The woman who’s accused US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her while in high school may be “mixed up” about the alleged incident, US Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) said Monday.

Hatch told reporters that he spoke by phone with Kavanaugh, who denied attending a 1982 party where Christine Blasey Ford says he drunkenly pinned her to a bed, groped her and tried to remove her clothing.

“The judge who I know very, very well, is an honest man, said this didn’t happen,” Hatch said, according to The Hill.

Hatch also said there’s “some question” whether Ford is “mixed up” and confusing Kavanaugh with someone else.

Ford claims Kavanaugh was “stumbling drunk” at the time, but Hatch rejected the possibility that he was so intoxicated he can’t remember the incident.

“He said this did not happen and he’s naturally very upset about it,” Hatch said.

In 1991, amid the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Hatch accused law professor Anita Hill of fabricating claims that Thomas sexually harassed her when she worked for him at the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Hatch told Utah’s Deseret News newspaper that “there’s no question in my mind she was coached by special interest groups,” adding: “Her story’s too contrived. It’s so slick it doesn’t compute.”