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Mark Judge: Meet Brett Kavanaugh's high-school friend and the other man who's becoming central to the allegations against the Supreme Court nominee
Mark Judge, who was allegedly in the room and participated when Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted Christine Blasey Ford back in high school, has become a subject of great interest.
The allegations that have upended the confirmation process of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh have also opened scrutiny on another man: Mark Judge, who Christine Blasey Ford claims was also in the room when she says Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her as a teenager.
Ford claims that Judge laughed as Kavanaugh assaulted her and assisted him, claiming both were "highly inebriated" at the time.
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Judge, like Kavanaugh, denies the alleged assault occurred and has claimed such an act would be contrary to Kavanaugh's character.
"It is not who he is," Judge told The New York Times, adding that school they both attended instilled within them values that would've urged against such behavior.
Kavanaugh and Judge both went to Georgetown Prep, an elite, all-boys high school in the Washington, DC, area.
Judge, an author, filmmaker, and journalist, has floated some controversial ideas and opinions in his writings.
In 1983, for example, one of Judge's high school yearbook quotes read: "Certain women should be struck regularly, like gongs."
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Judge wrote a memoir on his alcoholism in high school, referencing a friend named Bart OKavanaugh
Years after high school, Judge wrote a memoir, "Wasted: Tales of a Gen X Drunk." It chronicled his struggles with alcoholism while a teenager, painting his days at Georgetown Prep as filled with parties and black-out drunk nights.
Judge changed names in the book to protect people's privacy, but he at one point referenced a friend named "Bart O'Kavanaugh." The character was described as someone who got so drunk he "puked in someone's car the other night."
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Ford's lawyer, Debra Katz, earlier this month referenced Judge's writings on his alcoholism when discussing the alleged sexual assault.
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Judge, who has written opinion pieces for an array of publications, including The Daily Caller, in November 2013 wrote an article about rape for the online magazine Acculturated that has come under scrutiny in light of Ford's allegations.
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"Mr. Judge has said he will cooperate with the FBI and that is all we are going to say," Van Gelder told Business Insider via email. "As a former federal prosecutor, I respect the confidentiality of the FBI investigative process."
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