaugh’s nomination. In a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, Feinstein asked that “the newest allegations of sexual misconduct be referred to the FBI for investigation.”