'Warn the neighbors that we're loud, obnoxious drunks with prolific pukers among us': Messy handwritten 'Beach Week' letter written by "Bart" Kavanaugh to his friends in 1983 surfaces after he told senators he 'didn't have a drinking problem.
Brett Kavanaugh (right, and inset at high school) wrote the letter (part of it pictured left) to seven of his Georgetown Prep classmates ahead of 'Beach Week' in 1983, when the group would be partying at a condo in Maryland. In the note, he expresses a fear of getting thrown out and suggests limiting the number of boys allowed to attend, but adds 'any girls we can beg to stay there [will be] welcomed with open... anyway, I think we're all set.' In a post-script, he jokingly describes the group as 'loud, obnoxious drunks with prolific pukers among us.' Kavanaugh's history of high school drinking has come under scrutiny since he was accused of sexual assault at parties by three women, including Christine Blasey Ford, who testified before the Senate last week.The Times contacted Kavanaugh about the letter, who confirmed that he wrote it ahead of 'Beach Week' in the summer of 1983, but refused to comment further.It is also significant that the letter is signed 'Bart', a name that Judge has used in his memoirs to describe a hard-drinking friend.
Judge wrote that a friend by the name of Bart O'Kavanaugh had once 'puked in someone's car' and 'passed out on his way back from a party' while describing a culture of 'blackout drinking' at high school.
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