--- title: Brett Kavanaugh's College Roommate: He Lied Under Oath description: Brett Kavanaugh's roommate from Yale says the Supreme Court nominee lied under oath about his drinking canonical: https://time.com/5415174/brett-kavanaughs-lying-under-oath-roommate/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-04T12:22:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T21:38:19.516Z article:section: Politics og:title: Brett Kavanaugh's College Roommate Says Supreme Court Nominee Lied Under Oath og:description: "I knew that he knew he wasn't telling the truth" og:url: https://time.com/5415174/brett-kavanaughs-lying-under-oath-roommate/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef00cee1111c5e47/69893b83bc6cfccf043e711d/gettyimages-1042093500.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 6016 og:image:height: 3384 og:image:alt: Dr. Christine Blasey Ford And Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh Testify To Senate Judiciary Committee og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Brett Kavanaugh's College Roommate Says Supreme Court Nominee Lied Under Oath twitter:description: "I knew that he knew he wasn't telling the truth" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef00cee1111c5e47/69893b83bc6cfccf043e711d/gettyimages-1042093500.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Brett Kavanaugh's College Roommate Says Supreme Court Nominee Lied Under Oath > Sponsored content. 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Pool—Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Oct 4, 2018 12:22 PM UTC One of Brett Kavanaugh’s college roommates at Yale University has accused the Supreme Court nominee of lying under oath. James Roche, who wrote an [op-ed in Slate](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/10/brett-kavanaugh-college-roommate-jamie-roche.html) this week that said Kavanaugh lied under oath about his drinking habits and the use of certain words. In an interview on CNN Wednesday, night Roche also said the judge was “notably heavier in his drinking than other people.” “Not only did I know he wasn’t telling the truth, I knew that he knew he wasn’t telling the truth,” Roche [told Anderson Cooper](https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/03/politics/yale-roommate-kavanaugh-cnntv/index.html). Kavanaugh’s drinking has come under scrutiny after [Christine Blasey Ford testified last week](http://time.com/5415027/christine-blasey-ford-testimony/) that he assaulted her while drunk at a party when they were teenagers in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Kavanaugh has aggressively denied all misconduct allegations and also denied ever being “blackout” drunk. Roche said he saw Kavanaugh return to their dorm suite drunk on multiple occasions, saying he would be “incoherent, stumbling.” “He would throw up, and then in the morning would have a lot of trouble getting out of bed.” Roche also said he believes Deborah Ramirez, who has accused Kavanaugh of exposing himself to her at a party when they were students at Yale University. “I know Debbie, and I know from my experience with her that there is zero chance that she is making up this story,” he said. Kavanaugh has denied Ramirez’s claims. In the Slate story, Roche wrote that he was willing to speak with the FBI in their probe of Kavanaugh’s background. It appears he will not be given the opportunity, however. 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