Kavanaugh Can Join Thomas.

[Jehanne]

Ford said there were 4 other people there besides herself.

Kavanaugh denies it. Judge (who was named as involved) denies it. These of course have motivation to deny it.

Another person who was allegedly there, but did not witness the assault, appears to be Patrick J. Smyth. He also denies that the event occurred:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/18/politics/...index.html

So out of 5 people, 1 says it happened, 3 says it didn't, and we haven't heard from the last.

Last I heard, Judge simply doesn't recall.  How is testimony that people didn't witness the assault testimony that the assault didn't occur?  That would seem to imply that we have reasonable reason to believe they would have witnessed an assault if it had occurred.  From my recollection, Blasey Ford is claiming that she and Kavanaugh and Judge were alone together in a bedroom.  If my understanding is wrong, then please correct it.  Otherwise, that seems that you have only one witness that it didn't happen, and that is Kavanaugh, as originally stated.  It appears to be your claim that the two others were in the bedroom with Kavanaugh, Blasey Ford, and Judge.  It's getting pretty crowded in there.  Can you link me to the statements of these other people because I haven't seen it.  (I haven't read the news this morning, and there was nothing about this in any of the accounts I've read previously.)

Your article says that Smyth has no knowledge of either the party or the assault.  That doesn't help any. (The article you cite doesn't claim that Smyth denies the assault took place.  If you have an actual instance of him denying the assault, please provide it.  If he simply has no knowledge of the events, I don't see how that introduces serious doubt that the event did occur.  It additionally puts an inconsistency in Smyth's claims, that he both does and does not have knowledge of the events in question.)

If the article and Smyth's statement are any indication, you seem to be seeing what you want to believe rather than what's actually there.

Translation:  "I do recall, but, it's no big deal; I was, after all, just a kid, but now, I do not want to be a felon by perjuring myself."