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Kavanaugh denies it. since this allegation has surfaced, professor ford has been thrusts into the spotlight. cnn has been learning from friends and colleagues how she is handling all the unwanted attention, and the impact that the sexual assault allegations have had on her life. cnn's emjay lee is live in california. >> the might forget ford did not want her identity to be revealed and it's safe to say since coming forward one week ago her life has been thrown into turmoil. christine blasey ford's life suddenly turned upsidedown after a stunning allegation that supreme court nominee, cavanaugh...

Talks about what she experienced, but there are not other people that says this is true. you have mr. judge who is not going to be testifying, so we will not be able to cross examine him and find out whether or not there are holes in his story. it will be her account and they will expect democrats to try and push against the denial of judge kavanaugh by asking him more about what he was like in high school and early college days, whether or not there was a lot of drinking in high school and in college and whether or not they can paint a picture that would make them believe this is something th...

Humiliation. >> it's a horrific allegation, but for the human element of it. this is not anything that resembles boys will be boys allegations in any typical sense. that's why it's so unprecedented. a lot of folks will say against the backdrop of bill clinton, this is all, you know, all of this is unprecedented and it's incredibly high stakes what will happen and a horrible fact pattern for the white house and kavanaugh. >> we saw what happened on friday with the president's tweet and we heard the reporting of how much push back there was from a republican saying don't mess this up for us, thi...

Everybody is going to eat glass if they look too deep into it. republicans will try and resist it. seems to me that senators collins and murkowski have a lot of power here. there's not a lot of margin for error. the democrats, the red-state democrats seen as likely to support kavanaugh, they have a very clear off-ramp from a political standpoint. the pressure will be incredible because the headline is horrible even if it's a different level of sexual harassment at the level of confirmation hearings. >> forcing somebody to touch them is battery. >> sounds like sexual humiliation. >> again, forc...

Ford. >> ford says a drunk kavanaugh groped her and attempted to remove her clothing. kavanaugh has forcefully denied the allegations, saying i have never done anything like what the accuser describes to her or anybody. ford's long-time friends describe the other mother of two psychology professor as loyal and honest. >> she's the last person that i could make up such a story because she's such a kind-hearted caring person. >> an avid surfer with a love for the ocean, dedicated to her family and research. >> she's somebody who really devoted her career to accuracy and data and facts. she's som...