Christine Blasey Ford is a psychology professor who was the first woman during Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation process to say he sexually assaulted her in the past. She testified publicly to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary about her recollection of the assault prior to Kavanaugh's confirmation vote. Right-wing media and Trump allies slandered her for speaking publicly and spread hoaxes attempting to discredit her, and death threats caused her to move out of her home.