Woman who accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault speaks out in account published by Washington Post

The woman who wrote a confidential letter accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were in high school says she feared for her life during the attack.“I thought he might inadvertently kill me,” Christine Blasey Ford, now a 51-year-old research psychologist in northern California, told The Washington Post in an interview published Sunday.

“He was trying to attack me and remove my clothing,” Ford said.

The Post interview marks the first time that Ford has allowed her name to be disclosed since her accusations against Kavanaugh became public last week. Kavanaugh has denied the allegations.

The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote on Kavanaugh’s nomination on Thursday. But after the Post published Ford's account on Sunday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called for the vote to be delayed until, "at a very minimum, these serious and credible allegations are thoroughly investigated."