Legal expert Jonathan Turley called the sexual harassment allegations against Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh “more serious” than the ones Anita Hill leveled against now-Justice Clarence Thomas nearly three decades ago.

“This is more serious in the sense that we never had a nominee accused of attempted rape,” Turley, an opinion contributor for The Hill, told Hill.TV co-hosts Krystal Ball and Buck Sexton on Monday.

“We’re getting a lot of firsts, they’re not good firsts, and this is more serious than [Clarance] Thomas because he was accused of sexual misconduct,” he added.

Turley, who covered Hill's 1991 hearing before Senate Judiciary Committee, thinks it’s fair to draw comparisons between the two controversies, saying both are a “he said, she said situation.”

“You’re not going to have much more in terms of cooperation here it appears as of today – maybe we’ll see witness comes forward, but there’s a very good chance that we will not be able to prove or disapprove these allegations,” the George Washington University law professor told Hill.TV.

Ultimately, Turley thinks it all comes down to the question of whether Senate Republicans “read this in favor of the accuser or the accused.”

Turley’s comments come just two days after California professor Christine Blasey Ford detailed her account of being sexually assault by Kavanaugh when they were both in high school in the 1980s to the Washington Post.

Kavanaugh has repeatedly denied the accusations.

But Senate Republicans delayed a vote on his confirming nomination to the Supreme Court.

Sen. Chuck Grassley Charles (Chuck) Ernest GrassleyThe Hill's 12:30 Report: Ginsburg lies in repose Top GOP senators say Hunter Biden's work 'cast a shadow' over Obama Ukraine policy Read: Senate GOP's controversial Biden report MORE (R-Iowa) announced that both Ford and Trump’s Supreme Court pick will testify before the committee on Monday.

In light of Kavanaugh's sexual harassment allegations, Hill penned an op-ed in The New York Times, saying it's "impossible to miss the parallels" between Kavanaugh and Justice Clarence Thomas' confirmation hearings, and urged senators on the Judiciary Committee to “do better” this time around.

— Tess Bonn