--- ---  # Brett Kavanaugh's College Roommate Says Supreme Court Nominee Lied Under Oath by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Oct 4, 2018 12:22 PM UTC  Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh testifies in front of the Senate Judiciary committee regarding sexual assault allegations at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill Thursday, September 27, 2018. Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh testifies in front of the Senate Judiciary committee regarding sexual assault allegations at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill Thursday, September 27, 2018.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. Early Thursday, the FBI sent the results of its investigation of Kavanaugh’s sexual misconduct allegation to the Senate for review. 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