'She 堅固に believes that story needs to be heard': Family of woman who （刑事）被告 Brett Kavanaugh of 性の 強襲，強姦 continue their support as sister-in-法律 否定するs Christine Ford is mistaken

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The family of Christine Blasey Ford is continuing to 公然と show their support after the California college professor （刑事）被告 最高裁判所 指名された人 Brett Kavanaugh of sexually 強襲，強姦ing her when they were 十代の少年少女s.?

During an 外見 on Good Morning America, Ford's sister-in-法律 Deborah Ford Peters spoke out on why Ford wants her story to be heard.?

'I assume that she was very 関心d about 裁判官 Kavanaugh 存在 considered for the 最高裁判所,' Peters said.?

'I think she doesn't want her story misrepresented, in the way that it 漏れるd, but she also 堅固に believes that story needs to be heard by the American public, that they need to know what this man did in his 青年 so that he can be held responsible.'?

Deborah Ford Peters (pictured on Good Morning America) showed support for her sister-in-法律 Christine Blasey Ford

Ford （刑事）被告 Brett Kavanaugh of sexually 強襲，強姦ing at a party when they were in high school?

Kavanaugh, who is Trump's 最高裁判所 指名された人, 否定するd the 主張s?

Ford （刑事）被告 Kavanaugh of 試みる／企てるd 強姦, telling the Washington 地位，任命する that he 恐らく pinned her 負かす／撃墜する on a bed and tried to take her 着せる／賦与するs off at a party in high school. She said he covered her mouth when she tried to 叫び声をあげる.?

Ford, who said their are 詳細（に述べる）s she does not remember, told the 出口 that she believes the attack happened in the 早期に 1980s when she was 15. At the time, Ford did not tell anyone about her 遭遇（する） with Kavanaugh. She and her husband said the first time she について言及するd it was in 2012 during a couples therapy 開会／開廷／会期.

Kavanaugh 否定するd the 主張s, while some 共和国の／共和党のs have 示唆するd that Ford may be mistaken and the person who 恐らく attacked her was someone else.

Peters, however, is sure Ford is telling the truth and has the 権利 guy.

'I can't imagine any 推論する／理由 that it would be a mistaken 身元,' she said on GMA. '特に working with people who have been through 外傷／ショックs, the 詳細（に述べる）s of the 外傷／ショックs are often etched in their minds forever.'?

She 追加するd: 'I feel very proud and 肉親，親類d of impressed and amazed that she has the courage to come out and 直面する whatever consequence she has to 直面する. But she's a strong person. She's showing us she's 有能な of doing it.'?

Peters' comments （機の）カム days after several members of Ford's family wrote a public letter of support, telling 上院議員s 'her honesty is above reproach'.

Disney st ar?Bridgit Mendler, Ford's niece, 地位，任命するd the letter on her Twitter page with a 公式文書，認める 賞賛するing her 'Aunt Chrissy'.?

'Dr Christine Blasey Ford, or Aunt Chrissy as I know her is the person who 根気よく helped me with my college 使用／適用, she was the first to give me a 抱擁する when I saw my family on vacation. Please remember her humanity. This is a message from our family,' Mendler wrote.

Christine Blasey (now Ford) and Brett Kavanaugh in their 各々の high school year 調書をとる／予約するs

Bridgit Mendler 地位，任命するd the family's public letter of support on her twitter account

The signers 含む Ford's husband Russell Ford, Mendler and 10 other family members who identify as Christine Ford's in-法律s.?

The letter speaks of Ford's 'honesty and compassion'.?

'Chrissy has tremendous compassion for others, goes out of her way to support and encourage the young ones in our family and does so with 広大な／多数の／重要な warmth and generosity,' the letter 公式文書，認めるs.

'We especiall y admire the way she is raising her children to be genuinely good people who are considerate of others,' it says.

'As a family member, Chrissy can be can be counted on in any 肉親，親類d of difficulty. Her honesty is above reproach and her 行為 is 高度に 倫理的な and respectful of everyone's point of 見解（をとる）. We believe that Chrissy has 行為／法令／行動するd bravely by 発言する／表明するing her experiences from he past and we know how difficult this is for her.'

The letter 結論するd: 'Chrissy is not someone who chooses to be in the スポットライト. We ask that her 決定／判定勝ち（する） to 株 a 私的な and difficult recollection be 扱う／治療するd 本気で and respectfully, and we ask that you please make every 成果／努力 to 尊敬（する）・点 Chrissy's and our family's privacy as this 問題／発行する is 調査／捜査するd.'

Additionally 支持者s gathered outside of Ford's home in Palo Alto, California, to show their support for her with many waving 'thank you' 調印するs.

Ford's 弁護士／代理人／検事 and friends have said she and her family cannot stay in their home because she has received death 脅しs since coming 今後 with her 告訴，告発.?

Ford, a psychology professor at Palo Alto University, is gearing up to 証言する before the 上院 about her 主張s. 上院 司法の Chairman Chuck Grassley gave Ford and her 弁護士／代理人／検事 a Friday night 最終期限 to decide if she was going to appear before the 委員会 on Wednesday.

支持者s 決起大会／結集させる outside of Ford's house in Palo Alto to show their support for her

Trump tweeted Friday that Kavanaugh is a '罰金 man with an impeccable 評判'?

The 大統領，／社長 also questioned why Ford, who said the 強襲，強姦 happened when she was 15, didn't come 今後 years ago?

Debra Katz, one of Ford's lawyers, （刑事）被告 共和国の／共和党のs of trying to 'いじめ（る）' Ford into quickly 証言するing to '奪う her of the ability to make a considered 決定／判定勝ち（する） that has life-altering 関わりあい／含蓄s for her and her family'.?

Her 弁護士／代理人／検事s are 押し進めるing for a Thursday 審理，公聴会 so she has enough time to 運動 across the country from her home in California to DC. によれば Politico, Ford 報道によれば told friends that she has trouble with 限定するd spaces and 示すd a physical difficulty in making the trip by 計画（する）.?

Trump 指名するd Kavanaugh for 最高裁判所 in July, and has 繰り返して 支援するd him まっただ中に the 性の 強襲，強姦 主張. In tweets on Friday, the 大統領，／社長 called Kavanaugh a '罰金 man' and questioned why Ford didn't come 今後 years ago.?

'裁判官 Brett Kavanaugh is a 罰金 man, with an impeccable 評判, who is?under 強襲，強姦 by 過激な 左翼 政治家，政治屋s who don’t want to know the answers, they just want to destroy and 延期する. Facts don’t 事柄. I go through this with them every 選び出す／独身 day in D.C,' he wrote.?

In a second tweet, he 追加するd: 'I have no 疑問 that, if the attack on Dr. Ford was as bad as she says, 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s would have been すぐに とじ込み／提出するd with 地元の 法律 施行 当局 by either her or her loving parents. I ask that she bring those filings 今後 so that we can learn date, time, and place!'