I think it likely Ford suffered abse. Its a rare woman who hasnt. But my belief is it wasnt kavanaugh and the democrats used Ford in a really dirty way. I think they asked her to fabricate the complaint with a promise that it would be just one of several and that it would never get to the stage of evidential hearings - it wassupposed to remain a media-circuit smear campaign.  Ford has her pussyhat political grievances - which in this day and age means she believes in 'collective punishment' of straight white men - and was prepared to compromise the truth for 'the greater fight' then the dems have pressured her into deeper and deeper involvement - leaking her notes. Im not so sure it goes all the way to MK ultra.But that explains why she lied about fear of flying - the Dems hadn't finished persuading her into deeper involvement no-one won here. not truth, not decency, not feminism, not real victims. Just sheer recklessness to the standards of jurisprudence for an entire civilization, for sheer political experdience