Brett Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford will deliver dramatic testimony on Thursday where she says she was so terrified during an alleged attack she thought the Supreme Court nominee might killer her by accident.
Ford plans to acknowledge her recollection of the house party decades ago in the Washington suburbs, where she attended a private Catholic school near the one attended by the future high court nominee.
‘Brett groped me and tried to take off my clothes. He had a hard time because he was so drunk, and because I was wearing a one-piece bathing suit under my clothes. I believed he was going to rape me,’ she says in prepared testimony.
Christine Blasey Ford plans to testify about her allegations that Brett Kavanaugh tried to rape her decades ago. ‘It was hard for me to breathe, and I thought that Brett was accidentally going to kill me,’ she plans to testify
Describing the scene, Ford says says she was in an upstairs bedroom with Kavanaugh and his friend Mark Judge.
‘There was music already playing in the bedroom. It was turned up louder by either Brett or Mark once we were in the room. I was pushed onto the bed and Brett got on top of me. He began running his hands over my body and grinding his hips into me. I yelled, hoping someone downstairs might hear me, and tried to get away from him, but his weight was heavy,’ she recalls.
She then describes a unnerving scene where she tried to seek aid, and feared for her own life.
‘I tried to yell for help. When I did, Brett put his hand over my mouth to stop me from screaming. This was what terrified me the most, and has had the most lasting impact on my life. It was hard for me to breathe, and I thought that Brett was accidentally going to kill me,’ she plans to say.
‘Both Brett and Mark were drunkenly laughing during the attack. They both seemed to be having a good time. Mark was urging Brett on, although at times he told Brett to stop. A couple of times I made eye contact with Mark and thought he might try to help me, but he did not,’ she said.
Ford acknowledges she does not have recall of all the details of the incident – including the host or the address of the party, or the date when it allegedly occurs. Kavanaugh flat out denies it, and calls claims by another accuser the ‘Twilight Zone.’
“I don’t have all the answers, and I don’t remember as much as I would like to. But the details about that night that bring me here today are ones I will never forget,’ she said.