This just aired a few minutes ago on “CBS This Morning”; more to come shortly. Basically, Tyson describes the alleged incident with Justin Fairfax in 2004, and fair warning, it’s fairly graphic. The question is, how credible is Tyson and specifically her story? Also, what happens next, exactly? For his part, Justin Fairfax says he took a polygraph and it showed he was telling the truth that nothing like this ever happened. So…where does this leave the whole situation?
UPDATE: Tyson denies that this is an “orchestrated smear campaign,” says she doesn’t even know Meredith Watson…”it wasn’t either one of us, it was Justin Fairfax.” Also, Tyson says “lynching” reference by Justin Fairfax is “disgraceful, irresponsible and manipulative”; “black women were lynched specifically trying to protect black men”; “sexual assault should never be a racial issue, it should never be a partisan issue.”
WATCH: Vanessa Tyson, a politics professor, claims Virginia’s lieutenant governor Justin Fairfax assaulted her during the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston.
Some of the details she shared with @GayleKing are disturbing. https://t.co/e6bPJdK5cE pic.twitter.com/Gn8gHf1N64
— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) April 1, 2019
“So you really haven’t seen him since that incident in 2004?” — @GayleKing
“No, I haven’t seen him.. I remember him trying to call me a couple times. But I just didn’t pick up. This was after the convention was over. And I think he emailed me a few times as well.” — Tyson pic.twitter.com/9bW9LYZxzI
The first of two women accusing Virginia’s lieutenant governor of sexual assault says it’s her civic duty to come forward. Vanessa Tyson says Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax assaulted her in 2004. He categorically denies the allegations. https://t.co/e6bPJdK5cE pic.twitter.com/6AaHrn0hU1
— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) April 1, 2019
— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) April 1, 2019
The first of two women accusing Virginia’s lieutenant governor of sexual assault says it’s her civic duty to come forward. Vanessa Tyson says Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax assaulted her in 2004. He categorically denies the allegations. https://t.co/e6bPJdK5cE pic.twitter.com/6AaHrn0hU1
— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) April 1, 2019
Justin Fairfax responded to the accusations in a statement to @CBSNews: https://t.co/e6bPJdK5cE pic.twitter.com/mBHQAWpv70
— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) April 1, 2019
Meredith Watson came forward shortly after Vanessa Tyson made her accusations in February. She told us that she’s sorry for not reporting her allegation that Justin Fairfax raped her nearly 20 years ago.https://t.co/e6bPJdK5cE pic.twitter.com/BWTESlz1tj
— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) April 1, 2019
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