A former high school classmate of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Wednesday denied having attended a party in which a woman claims the judge — then a teenager in high school — sexually assaulted her.

Patrick J. Smyth, who went to Georgetown Prep with Kavanaugh in the early 1980s, stepped forward to say he apparently is the “P.J.” that accuser Christine Blasey Ford has said was at that high school party.

“I understand that I have been identified by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford as the person she remembers as ‘P.J.’ who supposedly was present at the party she described in her statements to The Washington Post,” Smyth wrote in a statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee, according to CNN.

“I am issuing this statement today to make it clear to all involved that I have no knowledge of the party in question; nor do I have any knowledge of the allegations of improper conduct she has leveled against Brett Kavanaugh.”

Ford (shown above right), a clinical psychology professor at Palo Alto University, has described an encounter in which a supposedly drunken teenage Kavanaugh (above left) pushed her onto a bed when she was 15 and he was 17 and tried to take off her clothes.

She has said she got away when a friend of Kavanaugh, Mark Judge, jumped on top of both of them and knocked them to the floor.

Judge has denied any memory of the incident Ford describes.

Kavanaugh, currently a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, has also denied the allegation and expressed a willingness to testify under oath.

The text, which CNN obtained, indicates that Smyth wrote: “Personally speaking, I have known Brett Kavanaugh since high school and I know him to be a person of great integrity, a great friend, and I have never witnessed any improper conduct by Brett Kavanaugh toward women. To safeguard my own privacy and anonymity, I respectfully request that the committee accept this statement in response to any inquiry the committee may have.”

Carrie Severino, chief counsel and policy director of the Judicial Crisis Network, argued that Smyth’s statement provides more evidence that Kavanaugh is telling the truth.

“Sen. Grassley has done everything in his power to make it possible for her to come forward,” she said.

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“P.J. Smyth’s letter provides further confirmation that this story does not add up,” she told LifeZette. “It is clear that Judge Kavanaugh had nothing to do with this. The experience Dr. Ford describes sounds awful, but it is evident that Judge Kavanaugh was not involved.”

So far, Ford has declined an invitation to appear at a hastily scheduled hearing on Monday. Severino said Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) has bent over backward to accommodate Ford.

“Sen. Grassley has done everything in his power to make it possible for her to come forward,” she said.

Ford’s stance also has not played well with a handful of Republicans who had urged the committee to delay a vote on the nomination this week.

“When Dr. Ford came forward, I said that her voice should be heard and asked the Judiciary Committee to delay its vote on Judge Kavanaugh,” Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) tweeted on Tuesday.

“It did so. I now implore Dr. Ford to accept the invitation for Monday, in a public or private setting. The committee should hear her voice.”

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Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), who also has expressed consternation about moving forward, tweeted: “After learning of the allegation, Chairman @ChuckGrassley took immediate action to ensure both Dr. Ford and Judge Kavanaugh have the opportunity to be heard, in public or private. Republicans extended a hand in good faith. If we don’t hear from both sides on Monday, let’s vote.”

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), sent a letter to Grassley urging him to allow Ford’s lawyer to cross-examine Kavanaugh on Monday and to give Kavanaugh an opportunity to confront the accuser.

“Such an approach would provide more continuity, elicit the most information & allow an in-depth examination of the allegations,” she tweeted.

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