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Former DC Weatherman Says Swetnick’s Dad Told Him She Had ‘Psychological Problems’

(MSNBC 10/1/2018)

Kerry Picket Political Reporter
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Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley released a signed statement from a former DC weather anchor who claimed he knew one of Brett Kavanaugh’s accusers. He also said in that statement that her father told him once told him she had “psychological problems.”

Julie Swetnick, the woman who claims Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh attended gang-rape parties when he was in high school, dated WJLA weather anchor and former Democratic Congressional candidate Dennis Ketterer in the 1990’s, according to a signed statement from Grassley’s office.

Ketterer had met Swetnick in 1993 at a Washington D.C. bar during a going away party for a Channel 7 colleague of his. Ketterer says he was overweight at the time and did not understand why she was talking to him but that she continued to keep in touch with him.

According to Ketterer, who was married at that time, he and Swetnick never had sex — she was sexually aggressive with him and they talked about sex instead.

“During a conversation about our sexual preferences, things got derailed when Julie told me that she liked to have sex with more than one guy at a time. In fact sometimes with several at one time. She wanted to know if that would be ok in our relationship,” Ketterer said in his statement about Swetnick.

He went on to say, “I asked her if this was just a fantasy of hers. She responded that she first tried sex with multiple guys while in high school and still liked it from time-to-time. She brought it up because she wanted to know if I would be interested in that.”

Ketterer also said that Swetnick never made any mention of being sexually assaulted.

“Julie never said anything about being sexually assaulted, raped, gang-raped or having sex against her will. She never mentioned Brett Kavanaugh in any capacity.”

Ketterer ended the relationship when he found Swetnick’s desire for group sex to be too much.

In 1996, though,  Ketterer decided to run for Congress in Maryland’s 8th District and wanted to ask Swetnick to help his primary campaign. However, he had lost her phone number, so he called her father to get hold of it.

“When I talked to him about possibly bringing her on to help with my campaign, he told me that she had psychological and other problems at the time. When I asked, he would not go into detail and said I wouldn’t want her to work on my campaign. His response was rather abrupt. He hung up on me.”

Swetnick’s attorney Michael Avenatti refuted Ketterer’s statement on Twitter, calling it “garbage.”

Ketterer, who revealed he is a sexual abuse survivor from his childhood, said in his statement he decided to step forward and give his story when he first heard that Swetnick was Kavanaugh’s third accuser.

“My heart still feels heavy, for me as well as Julie and the Kavanaughs. That said, based on my direct experience with Julie, I do not believe her allegations against Mr. Kavanaugh.”

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