Supreme Court pick Kavanaugh: I will not let false accusations push me out

‘I’ve never sexually assaulted anyone, in high school or otherwise,’ Mr Kavanaugh insisted in a televised interview.

Brett Kavanaugh, with his wife Ashley Estes Kavanaugh, answers questions during a Fox News interview (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has declared in a televised interview that he never sexually assaulted anyone in high school or at any other time in his life.

Mr Kavanaugh and his wife, Ashley, sat down for an interview with Fox News Channel’s The Story With Martha MacCallum after a second woman accused him of sexual misconduct.