Deborah Ramirez: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know. Deborah Ramirez, a 53-year-old Yale University classmate of Kavanaugh, told The New Yorker’s Ronan Farrow and Jane Mayer that Kavanaugh exposed himself to her at a dorm room party in college and forced her to touch his penis without her consent. Ramirez told The New Yorker...
SPAN issued a statement saying, “We know Debbie Ramirez to be a woman of great integrity and honor. We stand by her and her courageous decision to come forward.
Facebook/Getty Deborah Ramirez has accused Judge Brett Kavanuagh of sexual misconduct. Deborah Ramirez is a Yale University classmate of Justice Brett Kavanaugh who accused him of exposing his penis to her at a party while they were in college.
(CNN) Deborah Ramirez's home sits on a quiet, leafy street in Boulder, Colorado -- the front of it is obscured by two imposing trees, leaving just a narrow passageway along the garage that leads to the front door. The odd configuration provides one last bastion of privacy for Ramirez, whose life has suddenly become public on a national scale.
Ramirez, a registered Democrat, has lived in Colorado for the last 16 years and has been married for more than a decade. Lisa Calderon hired Ramirez at a victim's advocacy organization called Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence (SPAN). In the early 2000s, Ramirez worked directly with domestic violence victims to help connect them with services or support. Calderon spoke out in support of Ramirez at a rally against Kavanaugh's nomination in Denver this week.
Attorney John Clune, of the Hutchinson, Black and Cook law firm in Boulder, looks over paperwork on an upcoming case during a meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015. Clune is representing Deborah Ramirez, who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault.
While Ramirez’s case so far falls outside the parameters of Title IX, Kerr believes the firm’s experience guiding victims through university reporting and investigations will help the Boulder woman navigate what’s to come.
Clune joined Hutchinson, Black and Cook in 2013 after years at his own firm and a stint as a prosecutor in Eagle County. Clune’s experience as a criminal prosecutor who worked on a number of sex-crimes cases was an important asset to the firm, Kerr said.