Former CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin has come forward with the story behind her viral monologue on assault, revealing she deliberately left out a major detail while on air during Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Story behind her 2018 monologue In 2018, Kavanaugh faced multiple allegations of misconduct, including a claim from Christine Blasey Ford, who accused him of assaulting her at a party when they were teenagers. Kavanaugh denied all allegations against him and was confirmed to the Supreme Court that October.