--- title: NYT Report Details New Kavanaugh Sexual Misconduct Claims description: A New York Times report has corroborated more details about a sexual misconduct case involving Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. canonical: https://time.com/5677929/new-york-times-brett-kavanaugh-sexual-misconduct/ author: Sanya Mansoor article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-09-15T16:49:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2024-01-24T11:16:19.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: New York 'Times' Report Details New Justice Brett Kavanaugh Sexual Misconduct Claims og:description: The report alleges that it has further corroborated Deborah Ramirez's story og:url: https://time.com/5677929/new-york-times-brett-kavanaugh-sexual-misconduct/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74b02d287d0039c5/698a02e6db298738702642a0/kavanaugh.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: Brett Kavanaugh Sworn In As 114th Supreme Court Justice og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: New York 'Times' Report Details New Justice Brett Kavanaugh Sexual Misconduct Claims twitter:description: The report alleges that it has further corroborated Deborah Ramirez's story twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74b02d287d0039c5/698a02e6db298738702642a0/kavanaugh.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Report Details New Justice Brett Kavanaugh Sexual Misconduct Claims > Sponsored content. 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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh attends his ceremonial swearing in the White House October 8, 2018 in Washington, DC.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images  by [Sanya Mansoor](https://time.com/author/sanya-mansoor/)  ## Sanya Mansoor Updated: Jan 24, 2024 11:16 AM UTCPublished: Sep 15, 2019 4:49 PM UTC [A New York _Times_ report](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/14/sunday-review/brett-kavanaugh-deborah-ramirez-yale.html), published Saturday evening, alleges that it has corroborated more details in the case of a woman who accused Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh of thrusting his penis at her during a Yale party in the early 1980s. The allegations from Deborah Ramirez, who was a freshman at the time, first surfaced during Kavanaugh’s heated Senate confirmation hearings. It was at those Senate hearings, that Christine Blasey Ford accused Kavanaugh of trying to rape her at a house party in 1982 in a [gripping testimony](https://time.com/5407627/christine-blasey-ford-senate-testimony-brett-kavanaugh/) that sparked many women to [come forward with their own stories](https://time.com/5415027/christine-blasey-ford-testimony/) about sexual assault. During the hearings, Kavanaugh had suggested that Ramirez’s accusations would have been “the talk of campus” if they were true. The _Times’_ report alleges that it was. Per the _Times:_ --- > “” --- Kavanaugh has emphatically denied any and all allegations of sexual assault. He did not speak to the _Times_ about their latest report, because they could not agree on terms for an interview, the newspaper stated. The _Times_ report also surfaced similar, yet previously unreported, allegations that Kavanaugh had his pants down at a different college party, where his friends pushed his penis into the hand of a female student. According to the report, classmate Max Stier witnessed the incident and alerted senators and the F.B.I. about this account. The report claims the agency did not investigate and Stier has declined to speak about the incident publicly. The report also states the F.B.I. interviewed none of the 25 individuals, brought by Ramirez’s legal team to the agency’s attention, who may have had corroborating evidence in her allegations. Additionally, many of those potential witnesses named by Ramirez “tried in vain” to reach the F.B.I. on their own, The _Times_ said. Per the newspaper: --- > “” --- At the time, Democrats were convinced the [F.B.I. investigation into the allegations was rigged](https://time.com/5417538/bett-kavanaugh-confirmed-senate-supreme-court/) in Kavanaugh’s favor and manipulated by the White House. The agency did not interview Ford or Kavanaugh in the process. On Sunday morning, President Donald Trump weighed in on the new and reportedly corroborated allegations, calling them “false accusations.” The President said the Department of Justice should “come to his rescue” and that Kavanaugh “should start suing people for libel.” > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1173231877181857795) > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1173297587773947920) Several Democratic candidates for the 2020 presidential election have also been outspoken on the issue, with at least three calling for his impeachment. Julián Castro tweeted after the new allegations surfaced that “it’s more clear than ever that Brett Kavanaugh lied under oath” and that “he should be impeached.” > [](https://twitter.com/JulianCastro/status/1173075279687929856) Sen. Kamala Harris tweeted that “he was put on the court through a sham process” and that “he must be impeached.” > [](https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris/status/1173250953103007745) Sen. Elizabeth Warren tweeted that the “newest revelations are disturbing” and “like the man who appointed him, Kavanaugh should be impeached.” > [](https://twitter.com/ewarren/status/1173290967773982722) Beto O’Rourke tweeted that “we know (Kavanaugh) lied under oath” and “he should be impeached.” > [](https://twitter.com/BetoORourke/status/1173311095416639488) Sen. Amy Klobuchar said on ABC’s _This Week_ that she strongly opposed him, “based on his views on executive power, which will continue to haunt our country, as well as how he behaved, including the allegations that we are hearing more about today.” > [](https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/1173226565351526400) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5677929/new-york-times-brett-kavanaugh-sexual-misconduct/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5677929/new-york-times-brett-kavanaugh-sexual-misconduct/"},"headline":"Report Details New Justice Brett Kavanaugh Sexual Misconduct Claims","datePublished":"2019-09-15T16:49:17.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-24T11:16:19.000Z","description":"The report alleges that it has further corroborated Deborah Ramirez's story","url":"https://time.com/5677929/new-york-times-brett-kavanaugh-sexual-misconduct/","keywords":["Supreme Court","Sexual Assault","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74b02d287d0039c5/698a02e6db298738702642a0/kavanaugh.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sanya Mansoor","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sanya-mansoor/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74b02d287d0039c5/698a02e6db298738702642a0/kavanaugh.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Brett Kavanaugh Sworn In As 114th Supreme Court Justice","caption":"Brett Kavanaugh Sworn In As 114th Supreme Court Justice","creditText":"Chip Somodevilla/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/supreme-court/","name":"Supreme Court"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5677929/new-york-times-brett-kavanaugh-sexual-misconduct/","name":"Report Details New Justice Brett Kavanaugh Sexual Misconduct Claims"}}]}] ```