WASHINGTON, DC — A slew of women who graduated high school with Brett Kavanaugh’s sex accuser released a letter Tuesday hailing her “integrity’’ — while other former classmates told The Post that they also have every reason to believe her.
“We, of the Holton Arms Class of 1984, are writing on behalf of our friend and classmate, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, to attest to her honesty, integrity, and intelligence; and to contend that her decision to provide information pertaining to a sexual assault is not a partisan act. It is an act of civic duty,’’ said 17 women in a letter addressed to Congress.
Ford’s allegations against Kavanaugh “should not be dismissed as youthful bad judgment, however aberrant it may be,’’ on the part of President Trump’s US Supreme Court nominee, they wrote.
Adding that they “represent all political parties,’’ the women said, “We recognize that this has been an extraordinarily difficult decision and admire [Ford’s] courage for being willing to speak her truth when it would have been easier to stay silent.”
The letter is the second in as many days from Holton alum, including “Seinfeld” actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus, in defense of Ford — although the 200 who signed the previous letter were from classes between the years of 1967 and 2018, and the latest missive was signed by all women who graduated with Ford in 1984.
Ford has accused the married dad of two of sexually assaulting her while both were in high school in Maryland more than three decades ago.
Beatrice Spates de Lannoy, who was in the class behind Ford at Holton, a private all-girls school in Bethesda, told to The Post, “I believe her.
“There is nothing that, decades ago, made the then-Chrissie Blasey stand out to my mind as unusual or in any way attention-seeking in our school, which was full of hard-working, high-achieving and mostly very nice girls,’’ de Lannoy, who now lives in Brussels in Belgium, said through Facebook.
De Lannoy said that while she didn’t know Ford well, she noted that their school was small, with 70 girls in her class of 1985.
As for Ford’s detractors, de Lannoy said, “Women should not be ignored or denigrated when they have the courage to stand up for themselves and speak out against assault and harassment, no matter whether it happened yesterday or decades ago.”
One of de Lannoy’s former classmates, Sue-Anne Siegel, added that Ford “was 100 percent one of the good girls.
“We were in a club together, and she is one smart cookie,’’ the woman told The Post. “She was always warm, and she’s a really, really good girl … won probably every single award you could probably win at Holton Arms.
“This is not a girl that’s ever asked for help or needed help in anyway to get ahead,’’ Siegel said. “Everyone says the same about her.
“I went to an all-girls school, OK? You know how there’s the needy girls? She just wasn’t one of them. She was a smart, excellent athlete, great girl, and we all knew each other well.
“She would not do anything to hurt anyone, I know she’s a family person.”
Kavanaugh, who attended a regional all-boys prep school, has vehemently denied Ford’s claim.
He and Ford are expected to appear before Congress on Monday to tell their side of the story, although her camp has yet to get back to
senators confirming her appearance.
