Christine Blasey Ford, a psychology professor, brought forth stunning accusations during Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings. She claimed he sexually assaulted her decades ago during a party while both were high school students in Maryland's D.C. suburbs.
She had written California Rep. Anna Eshoo and Sen. Dianne Feinstein outlining the allegations after Kavanaugh was nominated.
She would later testify before the Senate Judiciary once her allegations became known.
'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 told the Senate Judiciary Committee. 'They have been seared into my memory and have haunted me episodically as an adult.'
Blasey Ford, who attended an all girls private school, said she and friends sometimes socialized with friends from other nearby private boy's schools, and that she was friendly with a classmate of Kavanaugh's.
She said she attended a small gathering at a house she does not remember, that she drank one beer that night, and that Kavanaugh and his friend mark were 'visibly drunk.'
She testified that she went upstairs to use a bathroom, and that she was 'pushed from behind' into a bedroom. She said Kavnaaugh and his friend Mark [Judge] came in and locked the door behind them.
'I was pushed onto the bed and Brett got on top of me,' she told the Senate. '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 said Kavanaugh groped her and tried to take her clothes off. 'I believed he was going to rape me. I
