On the eve of Brett Kavanaugh’s high-profile hearing to address sexual misconduct allegations, Attorney Michael Avenatti identified and released a “sworn declaration” from Julie Swetnick, a woman who claims Kavanaugh was involved in “gang” rapes in the early 1980s.
Here is a picture of my client Julie Swetnick. She is courageous, brave and honest. We ask that her privacy and that of her family be respected. pic.twitter.com/auuSeHm5s0
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) September 26, 2018
Below is my correspondence to Mr. Davis of moments ago, together with a sworn declaration from my client. We demand an immediate FBI investigation into the allegations. Under no circumstances should Brett Kavanaugh be confirmed absent a full and complete investigation. pic.twitter.com/QHbHBbbfbE
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) September 26, 2018
Kavanaugh issued a strong denial in response, saying: “This is ridiculous and from the Twilight Zone. I don’t know who this is and this never happened.”
According to Swetnick’s sworn declaration, tweeted by Avenatti minutes before he posted a photo of Swetnick, the accuser said she first met Kavanaugh and Judge at a Washington, DC-area house party sometime between 1980 and 1981.
Swetnick said that between 1981 and 1983 she attended “well over 10 house parties” at which Kavanaugh and Judge were present. She said she witnessed both men “drink excessively and engage in highly inappropriate conduct, including being overly aggressive with girls and not taking ‘no’ for an answer.”
- Swetnick’s allegations include claims that Kavanaugh and Judge tried to “spike” drinks with drugs or liquor that was particularly high in alcohol content to “cause girls to lose their inhibitions and their ability to say ‘no.'”
- She claims she witnessed Kavanaugh and Judge do this so women could be “gang-raped” by a “train” of boys that, she says, included Kavanaugh and Judge.
- “I have a firm recollection of seeing boys lined up outside rooms at many of these parties waiting for their ‘turn’ with a girl inside the room,” she said.
Swetnick said she was raped in 1982, claiming she was “incapacitated without my consent and unable to fight off the boys raping me.” She said she believed she was drugged using quaaludes, a sedative.
Swetnick said she was aware of other witnesses who could attest to the truthfulness of her entire declaration.
Swetnick said she witnessed Kavanaugh engage in “abusive and physically aggressive behavior toward girls, including pressing girls against him without their consent, ‘grinding’ against girls, and attempting to remove or shift girls’ clothing to expose private body parts.”
Pointing to Kavanaugh’s comment from a Fox News interview earlier this week during which he said he was a virgin for “many years after” high school, Swetnick said the claim was “absolutely false and a lie,” adding that she witnessed the judge “consistently engage in excessive drinking and inappropriate contact of a sexual nature with women during the early 1980s.”
In the first video Avenatti Explains the timing of the release of allegations from a 3rd accuser:
Source: Business Insider
