5 Supreme Court Sexual Assault Cases That You Should Know About
1. Supreme Court Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh in sexual assault crime Christine Ford is the woman who accuses Judge Kavanaugh of sexual assault. At the opening of the hearing she said she was "terrified," but it was her "duty" to testify. At the hearing, Christine said Kavanaugh tried to rape her at a student party in 1982, something the judge denies. "I think it's my civic duty to tell you what happened to me when Brett Kavanaugh and I were in high school," she said, reading word by word a prepared statement, with interspersed silences as she tried to fight back the tears. She said that for a long time she was too embarrassed to talk about what happened, but she still suffered the consequences. "The details of that night, which is what brings me here, are things I will never forget. They were etched in my memory and tormented me at times in my adult life, " she said. Since Blasey Ford came to light with her testimony, two other women f