VA politician Justin Fairfax denies sexual assualt allegations, calls fr investigation
By Mona Austin Virginia's Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax made a statement on the CBS network Wednesday morning challenging the two women who accused him of sexual assault. He continues to claim both accusations are false. Both women came forth against Fairfax in February during a time when he could have potentially become governor, after Virginia's Gov. Ralph Northam was involved in a racist photo scandal. Dr. Vanessa Tyson says Fairfax forced her to perform oral sex when they met at the DNC in Boston in 2004. Meredith Watson says Fairfax raped her in 2000 when they were students at Duke University. "After I arrived, I met Dr. Tyson, who was a volunteer at the Convention. As young adults and students we spent time together talking. . . . What she alleged never happened. At no time did I force any contact," he said. Fairfax further claimed the timing Tyson gave was off, because he and then Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards were not at...