Not many knew or heard of the name Christine Blasey Ford until she made headlines after she accused Federal Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexually abusing her in 1982; Her indictment came after President Trump appointed the lawyer an Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court.
After the Washington Post published her report, she was invited by the Senate Judiciary Committee to testify about her allegations during Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination hearing. Following her allegations and statements, there have been many questions about who she is, what she does and everything and here is everything there is to know.
Christine Blasey Ford’s biography
The widely read American professor of psychology was born Christine Margaret Blasey in November 1966 in Potomac, Maryland. She is not her parents’ only child as she has two brothers (Tom and Ralph III).
During high school she was into scuba diving and was on their regional scuba diving team. She was part of the diving team that escorted Olympic diver Greg Louganis to the White House in 1980 to discuss boycotting the Summer Olympics.
training
Christine attended Holton-Arms School; a private preparatory school for girls at the University of Bethesda, Maryland, from 1978 to 1984. From 1984 to 1988 she was at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she received her undergraduate degree in experimental psychology. She has a Masters in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University and a PhD in Educational Psychology from the University of Southern California in 1996. In 2009, Christine Blasey Ford received another master’s degree in epidemiology with a focus on biostatistics from the Stanford University School of Medicine.
She currently teaches at Palo Alto University. As a member of a syndicate group at Palo Alto University, Christine is also actively involved in educational programs at Stanford University School of Medicine. Through the consortium group (Pacific Graduate School of Psychology), she teaches topics such as statistics, study methods and psychometrics.
In addition to teaching, Ford has also acted as a consultant for several pharmaceutical companies. She has also worked at Corcept Therapeutics as Director of Biostatistics and has worked with FDA statisticians. She has written and co-authored several books covering various topics and issues such as depression, the September 11 attacks, and child abuse.
Sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh
Christine Blasey Ford made headline appearances after her to accuse appellate judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her. When it was confirmed that President Donald Trump had selected Brett to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court, Ford went to the Washington Post to accuse the judge of sexually abusing her in 1982.
She also met her congresswoman, Anna Eshoo, who also shared her story; Anna was convinced of her credibility and together they went to Senator Dianne Feinstein. The Senate Judiciary Commission would later postpone their vote on the nominee to allow the accuser a chance to testify before them.
According to Ford, the incident happened back in 1982 at a Montgomery County home near a country club, her parents were not home at the time of the incident. Kavanaugh and a friend had walked into the house drunk and laughing maniacally. He (Kavanaugh) pinned her against a bed, tried to undress, and had his hand over her mouth to stifle her screams.
She said she eventually escaped, ran into the bathroom and then found her way outside the house. Kavanaugh, of course, denied all of Christine’s allegations, which she called “completely false and outrageous.”
Family: parents, husband and children
Christine Blasey Ford is the daughter of Paula K. and Ralph G. Blasey Jr. Her parents are currently in their 80’s and are registered Republicans. Academy has been married to Russell Ford since 2002. Ford is an engineer and graduated from the University of Rochester and the Stanford University School of Engineering. They are the proud parents of two teenagers.
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Russell has denied his wife’s allegations of sexual assault. He said Christine detailed the attack during a couples therapy session and recalled years earlier being trapped in a room with two drunk teenagers and how one of them pinned her onto a bed and stopped her from screaming.