- The Indianapolis Star has apologized for a cartoon that shows Kavanaugh accuser Blasey Ford demand trivial things like roses and M&Ms when testifying about her accusations.
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Cartoon depicting Kavanaugh's accuser demanding roses, M&Ms for her testimony draws outrage, apology
The Indianapolis Star has apologized for a cartoon that shows Kavanaugh accuser Blasey Ford demand trivial things like roses and M&Ms when testifying about her accusations.
- Ford, through her lawyers, has called for conditions that will make for a fair hearing, and previously called for an FBI investigation.
- The Star's executive editor apologized, saying the newspaper should not "demean or appear to belittle anyone who says they are the victim of a sexual assault."
- The artist also made a statement, saying: "As a husband and father of a daughter and granddaughters, I take sexual harassment very seriously."
A newspaper has apologized for publishing a cartoon that showed Christine Blasey Ford, who is accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, of making unreasonable demands like roses and M&Ms as she publicly testifies.
Ford, who is due to testify in front of the Senate Committee on Thursday, has said through her lawyers that she wants conditions that would make it a fair hearing and has previously requested an FBI investigation.
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"Here are my demands," she is depicted telling the panel. "No questions from lawyers, dim the lights, I want roses, sparkling water, a bowl of green M&Ms."
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Ronnie Ramos, the executive editor of the
Our readers deserved better in this case," he wrote. "The cartoon did not meet our high standards."
Many people online had expressed opposition to the way it depicted Ford.
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The artist, Gary Varvel, also made a statement about the cartoon, published in Sunday's edition.
"My cartoon was focused only on Ford’s demands, not on whether she was telling the truth," he said. "This is a point I should have made clearer in my cartoon. As a husband and father of a daughter and granddaughters, I take sexual harassment very seriously."
Ford accuses Kavanaugh of Kavanaugh has repeatedly denied the accusation.
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