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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums***BREAKING: Second woman accuses Virginia lieutenant governor of sexual assault
Published: 02/08/19 04:39 PM EST
A second woman has accused Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assault. Meredith Watson said through her attorney Friday that Fairfax raped her when they were students at Duke University in 2000.
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calimary
(81,527 posts)SCRUBDASHRUB
(7,252 posts)pwb
(11,294 posts).
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,716 posts)Second woman accuses Va. Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assault
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/second-woman-accuses-va-lt-gov-justin-fairfax-of-sexual-assault/2019/02/08/19e6bb6c-2bdf-11e9-b011-d8500644dc98_story.html?utm_term=.b9d20ea587dc
JCMach1
(27,580 posts)There was a pattern of behavior. If this claim is legit, he needs to.resign.
Demsrule86
(68,715 posts)couldn't get on but I don't know for sure.
AkFemDem
(1,836 posts)theboss
(10,491 posts)Considering we are canonizing Bezos today.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,716 posts)Demsrule86
(68,715 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Demsrule86
(68,715 posts)a kennedy
(29,723 posts)Or am I out of line?? This is the play book, this is how they work.
Dorian Gray
(13,510 posts)rape...
so it's not exactly what happened to Al Franken.
It sounds like there is corroboration, so screw this guy.
a kennedy
(29,723 posts)Im still just sick over Senator Franken NOT being in the Senate now. Im sick about it still.
Dorian Gray
(13,510 posts)he was a great fighter and a powerful voice. I wish he had fought a little more for himself. What he was accused of was nowhere near this level of crap. He could have weathered it and opened a conversation about respecting boundaries.
But rape is something much more sinister and problematic.
I'm sure that there could be assholes working to unseat him, but he's the Lt. Gov, It might be just that he's a rapey scum bucket.
Demsrule86
(68,715 posts)58Sunliner
(4,419 posts)Through her attorney, Meredith Watson said she shared her account of sexual assault immediately after it happened with several classmates, who have provided statements. Her lawyer also said she shared her account with friends in a string of emails and Facebook messages.
Demsrule86
(68,715 posts)stopbush
(24,397 posts)58Sunliner
(4,419 posts)The first one is credible and rapists usually strike more than once.
OliverQ
(3,363 posts)Watson is claiming she was raped in 2000. She also claims that she sent Facebook messages to friends about the incident. Facebook didn't exist until 2004.
So did she not say anything for 4 years, and then said something on Facebook once it was created?
58Sunliner
(4,419 posts)theboss
(10,491 posts)Exactly as Dr. Tyson did.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,716 posts)A law firm and crisis management team wouldn't vouch for something that could be so easily disproven.
standingtall
(2,787 posts)should not be considered credible.
theboss
(10,491 posts)Okay.
Demsrule86
(68,715 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,716 posts)She was upset, Adams said. She told me she had been raped and she named Justin.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/second-woman-accuses-va-lt-gov-justin-fairfax-of-sexual-assault/2019/02/08/19e6bb6c-2bdf-11e9-b011-d8500644dc98_story.html?utm_term=.b9d20ea587dc
Why would Mr. Adams lie?
standingtall
(2,787 posts)or what incentive someone would have to lie.
yardwork
(61,715 posts)So are the emails the accuser sent in later years, stating that he raped her in 2000.
This looks very bad for him.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)allgood33
(1,584 posts)the Governor to appoint antoher Democrat as Lt. Gov. Is that how it works? The Governor appoints and new Lt. Gov.?
If so, the newly appointed needs to be clean, clean, clean. Hard to find in ole Virginny.
Dorian Gray
(13,510 posts)he's done.
ripcord
(5,553 posts)Then Patrick Hope will introduce articles of impeachment.