A lawyer for the woman accusing Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump¡¯s U.S. Supreme Court nominee, of sexual assault told a Senate panel the professor would be willing to testify next week if it provides ¡°terms that are fair and which ensure her safety,¡± an email obtained by U.S. media on Thursday showed.

Christine Blasey Ford, a psychology professor at Palo Alto University in California, has been given a Friday deadline to decide whether to testify before the Judiciary Committee, but Republican lawmakers and the accuser remained locked in a high-stakes standoff over whether she will appear.

The email from Ford¡¯s lawyer, Debra Katz, was reported on by the New York Times, Washington Post and CNN.