Last September, Bess Freedman, the CEO of Brown Harris Stevens, attended the Asian Real Estate Association of America conference in New York City. The keynote speaker, Red Apple Group's chairman and CEO John Catsimatidis, mentioned Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's Senate Judiciary Committee testimony and Judge Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination.
Catsimatidis referred to the alleged sexual assault as a "romp" between two teenagers, 36 years ago. He expressed incredulity over disqualifying someone from a job "because they fooled around in high school" adding, "Give me a break. Where are these Democrats coming from?"
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Betsy Kim
Betsy Kim was the bureau chief, East Coast, and New York City reporter for Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com. As a lawyer and journalist, Betsy has worked as the director of editorial and content for LexisNexis Lawyers.com, a TV/multi-media journalist for NBC and CBS affiliated TV stations in the Midwest, and an associate producer at Court TV.
