Washington Sep 17 (IANS) A woman accusing Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct more than 30 years ago has come forward publicly detailing her allegations about President Donald Trump s Supreme Court nominee.
In an exclusive Washington Post interview on Sunday Christine Blasey Ford said that one summer in the early 1980s Kavanaugh and a friend - both "stumbling drunk" corralled her into a bedroom during a gathering of teenagers at a house in Montgomery County.
While his friend watched she said Kavanaugh pinned her to a bed and groped her over her clothes. When she tried to scream she said he put his hand over her mouth.
"I thought he might inadvertently kill me " said Ford now a 51-year-old research psychologist in northern California. "He was trying to attack me and remove my clothing."
Ford said she was able to escape when Kavanaugh s friend and classmate at Georgetown Preparatory School Mark Judge jumped on top of them. She said she ran from the room briefly locked herself in a bathroom and then fled the house.
"Now I feel like my civic responsibility is outweighing my anguish and terror about retaliation " Ford told The Post.
Ford said she told no one of the incident in any detail until 2012 when she was in couples therapy with her husband.
The therapist s notes portions of which were provided by Ford and reviewed by The Washington Post do not mention Kavanaugh s name but say she reported that she was attacked by students "from an elitist boys school" who went on to become "highly respected and high-ranking members of society in Washington".
On Sunday the White House sent The Post a statement Kavanaugh issued last week when the outlines of Ford s account became public.
"I categorically and unequivocally deny this allegation. I did not do this back in high school or at any time " he said in the statement.
Ford in a letter in July described the incident and said she expected her story to be kept confidential.

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