Internet rumors concerning Brett Kavanaugh accuse Christine Blasey Ford

As Christine Blasey Ford prepares to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Ford's authenticity is attacked by social media.

Ford, a professor of California psychology, accused Donald Trump's Supreme Court candidate Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her at a party while in high school in 1982. Kavanaugh denied the allegation. .

Rumors on the Internet questioning his motivation spread like wildfire.

Some said they have a long grudge against Kavanaugh for a seizure decision. Others said they have monetary interests in the protection of abortion rights. Most are baloney.

Here is an overview of the most important allegations about Ford on the Internet, verified.

Affirmation: "Kavanaugh's accuser, Christine Blasey, has been exposed to links to Big Pharma's abortion pills manufacturer.

Abortion rights advocates fear that Kavanaugh will reverse Roe vs.. Wade, the Supreme Court case that legalized the abortion. Several websites have suggested that Ford has sued Kavanaugh because of his particular interest in protecting the drugs causing the abortion. We evaluated this claim Pants on Fire.

Ford has worked as director of biostatistics for Corcept Therapeutics, a California pharmaceutical start-up, which sells Korlym, a drug that treats Cushing's syndrome.

To say that they sold the abortion pill is like a road salt business selling seasonings.

The main ingredient of Korlym can be used in combination with another medicine to cause abortions. But it is not administered alone to cause abortions.

Corcept requires that doctors exclude a pregnancy in order to administer the medication.

Complaint: Brett Kavanaugh's mother presided over the seizure lawsuit against Christine Blasey Ford's parents, which prompted the charge of sexual assault.

Several blogs claimed that Ford sued Kavanaugh for a 22-year seizure decision in which his mother was a judge and his parents accused them.

We found the case in question; Brett Kavanaugh's mother, Martha Kavanaugh, presided over a seizure case in 1996 in which Ford's parents were charged. However, according to the same documents, Martha Kavanaugh rejected the case at the plaintiff's request.

CBS News found The Blaseys settled with their mortgage lender and the bank asked Martha Kavanaugh to file the case. She did it. The Blaseys never appeared in his courtroom or lost their home, and Kavanaugh's mother had no effect on the outcome.

Complaint: Kavanaugh's brother's brother's company is linked to GPS Fusion.

Ford has a brother, Ralph Blasey, who worked for BakerHostetler, a law firm that retained Fusion GPS, the infamous DC company that produced the unverified Steele record of President Donald Trump and Russia. bed.

We noted that Pants on Fire.

Ralph Blasey has worked at BakerHostetler. But he left nine years before the law firm hired Fusion GPS, a consulting firm, to help him in a Russian money laundering investigation.

In 2015, Fusion GPS outsourced Christopher Steele, a British intelligence agent, to produce the Russian file. GPS Fusion stated that the two cases were not related.

Allegation: Ford also charged Justice Neil Gorsuch with sexual assault during his appointment process.

Twitter user Josh Cornett tweeted: "According to Diane sources [sic] Feinstein's reluctance to mention Kavanaugh's accuser's letter during the confirmation session is due to the fact that the accuser sent a message [sic] letter to Judge Gorsuch last year. "

There is no evidence of such an accusation against Gorsuch.

Cornett later tweeted that he had "no idea" if that was true, but claimed that "my source was very accurate in the past". The user frequently tweeted messages spreading conspiracy theories like QAnon.

Affirmation: "Christine Ford's students ravage her in the critics."

Several blogs have claimed that students at Ford University have ravaged her in the critics, calling her "crazy" and "troubled".

It was a case of mistaken identity. Bloggers had been drawing criticism for the bad Christine Ford; The journals were linked to Christine Adams Ford, Professor of Human Services at California State University, Fullerton. Christine Blasey Ford teaches psychology and statistics at Palo Alto University.