# Talk:Christine Blasey Ford

Reading this article on Christine Blasey Ford, I feel that some points could be clarified or presented more accurately. The article states that Ms. Ford grew up "in the suburbs of Washington, D.C." which is a very vague and general description. In fact, she grew up in Potomac, Maryland, one of the very wealthiest suburbs of Washington, D.C.

 The narrative of the "alleged sexual assault" leaves out the significant detail (contained in Ms. Ford's Congressional testimony, shown on television) that previous to the party where the incident happened, the young Christine had been practicing her swimming at the nearby Columbia Country Club (still in existence).As a result, she still had her one-piece bathing suit on under her clothes at the time of the attack, which explains why Kavanaugh was not able, in his hasty efforts, to disrobe her and so violate her. I would say that is a meaningful detail.
Further on, the article quotes a therapist's notes to say that Kavanaugh attended "an elitist boys' school". The word "elitist" implies an ideological position. I am not sure this is factual. I think perhaps the quote should be dropped and it could be paraphrased to say that Kavanaugh attended "an elite boys' school." The fact is that Kavanaugh attended Georgetown Prep, which is definitely an elite school (expensive, private and well-connected); but whether it is consciously "elitist," or was at the time Kavanaugh went there, is difficult to prove.
As a native of Montgomery County, Maryland, this writer is familiar with the localities where this incident happened and has some knowledge of the schools involved (Holton Arms, Georgetown Prep). Girls from Holton Arms frequently dated boys from Georgetown Prep at the time the famous incident happened, so that is how the future Supreme Court Justice and Ms. Ford happened to be at the same party. Both schools are located in Montgomery County. 167.102.146.2 (talk) 18:03, 25 November 2024 (UTC)

At the end of the discussion of the hearing, it says "According to Keyser, Ford and other friends threatened to spread stories of Keyser's "addictive tendencies" and other personal issues if Keyser did not change her account to corroborate Ford." (Emphasis mine)
This is a gross mischaracterization of what was said. Keyser never claimed any misconduct by Ford, and the phrasing does not align with what is said in the provided sources. In the Washington Post article, she disputes Ford's characterization of events and says she felt pressured, but never accused Ford of misconduct. In the cited book passage, it says "The exact details of the meeting at Gonella’s house aren’t clear. But whatever
was actually said there, Keyser later said she felt pressured by both Gonella and
Ford’s friend Monica McLean to change her story.
“I was told behind the scenes that certain things could be spread about me if I
didn’t comply,” Keyser later said. “So that’s where the ‘Monica McLean put
pressure on me’ came from,” referring to a Wall Street Journal story, published
on October 5, stating that McLean had pushed Keyser to “revisit” her story.
Through a lawyer, McLean, a retired FBI agent herself, called the notion that
she either pressured Keyser to alter her account or threatened to disclose
personal information about Keyser “absolutely false.” She added that she
“stressed to Ms. Keyser the importance of providing truthful information to the
Senate Judiciary Committee.” Gonella declined to comment for this book."
Nowhere, in any of these sources, does she assert that Ford was in any way involved, pressuring her, or threatening her. It says in both the book and Ford's public testimony that she didn't expect Keyser to remember the incident because she kept it to herself at the time. 71.193.185.227 (talk) 22:17, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

In addition, it states in the book "Keyser and Ford had reunited most recently at an East Coast gathering of a
half dozen high school friends in April, during a trip Ford had made to celebrate her grandmother’s one hundredth birthday. About six months later, after the
world had learned Ford’s story about Kavanaugh, Keyser expressed concern that
she had perhaps failed to come through for her friend at the time of the attack. “I
did speak to her, briefly, a couple of times—just ‘Are you okay?’” recalled
Keyser. “Basically I just wanted to make sure she was okay, and she had not
outcried.”
Asked what she meant by the word “outcried,” Keyser translated it as “cried
out.”
She explained further. “I was worried when this went down that something
had happened that night with those boys,” she said, “and I had driven her home
or I had helped and she outcried and said she was assaulted and I forgot about
it.” But Ford assured her, in their conversation after the news frenzy, that, no, she
hadn’t told Keyser or anyone else about the incident at the time."
The book clearly supports Ford's statements that she had no expectations that Keyser remembered anything about the incident. 71.193.185.227 (talk) 22:21, 15 October 2025 (UTC)
Hi IP, that was added by an IP here back in 2023.  How about "According to Keyser, a friend of Ford threatened to spread stories of Keyser's "addictive tendencies" and other personal issues if Keyser did not change her account to corroborate Ford."? S0091 (talk) 14:28, 16 October 2025 (UTC)

The article says Ford claimed she'd moved multiple times (to escape threats and harassment) - but she lives at the same house she always has - Santa Clara County land records prove this, it's not my independent research.
Can we put this in the article, and note her claim of moving was made while her Go Fund Me was still taking donations?> 166.107.163.247 (talk) 23:43, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

You’ll need a reliable source that says those things in order to add it.
StalkerFishy (talk) 12:12, 21 October 2025 (UTC)
I am not sure how to put a link to Santa Clara County Land Records, but they verify she's still there now. As for making the claim of moving, that was in her GoFundMe and widely reported.  I also want to point out, Ford's GoFundMe said she'd give all the money away, and announce who she gave the money to, but no such announcement happened.
Also, who started the GoFundMe was never publicly identified, but her lawyer Michael Bromwich ran a GoFundMe for a high profile client before, and his success at raising money was highlighted in a SLATE article a few months before Ford hired him. And how she came to hire him was never revealed. 166.107.163.247 (talk) 01:48, 29 October 2025 (UTC)
Regarding land records, you’re describing WP:Original research, which is barred on Wikipedia. You would need a reliable WP:Secondary source to cite. Innisfree987 (talk) 04:20, 29 October 2025 (UTC)