As a 21-year-old, Brett Kavanaugh was questioned by police for his hand in a bar fight that involved him throwing ice and a friend throwing a glass at another patron, according to a 1985 police report obtained by the New York Times.
Kavanaugh and four other men were questioned by New Haven, Connecticut police for their participation in the scrap. Kavanaugh, a junior at Yale at the time, was not arrested but police noted in their report that he had been accused of throwing ice at another patron for “some unknown reason.” When questioned by police, Kavanaugh wouldn’t say whether he had actually thrown the ice.
His friend, fellow Yale student Chris Dudley, denied to police at the time that he had thrown a glass at the other patron, who was “bleeding from his right ear” and taken to a local hospital. Police characterized the encounter as an “assault,” but, according to the Times’ review of the report, there was no evidence that anyone was arrested or that charges were filed.
The incident is just the latest in a string of reports that have brought Kavanaugh’s temperament and claims about his college drinking habits into question. The FBI is currently investigating allegations of sexual assault that have been levied against the Supreme Court nominee in recent weeks, a probe that Republicans hope will wrap up before the end of the week so lawmakers can vote on his confirmation.
This incident might explain why he was so weaselley answering Sen. Coons’ question:
Hmmm, the same Chris Dudley who’s statement saying Kavanaugh wasn’t a heavy drinker was being pushed by the White House yesterday.
What would be interesting to me, would be to see someone dig into whether or not any undue influence was brought by the Kavanaugh clan to prevent charges from being filed
You wouldn’t need the K clan to prevent charges from being filed. Yale takes care of its own. (And for all I know DKE has attorneys on retainer too.)
(In my time there, which was a bit earlier, there was an arrest of a hockey player for some property-related violence. As his roommate described it, charges were quickly dropped because there was no canadian law prohibiting that particular behavior.)
When questioned by police, Kavanaugh wouldn’t say whether he had actually thrown the ice, instead demanding to know whether they had ever thrown ice at someone. When none of the officers at the scene provided an answer, Kavanaugh became agitated, took his dick out, and fell into an apoplectic coma. The police decided they just couldn’t be bothered with this guy and dumped him outside the local church.