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Deborah Ramirez, a 53-year-old former Yale University classmate of embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, claims that Kavanaugh once exposed himself to her at a dorm room party and forced her to touch his penis without her consent while the two were at school together.
According to a report from The New Yorker, Ramirez — who now lives in Colorado working with an organization that supports domestic violence victims — says the alleged sexual assault happened during the 1983-84 school year when Kavanaugh was a Yale freshman. The alleged incident reportedly happened in a dorm in Lawrence Hall in Yale’s Old Campus.
Ramirez has asked for the FBI to investigate. Kavanaugh has since denied the allegations and the White House has released the following statement:
“This 35-year-old, uncorroborated claim is the latest in a coordinated smear campaign by the Democrats designed to tear down a good man. This claim is denied by all who were said to be present and is wholly inconsistent with what many women and men who knew Judge Kavanaugh at the time in college say. The White House stands firmly behind Judge Kavanaugh.”
Christine Blasey Ford, the first woman to accuse Kavanaugh of sexual assault committed to testifying about her own allegations before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, September 27.
At a press conference on Tuesday, September 25, press secretary Sarah Sanders said that the White House is open to having Ramirez testify alongside the first accuser and Kavanaugh before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, September 27.
