--- description: California psychology professor Christine Blasey Ford held back tears as she described a 1980s party in suburban Maryland. title: Read Christine Blasey Ford's Opening Remarks image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b198d2b799d0216/69893b40db2987b503260ccb/brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-hearing-6.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Congress](/tag/congress/) ## Congress Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Read Christine Blasey Ford's Opening Remarks on Her Allegation of Sexual Assault Against Brett Kavanaugh  by [Abby Vesoulis](/author/abby-vesoulis/)  ## Abby Vesoulis Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 27, 2018 3:09 PM CUT  Christine Blasey Ford is sworn in before testifying to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 27. Christine Blasey Ford is sworn in before testifying to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 27.Win McNamee—Getty Images  by [Abby Vesoulis](/author/abby-vesoulis/)  ## Abby Vesoulis Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 27, 2018 3:09 PM CUT California psychology professor [Christine Blasey Ford](http://time.com/5408177/brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-testimony/ "undefined") held back tears as she described a 1980s party in suburban Maryland during which she alleges that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh got on top of her, put his hands over her mouth and tried to take off her clothes. In prepared remarks, Ford [recounted the alleged incident](http://time.com/5408120/brett-kavanaugh-christine-ford-friend-sexual-assault/ "undefined"), her response to it and the [ways in which it affected her life](http://time.com/5407627/christine-blasey-ford-senate-testimony-brett-kavanaugh/ "undefined"). “I was pushed onto the bed and Brett got on top of me,” she said. “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. Brett groped me and tried to take off my clothes.” Below are the remarks, as prepared for delivery. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5408380/christine-blasey-ford-opening-remarks-transcript/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5408380/christine-blasey-ford-opening-remarks-transcript/"},"headline":"Read Christine Blasey Ford's Opening Remarks on Her Allegation of Sexual Assault Against Brett Kavanaugh","datePublished":"2018-09-27T15:09:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T21:34:01.239Z","description":"California psychology professor Christine Blasey Ford held back tears as she described a 1980s party in suburban Maryland.","url":"https://time.com/5408380/christine-blasey-ford-opening-remarks-transcript/","keywords":["Congress","Supreme Court","justice","transcripts","Brett Kavanaugh"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b198d2b799d0216/69893b40db2987b503260ccb/brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-hearing-6.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Abby Vesoulis","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/abby-vesoulis/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b198d2b799d0216/69893b40db2987b503260ccb/brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-hearing-6.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-hearing-6","caption":"brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-hearing-7","creditText":"Win McNamee—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/congress/","name":"Congress"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5408380/christine-blasey-ford-opening-remarks-transcript/","name":"Read Christine Blasey Ford's Opening Remarks on Her Allegation of Sexual Assault Against Brett Kavanaugh"}}]}] ```