Infamous lawyer Michael Avenatti released a sworn statement for his client, Julie Swetnick, who suggested Kavanaugh engaged in gang rape at a series of high school parties in the 1980s. Feinstein put Swetnick’s story into the Congressional Record.
“During the years 1981-82, I became aware of efforts by Mark Judge, Brett Kavanaugh and others to ‘spike’ the ‘punch’ at house parties I attended with drugs and/or grain alcohol so as to cause girls to lose their inhibitions and their ability to say ‘No,’ ” Swetnick said in a sworn statement. “I also witnessed efforts by Mark Judge, Brett Kavanaugh and others to cause girls to become inebriated and disoriented so they could then be ‘gang raped’ in a side room or bedroom by a ‘train’ of numerous boys. I have a firm recollection of seeing boys lined up outside rooms … these boys included Mark Judge and Brett Kavanaugh.”
A quick look into Swetnick’s background, which exposes a history of suspect claims and lawsuits, immediately raised a series of credibility red flags. Her ex-boyfriend, who came close to filing a restraining order against her, said she threatened to kill his unborn child.
During an interview with NBC News, Swetnick’s story fell apart. Not only did she botch the timeline about when she decided to come forward about her claims, she went from accusing Kavanaugh of “spiking the punch” at parties and insinuating he engaged in “gang rape,” to saying she saw him standing next to the punch and wasn’t sure if gang rape occurred.
“I saw him around the punch, I won’t say bowls, or the punch containers. I don’t know what he did, but I saw him by them,” Swetnick said.
When asked about whether Kavanaugh had engaged in gang rape as she suggested, she couldn’t say.
