Brett Kavanaugh accuser Julie Swetnick threatened ex-boyfriend, Richard Vinneccy, who filed a restraining order: ‘She’s not credible at all’
One of the accusers against Brett Kavanaugh, Julie Swetnik, is now under scrutiny over a restraining order against her in 2001 for issuing multiple threats against the boyfriend, Richard Vinneccy, after their four-year relationship came to a halt.
Politico reported on a Miami-Dade County court docket which shows “a petition for injunction against Swetnick was filed March 1, 2001” by Vinneccy, The case was dismissed 13 days later “not long after an affidavit of non-ability to advance fees was filed.”
According to Vinneccy, 63, Swetnick threatened him after they broke up and even after he got married to his current wife and had a child.
Julie Swetnik
“Right after I broke up with her, she was threatening my family, threatening my wife and threatening to do harm to my baby at that time,” Vinneccy said in the telephone interview with Politico. “I know a lot about her.”
“She’s not credible at all,” he said. “Not at all.”
He added: “My phone has not stopped since this morning. Everyone is calling,” Vinneccy said.
The Democrat spoke with Politico, prompting questions to Swetnik’s lawyer late Wednesday. Michael Avenatti said he knew nothing of a restraining order and called the line of inquiry irrelevant.
“Complete nonsense. No truth to this at all. Her ex-boyfriend fraudulently used her resume to apply for and obtain jobs and was caught by her,” said Avenatti. “Why are you all attacking a sexual assault victim? Would that be appropriate in a court of law?”
Swetnick was identified on Wednesday by Avenatti, who produced a sworn statement asserting that she met Kavanaugh in the 1980-1981 time period and subsequently attended more than 10 house parties where she said Kavanaugh and a close friend of his, Mark Judge, attended.
Swetnick does not accuse Kavanaugh himself of sexually assaulting her in the sworn statement. But she asserts Kavanaugh was present when she was the victim of a “gang rape” by multiple boys at one party.
Vinneccy made clear that he did not believe her story.
“I have a lot of facts, evidence, that what she’s saying is not true at all,” he said. “I would rather speak to my attorney first before saying more.”
Avenatti said called the reporting “outrageous” and accused the press of “digging into the past” of a woman who stepped forward and is willing to testify under oath.
“I am disgusted by the fact that the press is attacking a sexual assault victim,” Avenatti said.
When asked if the allegation of a restraining order were true, Avenatti said: “I don’t know one way or another,” adding he would research it further.
Avenatti make headlines as the attorney for porn star Stormy Daniels, who violated her confidentiality agreement to openly discuss her sexual experience(s) with President Trump.
