DECLARATION OF RUSSELL FORD
I, Russell Ford, hereby state that I am over eighteen (18) years of age, am competent to

testify, and have personal knowledge of the following facts:

1. I have a Master of Science degree and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in mechanical
engineering from Stanford University.

2. I have been married to Christine Blasey Ford since June 2002. We have two children.

3. The ?rst time I learned that Christine had any experience with sexual assault was around
the time we got married, although she did not provide any details.

4. Christine shared the details of the sexual assault during a couple?s therapy session in
2012. She said that in high school she had been trapped in a room and physically restrained by
one boy who was molesting her while another boy watched. She said she was eventually able to
escape before she was raped, but that the experience was very traumatic because she felt like she
had no control and was physically dominated.

5. I remember her saying that the attacker?s name was Brett Kavanaugh, that he was a
successful lawyer who had grown up in Christine?s home town, and that he was well-known in
the Washington, DC. community.

6. In the years following the therapy session, we spoke a number of times about how the
assault affected her.

7. The next time she mentioned that Mr. Kavanaugh was the person who sexually assaulted
her was when President Trump was in the process of selecting his ?rst nominee for the Supreme
Court. Before the President had announced that Judge Neil Gorsuch was the nominee, I

remember Christine saying she was afraid the President might nominate Mr. Kavanaugh.

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8. These conversations about Mr. Kavanaugh started again shortly after Justice Anthony
Kennedy announced his resignation and the media began reporting that Mr. Kavanaugh was on
the President?s ?short list.?

9. Christine was very con?icted about whether she should speak publicly about what Mr.
Kavanaugh had done to her, as she knew it would be emotionally trying for her to relive this
traumatic experience in her life and hard on our family to deal with the inevitable public
reaction. However, in the end she believed her civic duty required her to speak out.

10. In our 16 years of marriage I have always known Christine to be a truthful person of great

integrity. I am proud of her for her bravery and courage.

I solemnly swear or af?rm under the penalties of perjury that the matters set forth in this
Declaration are true and correct to the best of my personal knowledge, information, and belief.

Executed on this Zi?day of f0? 45 201 8.

Russell Ford