Former policy director for Justin Fairfax says he has 'lost the moral legitimacy to hold public

[TexasTowelie]

Former policy director for Justin Fairfax says he has 'lost the moral legitimacy to hold public office'


In a solemn and compelling speech this week at a Take Back the Night rally, the former policy director for Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax described being sexually assaulted 14 years ago. She said due process is not a standard created to allow someone to remain in political power, and said Fairfax has "lost the moral legitimacy to hold public office."

Adele McClure was among a majority of Fairfax staffers and aides who resigned in February after a second allegation of sexual assault against him was made public.

Fairfax has insisted the sexual contact with his two accusers was consensual, gave a speech from the Senate dais decrying "political lynchings without any due process" and has said he is the victim of a "vicious and coordinated smear campaign."

Vanessa Tyson, a college professor, has accused Fairfax of forcing her to perform oral sex in a Boston hotel room in 2004. Meredith Watson has accused Fairfax of raping her while the two were students at Duke University in 2000.

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(Lynchburg News & Advance)