New Kavanaugh Accuser: 5 Things To Know About Julie Swetnick

GAITHERSBURG, MD — In a sworn testimony released on Twitter Wednesday by attorney Michael Avenatti, another woman accusing Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct — this time rape — detailed her experience attending house parties at which the Supreme Court nominee was present in the early 1980s.

In her declaration, Julie Swetnick claimed she was gang raped around 1982 and that both Kavanaugh and his friend Mark Judge were present. She thinks they spiked her drink with Quaaludes or something similar, the powerful drug that gained notoriety in Bill Cosby's assault case.

Here are five things to know about Kavanaugh's new accuser:

1. Swetnick said she was a graduate of Gaithersburg High School. During her high school years, she said in a sworn declaration, she attended parties that Kavanaugh and his friend Mark Judge also attended.
2. Swetnick, in her declaration, describes Kavanaugh and Judge as "joined at the hip." She said they often drank excessively and engaged in inappropriate conduct, including "being overly aggressive with girls and not taking 'No' for an answer."
3. She claimed Kavanaugh and Judge, along with other boys, would cause girls to become drunk so they could be "gang" raped in a side bedroom by a "train" of boys.
4. Swetnick said she was raped around 1982 by a "train" of boys, and that Kavanaugh and Judge were present. She thinks they spiked her drink with Quaaludes or something similar.
5. Neither Maryland state police nor Montgomery County police is investigating the allegations at this time. Police in Montgomery County said an investigation will not be conducted unless a complaint is filed.

Swetnick claimed the house parties were held almost every weekend during the school year in the Washington, D.C., area. She also alleged, citing other women, that Kavanaugh and Judge's inappropriate behavior also carried over to parties in Ocean City, Maryland.

"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 the declaration.

She said she also saw Kavanaugh and Judge, along with unnamed others, intentionally cause girls to become drunk and inebriated so they could be "gang raped" in a side bedroom by a "train" of numerous boys.

"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," Swetnick's declaration read. "These boys included Mark Judge and Brett Kavanaugh."

Swetnick said she became one of the gang rape victims around 1982 and that both Judge and Kavanaugh were present. She said she was incapacitated at the time and was unable to fight off the boys who were raping her. She thinks they spiked her drink with Quaaludes or something similar, the powerful drug that gained notoriety in Bill Cosby's assault case.

Kavanaugh denied the allegations Wednesday, saying, "This is ridiculous and from the Twilight Zone. I don't know who this is and this never happened."

Trump backed Kavanaugh, tweeting that Avenatti is a "total low-life!"

"Avenatti is a third rate lawyer who is good at making false accusations, like he did on me and like he is now doing on Judge Brett Kavanaugh," Trump tweeted. "He is just looking for attention and doesn't want people to look at his past record and relationships - a total low-life!"

Montgomery County Police have said the department has no knowledge of Swetnick's accusation. Furthermore, officials last week said in a statement that unless a complaint is filed with the department, they will not conduct an investigation into the accusations.

"The Department recognizes that victims of sexual assault may not want to involve law enforcement and/or initiate a criminal investigation, and we respect that position," the statement read. "The Department, however, stands prepared to assist anyone who reports being the victim of a sexual assault."

Governor Larry Hogan also said Friday that Maryland's state police will not investigate allegations against Kavanaugh. A spokesman for Maryland State Police told the Baltimore Sun on Friday that they would not launch an investigation unless they received a complaint.

State Senator Cheryl Kagan, meanwhile, has urged Hogan to step in and conduct an investigation following the White House's refusal to involve the FBI in allegations made by Christine Blasey Ford.

"It has been distressing to watch the Republicans in the U.S. Senate to try to jam this nomination through an incomplete confirmation process," Kagan told Bethesda Magazine. "Because this is a lifetime appointment with only nine members on the Supreme Court, I would hope that Governor Hogan would want the U.S. Senate to have as much information as possible about Kavanaugh's character."

Swetnick said in her statement that she holds active federal clearances in the U.S. Treasury, the U.S. Mint and the Internal Revenue Service. She previously held clearances with the Department of State, the Department of Justice, Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection.

Avenatti shared a picture of Swetnick on Twitter Wednesday, writing, "She is courageous, brave and honest. We ask that her privacy and that of her family be respected."

Read Swetnick's declaration in full here:

Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the third day of his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill September 6, 2018 in Washington, DC. Kavanaugh was nominated by President Donald Trump to fill the vacancy on the court left by retiring Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)