--- title: Two Men Claim They Assaulted Christine Ford, Not Kavanaugh description: The Senate Judiciary Committee interviewed two men who said they, not Brett Kavanaugh, attacked Christine Blasey Ford canonical: https://time.com/5408094/brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-two-men-claim-attack/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-09-27T12:11:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T17:22:38.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Two Men Tell Judiciary Committee They Assaulted Christine Ford, Not Kavanaugh og:description: The Senate Judiciary Committee interviewed two men who said they, not Brett Kavanaugh, attacked Christine Blasey Ford og:url: https://time.com/5408094/brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-two-men-claim-attack/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb031de553e62c0ff/69893af0e76ad277b563310e/gettyimages-1027782106.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5853 og:image:height: 3292 og:image:alt: Senate Holds Confirmation Hearing For Brett Kavanaugh To Be Supreme Court Justice og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Two Men Tell Judiciary Committee They Assaulted Christine Ford, Not Kavanaugh twitter:description: The Senate Judiciary Committee interviewed two men who said they, not Brett Kavanaugh, attacked Christine Blasey Ford twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb031de553e62c0ff/69893af0e76ad277b563310e/gettyimages-1027782106.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 video:duration: 00:50 video:published: 2018-09-27 section: politics topics: Supreme Court nomination, sexual assault allegation, Senate testimony, mistaken identity defense, Brett Kavanaugh, Christine Blasey Ford, congressional hearing genre: news, hearing coverage tones: serious, confrontational, tense, formal emotions: tension (high), resolve (medium), seriousness (high) sentiment: negative audience: political news readers, voters, legal observers, general news audience people: Christine Blasey Ford, Brett Kavanaugh organizations: Republican staff of the committee content_suitability: sexual content [00:00-00:50]; crime [00:08-00:45]; politics [00:00-00:50] transcript_source: automatic transcription transcript_reviewed: not applicable ---  # Two Men Tell Judiciary Committee They Assaulted Christine Ford, Not Kavanaugh > Sponsored content. 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The Latest on Her Senate Testimony](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/j3xBXTQO.m3u8) (0:50)  _Published 2018-09-27. California psychology professor Christine Blasey Ford said that she was “100 percent” positive that it was Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh who sexually assaulted her as a teenager in suburban Maryland._ Description, summary, key points, chapters, key quotes, questions and transcript, where present, were produced automatically from the video or its captions and were not reviewed. ## Summary A senator poses a critical question to California psychology professor Christine Blasey Ford during her Senate testimony: with what degree of certainty she believes Brett Kavanaugh assaulted her. The segment quotes Kavanaugh's opening statement denying any sexual or physical encounter with Dr. Ford while not questioning that she may have been assaulted by someone. The questioner notes that Republican staff released a timeline claiming two people said they were the actual assailants, and asks Ford to address this mistaken-identity defense. Ford responds that she is 100 percent certain. ## Key points - Kavanaugh's opening testimony states he never had any sexual or physical encounter of any kind with Dr. Ford. (00:08) - Kavanaugh says he is not questioning that Dr. Ford may have been sexually assaulted by some person in some place at some time. (00:08) - The Republican staff of the committee released a timeline showing they interviewed two people who claimed they were the ones who assaulted Ford. (00:21) - The questioner asks Ford to directly address the new defense of mistaken identity. (00:21) - The questioner asks Ford with what degree of certainty she believes Brett Kavanaugh assaulted her. (00:45) - Ford answers that her certainty is 100 percent. (00:45) ## Chapters - [00:00 to 00:21] Kavanaugh's opening denial of any encounter. The segment introduces Kavanaugh's opening testimony, in which he denies any sexual or physical encounter with Dr. Ford. - [00:21 to 00:45] Question on mistaken-identity defense. The questioner raises a timeline released by Republican staff claiming two other people assaulted Ford and asks her to address it. - [00:45 to 00:50] Ford states 100 percent certainty. Asked about her degree of certainty, Ford responds that she is 100 percent certain. ## Key quotes - [00:08] Brett Kavanaugh: "I never had any sexual or physical encounter of any kind with Dr. Ford." - [00:08] Brett Kavanaugh: "I am not questioning that Dr. Ford may have been sexually assaulted by some person in some place at some time." - [00:21] interviewer: "I'm asking you to address this new defense of mistaken identity directly." - [00:45] interviewer: "Dr. Ford, with what degree of certainty do you believe Brett Kavanaugh assaulted you?" - [00:45] Christine Blasey Ford: "100%." ## Questions this video answers - What does Brett Kavanaugh say in his opening testimony about any encounter with Dr. Ford? [00:08] - What new defense of mistaken identity has been raised by Republican staff? [00:21] - With what degree of certainty does Christine Blasey Ford believe Brett Kavanaugh assaulted her? [00:45] - Has the Republican staff claimed that other people assaulted Dr. Ford? [00:21] ## Content suitability - sexual content [00:00-00:50]: The segment discusses an alleged sexual assault of a teenager. - crime [00:08-00:45]: Allegations of sexual assault and claims of being the actual assailant are discussed. - politics [00:00-00:50]: Senate hearing on a Supreme Court nominee. by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Updated: Dec 12, 2023 5:22 PM UTCPublished: Sep 27, 2018 12:11 PM UTC California psychology professor Christine Blasey Ford said that she was “100 percent” positive that it was Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh who sexually assaulted her as a teenager in suburban Maryland. by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Updated: Dec 12, 2023 5:22 PM UTCPublished: Sep 27, 2018 12:11 PM UTC The Senate Judiciary Committee interviewed two men who said they, not Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, attacked Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused the judge of sexual assaulting her when they were in high school, according to a timeline released Wednesday that covers how the committee responded to the allegations of sexual misconduct. The timeline, released the night before public testimony from [Ford and Kavanaugh](http://time.com/5404169/christine-blasey-ford-testify-kavanaugh-thursday/) in front of the committee, reveals that between Sept. 24 and Sept. 26, two men claimed to be responsible for “the encounter” with Ford “that is the basis of her allegation.” Ford said Kavanaugh pinned her to a bed, covered her mouth and tried to remove her clothes at a house party in 1982\. Two other women have also come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct by Kavanaugh. The judge has denied claims by all three women. According to the timeline, committee staff interviewed the first man who said he believes he attacked Ford on Sept. 24\. They spoke to him again on Sept. 25 and said in the timeline that he “described his recollection of their interaction in some detail.” The man on Sept. 26 sent a “more in-depth written statement” to the committee. That same day, the committee’s investigative staff spoke on the phone with another man who said he had attacked Ford in 1982. “He explained his recollection of the details of the encounter,” the timeline says. Ford appeared in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday to testify about the allegations. Asked by Sen. Dianne Feinstein if it could be a case of mistaken identity, Ford said, “absolutely not.” > [](https://twitter.com/tcberenson/status/1045328470493081600) Ford’s testimony described being at a house party in the summer of 1982\. She says she was pushed into a bedroom and onto a bed where Kavanaugh got on top of her when she went upstairs to use the bathroom. “Brett groped me and tried to take off my clothes,” she [said](http://time.com/5407627/christine-blasey-ford-senate-testimony-brett-kavanaugh/) in the statement, noting that Kavanaugh covered her mouth to stop her from screaming. “This was what terrified me the most and has had the most lasting impact on my life. It was hard for me to breathe and I thought Brett was accidentally going to kill me.” Kavanaugh will also appear in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday. In a [prepared testimony](http://time.com/5407189/brett-kavanaugh-transcript-senate-testimony/), Kavanuagh strongly denies Ford’s accusation and says, “I have never sexually assaulted anyone — not in high school, not in college, not ever.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5408094/brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-two-men-claim-attack/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5408094/brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-two-men-claim-attack/"},"headline":"Two Men Tell Judiciary Committee They Assaulted Christine Ford, Not Kavanaugh","datePublished":"2018-09-27T12:11:45.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-12T17:22:38.000Z","description":"The Senate Judiciary Committee interviewed two men who said they, not Brett Kavanaugh, attacked Christine Blasey Ford","url":"https://time.com/5408094/brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-two-men-claim-attack/","keywords":["Congress","Supreme Court","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb031de553e62c0ff/69893af0e76ad277b563310e/gettyimages-1027782106.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb031de553e62c0ff/69893af0e76ad277b563310e/gettyimages-1027782106.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Senate Holds Confirmation Hearing For Brett Kavanaugh To Be Supreme Court Justice","caption":"Senate Holds Confirmation Hearing For Brett Kavanaugh To Be Supreme Court Justice","creditText":"Drew Angerer—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":"https://time.com/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/congress/","name":"Congress"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5408094/brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-two-men-claim-attack/","name":"Two Men Tell Judiciary Committee They Assaulted Christine Ford, Not Kavanaugh"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Christine Blasey Ford Says She is \"100%\" Positive Brett Kavanaugh Assaulted Her. 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