On Sept. 27, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hear testimony on sexual misconduct allegations against US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Now another woman, Julie Swetnick, has come forward with new allegations against Kavanaugh in a sworn statement, saying that he was part of a group of men who drugged and gang-raped young women, including herself, at parties throughout the early 1980s.
Swetnick’s affidavit, published on Twitter today (Sept. 26) by lawyer Michael Avenatti—whose clientele includes Stormy Daniels—contains damning accusations and a list of her security clearances, based on her work in the federal government. Her attorney also published emails showing he contacted the judiciary committee with this information on Sept. 24 and subsequently, but received no response. He is demanding an FBI investigation.
According to the affidavit, Swetnick says Kavanaugh and his friends “train” or “gang” raped women at parties. She says she has a “firm recollection” of seeing boys lined up to take turns with a girl in room, and Brett Kavanugh was among those in line. Despite her efforts to avoid being targeted herself, Swetnick swears that she was raped at a party in 1982. Her affidavit states:
In approximately 1982, I became the victim of one of these “gang” or “train” rapes where Mark Judge and Brett Kavanaugh were present. Shortly after the incident, I shared what had transpired with at least two other people. During the incident, I was incapacitated without my consent and unable to fight off the boys raping me. I believe I was drugged using Quaaludes or something similar placed in what I was drinking.
The accusations made by Swetnick lend support to Blasey Ford’s story. She said that she was attacked by Kavanaugh and his friend Judge at a high-school party. They also lend credence to the claims of Deborah Ramirez, who told The New Yorker on Sept. 23 that Kavanaugh drank excessively in college at Yale University and that he exposed himself to her at a party with others present.
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