Kavanaugh accuser agrees to testify in Senate hearing

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh listens during his U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 4, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo - Copyright Joshua Roberts(Reuters)

By Reuters

Published on 22/09/2018 - 22:02•Updated 24/04/2024 - 05:23

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A woman who has accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault has agreed to testify before a Senate panel, her lawyers said on Saturday.

The Senate Judiciary Committee had delayed a vote on Kavanaugh's confirmation after California professor Christine Blasey Ford's allegations emerged last week, and her lawyers and committee staff were negotiating the conditions of her testimony.

"Dr. Ford accepts the committee's request to provide her first-hand knowledge of Brett Kavanaugh's sexual misconduct next week," Debra Katz and Lisa Banks, Ford's attorneys, said in a statement.

(The story has been refiled to remove apostrophe in headline)

(Reporting by Christopher Bing; Editing by Bill Trott)

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Kavanaugh accuser agrees to testify in Senate hearing

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