A Yale classmate of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's said he was "deeply troubled by what has been a blatant mischaracterization by Brett himself of his drinking at Yale" during Kavanaugh's defense against sexual assault allegations in the media and at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.
Charles "Chad" Ludington, who now teaches at North Carolina State University, said that he was a friend of Kavanaugh's at Yale and that Kavanaugh was "a frequent drinker, and a heavy drinker."
"On many occasions I heard Brett slur his words and saw him staggering from alcohol consumption, not all of which was beer," Ludington said. "When Brett got drunk, he was often belligerent and aggressive." While saying that youthful drinking should not condemn a person for life, Ludington said he was concerned about Kavanaugh's statements under oath before the committee.
"Brett was a frequent drinker, and a heavy drinker," Luddington, who said he drank with Kavanaugh wrote.
"On one of the last occasions I purposely socialized with Brett, I witnessed him respond to a semi-hostile remark, not by defusing the situation, but by throwing his beer in the man's face and starting a fight that ended with one of our mutual friends in jail," Luddington continued.
Luddington further attacked one of the key points in Kavanaugh's defense of himself and denial of allegations — that he had never lost memory while drinking.
"I can unequivocally say that in denying the possibility that he ever blacked out from drinking, and in downplaying the degree and frequency of his drinking, Brett has not told the truth," Luddington wrote. |
