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“One Way Back”: Christine Blasey Ford on speaking out, death threats, and life after the Kavanaugh hearings

In 2018 her accusations of sexual assault against then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh stirred a hornet's nest of controversy, and brought death threats to Ford and her family. Now, she has written a memoir about her experience speaking out.
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Christine Blasey Ford on the cost of speaking out

In 2018, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, a university professor and mother of two, accused then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of assaulting her at a party while both were in high school. After her televised testimony, the allegations stirred a hornet's nest of controversy, and brought death threats to Ford and her family. Now, Ford has written a memoir, "One Way Back," about her experience speaking out. She talks with correspondent Tracy Smith about the costs of going public; the responses she received from survivors of sexual assault; and how she has no regrets for her decision.
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