A group of more than 60 men and women who attended Georgetown Preparatory School or its sister school came to the defense of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, following the latest accusation of sexual misconduct against Kavanaugh.
The group rejected allegations from Julie Swetnick, who graduated from Gaithersburg High School in Maryland and claimed Wednesday she saw Kavanaugh and his friend Mark Judge drink “excessively” and “engage in highly inappropriate conduct” while attending house parties in the Washington, D.C., area in the early 1980s. She also alleged that Kavanaugh was present at such a house party where she was gang raped.
“Nonsense,” the group of men and women wrote in a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday. “We never witnessed any behavior that even approaches what is described in this allegation. It is reprehensible.”
“In the extensive amount of time we collectively spent with Brett, we do not recall having ever met someone named Julie Swetnick,” they added. “Nor did we ever observe Brett engaging in any conduct resembling that described in Ms. Swetnick’s declaration.”
In an affidavit released Wednesday morning by her lawyer Michael Avenatti, Swenick claimed that Kavanaugh was “overly aggressive” with girls. She said he spiked their drinks and touched them inappropriately without their consent. She also claimed Kavanaugh and his friend Mark Judge tried to drug girls so they could “then be ‘gang raped’” by multiple boys. The affidavit said that she told two other unnamed people she had been gang raped.
Kavanaugh faces two other sexual misconduct allegations.
Christine Blasey Ford, who is testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday along with Kavanaugh, claims Kavanaugh forced himself onto her at a high school party in the 1980s. Her identity was first reported by the Washington Post. Deborah Ramirez also accuses Kavanaugh of exposing himself to her at a college party in the 1980s at Yale University when they were students.
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He has denied all allegations of sexual misconduct.
“Brett Kavanaugh is a good man,” the letter concluded. “He has always treated women with respect and decency. He is a man of honor, integrity, and compassion. These shameful attacks must end. This process is a disgrace and is harming good people.”
