The Senate Judiciary Committee has asked Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, about a fourth allegation of sexually aggressive behavior toward women, according to NBC News. Kavanaugh is alleged to have a shoved a woman up against a wall “very aggressively and sexually” while he was drunk. The accusation, which was made anonymously, states that there were at least four witnesses to the incident. Colorado Republican Sen. Cory Gardner’s office, which received the allegation in a letter, said the letter “contained no names, no address, and no contact info.” Senate aides asked Kavanaugh about the incident in a Tuesday phone call. He denied it, and he has continually denied the other three claims of misconduct and assault. “We’re dealing with an anonymous letter about an anonymous person and an anonymous friend,” Kavanaugh said on the call, according to a transcript released by the Senate Judiciary Committee. “It’s ridiculous. Total Twilight Zone. And no, I’ve never done anything like that.” Senate Republicans released Wednesday evening a copy of the letter containing the new allegation. Senate Judiciary Republicans release letter from Colorado individual alleging a separate involving Kavanaugh. pic.twitter.com/PcGzROw5ye — Ali Rogin (@AliABCNews) September 27, 2018 The fourth allegation differs from those of Christine Blasey Ford, Deborah Ramirez, and Julie Swetnick in one important way: The alleged actions took place much more recently. The previous three incidents allegedly happened in high school or college. The fourth alleged incident occurred in 1998. That year, Kavanaugh turned 33, and he worked from April 27 until December 1 as an associate independent counsel under Kenneth Starr, investigating President Clinton for lying about his affair with Monica Lewinsky. Here is the full description of the alleged incident, from NBC’s Kasie Hunt, Leigh Ann Caldwell, and Heidi Przybyla: According to an anonymous complaint sent to Republican Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado, Kavanaugh physically assaulted a woman he socialized with in the Washington, D.C. area in 1998 while he was inebriated. The sender of the complaint described an evening involving her own daughter, Kavanaugh and several friends in 1998. “When they left the bar (under the influence of alcohol) they were all shocked when Brett Kavanaugh, shoved her friend up against the wall very aggressively and sexually.” “There were at least four witnesses including my daughter.” The writer of the letter provided no names but said the alleged victim was still traumatized and had decide to remain anonymous herself. Ford alleges that Kavanaugh was drunk when he tried to force himself on her during a high school party and Ramirez says that both she and Kavanaugh were drunk in their freshman dorm at Yale when he pulled out his penis and shoved it in her face. Julia Swetnick, the third accuser, says that Kavanaugh drank excessively while sexually harassing women in high school. Kavanaugh and Ford are scheduled to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday beginning at 10 am. This post has been updated with a statement from Cory Gardner’s office and a copy of the original anonymous letter.<doc-sep>Attorney Michael Avenatti revealed Julie Swetnick's allegations against Brett Kavanaugh on Wednesday. | David McNew/Getty Images Kavanaugh Confirmation Ex-boyfriend filed restraining order against third Kavanaugh accuser Julie Swetnick, the woman who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and a friend of attending house parties where women — including herself — were sexually assaulted, had a restraining order filed against her years later in Miami by her former boyfriend. A Miami-Dade County court docket shows a petition for injunction against Swetnick was filed March 1, 2001, by her former boyfriend, Richard Vinneccy, who told POLITICO Wednesday the two had dated for four years before they broke up. Thirteen days later, the case was dismissed, not long after an affidavit of non-ability to advance fees was filed. According to Vinneccy, Swetnick threatened him after they broke up and even after he got married to his current wife and had a child. “Right after I broke up with her, she was threatening my family, threatening my wife and threatening to do harm to my baby at that time,” Vinneccy said in a telephone interview with POLITICO. "I know a lot about her.” "She’s not credible at all,” he said. “Not at all.” POLITICO Playbook newsletter Sign up today to receive the #1-rated newsletter in politics Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. The allegation is likely to raise questions among Republican defenders of Kavanaugh about Swetnick’s credibility after her attorney Michael Avenatti revealed her for the first time on Wednesday. Reached late Wednesday, Avenatti said he knew nothing of a restraining order and called the line of inquiry irrelevant. "Complete nonsense. No truth to this at all. Her ex-boyfriend fraudulently used her resume to apply for and obtain jobs and was caught by her," said Avenatti. “Why are you all attacking a sexual assault victim? Would that be appropriate in a court of law?” Citing the sensitive nature of the case and the explosive politics surrounding it, Vinneccy said he wanted to talk to an attorney first before further discussing the case, which has kept him occupied all day. “My phone has not stopped since this morning. Everyone is calling,” Vinneccy said. Vinneccy, 63, is a registered Democrat, according to Miami-Dade County voting records. Swetnick was identified on Wednesday by Avenatti, who produced a sworn statement asserting that she met Kavanaugh in the 1980-1981 time period and subsequently attended more than 10 house parties where she said Kavanaugh and a close friend of his, Mark Judge, attended. Swetnick does not accuse Kavanaugh himself of sexually assaulting her in the sworn statement. But she asserts Kavanaugh was present when she was the victim of a “gang rape” by multiple boys at one party. Vinneccy made clear that he did not believe her story. “I have a lot of facts, evidence, that what she’s saying is not true at all,” he said. “I would rather speak to my attorney first before saying more." Avenatti called the reporting “outrageous” and accused the press of “digging into the past” of a woman who stepped forward and is willing to testify under oath. “I am disgusted by the fact that the press is attacking a sexual assault victim,” Avenatti said. When asked if the allegation of a restraining order were true, Avenatti said: “I don’t know one way or another,” adding he would research it further. Avenatti previously said he had vetted the client and in a sworn statement, she said she still held government clearances. Matt Dixon and Marianne Levine contributed to this report.<doc-sep>The Senate Judiciary Committee is looking into another sexual misconduct allegation against Brett Kavanaugh, involving an incident that took place in 1998, according to documents obtained by The Post. The anonymous complaint, sent to Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colorado), says Kavanaugh was drunk and threw a woman up against a wall in a sexual manner after a social event in Washington, DC, the documents released Wednesday by the committee said. Kavanaugh denied the allegation during a call with Judiciary Committee staff members, calling the unconfirmed claims a”disgrace” that is “doing damage to the country.” The writer of the letter said her daughter witnessed the attack and the alleged victim is still traumatized and has decided to remain anonymous. “When they left the bar (under the influence of alcohol) they were all shocked when Brett Kavanaugh, shoved her friend up against the wall very aggressively and sexually,” the woman wrote about the incident and her daughter’s recollection, the documents said. “There were at least four witnesses including my daughter.” The allegations comes the day before Christine Blasey Ford, who previously said Kavanaugh pounced on her in a bedroom at a Maryland house party in 1982, will testify to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Also during the call with committee staff, the judge was questioned about another claim that soon fell apart. A Rhode Island man had alleged that in 1985 he physically confronted a drunken man who he believes to be Kavanaugh on a boat after the current Supreme Court nominee and a man identified as “Mark” apparently sexually assaulted his friend, the documents said. The man, whose name is redacted, called Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse’s office and claimed he recognized Kavanuagh from his high school yearbook and recounted the alleged incident, which he said happened “on a 36-foot maroon and white boat in the harbor at Newport, Rhode Island.” Kavanaugh was asked about the man’s account on Tuesday and denied the accusation. When news of the questioning broke, the man identified as Jeffrey Catalan recanted, saying in a tweet, “I have made a mistake and apologize for such mistake,” Kavanaugh said during the questioning that the barrage of accusations being launched against him were “doing damage to the Supreme Court.” “It’s doing damage to the country. It’s doing damage to this process. It’s become a total feeding frenzy, you know? Every — just unbelievable,” he said. “It’s ridiculous. Total Twilight Zone. And no, I’ve never done anything like that.<doc-sep>WASHINGTON – The attorneys for Christine Blasey Ford have sworn and signed declarations from four people who she told about her claims of sexual assault by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. In documents sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee and obtained by USA TODAY, Ford’s attorneys present declarations from Ford’s husband, Russell, and three friends who support the California college professor’s accusation that Kavanaugh pinned her to a bed, groped her and attempted to pull off her clothes while both were high school students in 1982. The declarations will be used by Ford’s attorneys during a committee hearing Thursday that could determine the fate of Kavanaugh’s embattled nomination. He also faces a second accusation of sexual assault from Deborah Ramirez, who claims Kavanaugh exposed himself and pushed his genitals into her face at a drunken party during the 1983-84 academic year at Yale University. More: Brett Kavanaugh: A timeline of allegations against the Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh has flatly denied all accusations, including during a national television interview on Fox News Monday night. In her declaration, Adela Gildo-Mazzon said Ford told her about the alleged assault during a June 2013 meal at a restaurant in Mountain View, California, and contacted Ford’s attorneys on Sept. 16 to tell them Ford had confided in her five years ago. “During our meal, Christine was visibly upset, so I asked her what was going on,” Gildo-Mazzon said in her declaration. “Christine told me she had been having a hard day because she was thinking about an assault she experienced when she was much younger. She said she had been almost raped by someone who was now a federal judge. She told me she had been trapped in a room with two drunken guys, and that she had escaped, ran away and hid.” According to her declaration, Gildo-Mazzon has known Ford for more than 10 years and considers her “a good friend.” Related:Brett Kavanaugh's 1982 calendar being used as evidence against sexual assault allegations More:Kavanaugh allegations: ‘What boy hasn’t done this in high school?’ Most haven’t, experts say. In another declaration, Keith Koegler said Ford revealed the alleged assault to him in 2016, when the two parents were watching their children play in a public place and discussing the “light” sentencing of Stanford University student Brock Turner. “Christine expressed anger at Mr. Turner’s lenient sentence, stating that she was particularly bothered by it because she was assaulted in high school by a man who was now a federal judge in Washington, D.C.,” Koegler said. “Christine did not mention the assault to me again until June 29, 2018, two days after Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his resignation from the Supreme Court of the United States,” he said. On that day, Koegler said Ford revealed to him in an email that the person who had assaulted her in high school was President Donald Trump’s “favorite for SCOTUS.” In his response email, Koegler wrote, “I remember you telling me about him, but I don’t remember his name. Do you mind telling me so I can read about him?” Ford’s emailed response: “Brett Kavanaugh.” In his declaration, Koegler said he met the Fords while coaching their son’s baseball team more than five years ago. In another declaration, Rebecca White, a neighbor and friend of more than six years, said Ford revealed the alleged assault against her in 2017. “I was walking my dog and Christine was outside of her house,” White said. “I stopped to speak with her, and she told me she had read a recent social media post I had written about my own experience with sexual assault. “She then told me that when she was a young teen, she had been sexually assaulted by an older teen,” White continued. “I remember her saying that her assailant was now a federal judge.” In his declaration, Ford’s husband said he learned of his wife’s experience with sexual assault “around the time we got married” but that she didn’t share details until a couple’s therapy session in 2012. “I remember her saying that her attacker’s name was Brett Kavanaugh, that he was a successful lawyer who had grown up in Christine’s home town, and that he was well-known in the Washington, D.C., community,” Russell Ford said. He said his wife was “afraid” Trump would nominate Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court and was “very conflicted” about whether she should come forward with her story. “However, in the end she believed her civic duty required her to speak out,” Russell Ford said. “In our 16 years of marriage, I have always known Christine to be truthful person of great integrity. I am proud of her for her bravery and courage.” Related: Four weeks. 12 sexual assaults reported. And Ohio University students are ‘fed up’ USA TODAY Network Kate Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer Contributing: Christal Hayes<doc-sep>
This image was removed due to legal reasons. Hours before Christine Blasey Ford is scheduled to testify in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh attempted to rape her in high school, a fourth woman has come forward to the committee, according to NBC News. The new allegations, submitted in the form of a complaint sent to Republican Sen. Cory Gardner which was obtained by NBC, were reportedly discussed with Kavanaugh on a call with Senate investigators. From NBC: Republican Senate investigators asked Kavanaugh about the new complaint, NBC News has learned, during a phone call on Tuesday between Kavanaugh and committee staff. Sources told NBC News that Kavanaugh denied the allegation in the letter during the call and a spokesman for the committee declined to comment. [...] According to an anonymous complaint sent to Republican Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado, Kavanaugh physically assaulted a woman he socialized with in the Washington, D.C., area in 1998 while he was inebriated. [...] “When they left the bar (under the influence of alcohol) they were all shocked when Brett Kavanaugh, shoved her friend up against the wall very aggressively and sexually.” “There were at least four witnesses including my daughter.” The writer of the letter provided no names but said the alleged victim was still traumatized and had decided to remain anonymous herself. This is the first complaint about Kavanaugh sexually harassing or assaulting a woman in his post-college years. Deborah Ramirez says that Kavanaugh exposed himself to her at a party when both were freshman at Yale, and the alleged assault of Christine Blasey Ford took place when Kavanaugh was in high school. Earlier on Wednesday, Julie Swetnick accused Kavanaugh of engaging in “highly inappropriate conduct, including being overly aggressive with girls, and not taking ‘No’ for an answer,” as well as being “present” when she was “gang raped” while too inebriated to consent. A Democratic source told NBC News that they were unsatisfied by Republicans’ questions about the alleged incident during the call with Kavanaugh. The source called the questions “cursory” and said the allegations merited deeper investigation. In a chaotic press conference tonight, President Trump said that he would consider withdrawing Kavanaugh’s nomination if he “thought he was guilty of something like this.” Trump was also clear that he whole-heartedly believes Kavanaugh’s denials. Splinter has reached out to both the White House and Kavanaugh’s attorney, Beth Wilkinson, for comment on the new allegations. We’ll update when and if we get a response. Update, 8:51 pm: After another new accusation from the transcript of a call between Senate Republicans and Kavanaugh emerged, Senate Democratic staffers are reportedly speculating that Republicans are intentionally releasing shaky accusations to undermine those that are more credible. Clarification: This post’s headline has been changed to clarify that the person making the accusation was not the one who was allegedly assaulted.