Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh's accuser tentatively agrees to testify on Thursday - media

A woman who has accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault has tentatively agreed to testify before a Senate panel on Thursday, according to media reports.

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The agreement is in the works for California professor Christine Blasey Ford to possibly testify on Thursday, but details have yet to be finalised, CNN and other media reported late on Saturday. The report said that her lawyers will talk again on Sunday with Senate officials.

U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley had set a Saturday afternoon deadline for Ford, who has accused Kavanaugh of sexual assaulting her at a high school party 36 years ago, to decide whether and how she will testify.

“Dr. Ford accepts the committee’s request to provide her first-hand knowledge of Brett Kavanaugh’s sexual misconduct next week,” Debra Katz and Lisa Banks, Ford’s attorneys, said in a statement. “We are hopeful that we can reach agreement on details.”