- Lillian McEwen, who dated Clarence Thomas from 1979 through the mid-1980s, tells The Washington Post, "The Clarence I know was certainly capable not only of doing the things that Anita Hill said he did, but it would be totally consistent with the way he lived his personal life then.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/19/ar2010101907062.html 12 comments worldnews