Posted on 02/06/2019 1:09:21 PM PST by yesthatjallen
Vanessa Tyson, a professor who has accused Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D) of sexual assault, issued her first statement Wednesday detailing her allegation against him.
“What began as consensual kissing quickly turned into a sexual assault," Tyson, a college professor from California, said in the statement. "Mr. Fairfax forced me to perform oral sex on him."
Tyson has accused Fairfax of sexually assaulting her at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston. Fairfax has denied the accusation.
The lieutenant governor issued a statement earlier Wednesday maintaining that his interaction with Tyson was consensual.
“At no time did she express to me any discomfort or concern about our interactions, neither during that encounter nor doing the months following it, when she stayed in touch with me, nor the past fifteen years,” Fairfax said in the statement. “She in no way indicated that anything that had happened between us made her uncomfortable.”
The governor’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Tyson contradicted Fairfax’s denial, saying, “I cannot believe, given my obvious distress, that Mr. Fairfax thought this forced sexual act was consensual. To be very clear, I did not want to engage in oral sex with Mr. Fairfax and I never gave any form of consent.”
“I suffered from both deep humiliation and shame,” Tyson said, adding that she did not tell anyone for years.
She did approach The Washington Post with her story last year, but the paper said it did not publish her story because it could not find anyone to corroborate it.
Tyson is a professor of politics at Scripps College in California, although she is on fellowship at Stanford University this year. In addition to being a professor and author, Tyson advocates for sexual assault awareness and prevention, according to the Scripps College website.
She said in her statement that the allegations are not politically motivated and that she is a “proud Democrat.”
Tyson is represented by Katz, Marshall & Banks, the same law firm that represented Christine Blasey Ford, who accused Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh of assault last year. The firm did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The allegation against Fairfax surfaced after a photo was released Friday of Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s (D) medical school yearbook page that pictured a man dressed in blackface and another dressed in Ku Klux Klan robes.
Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring (D) on Wednesday also admitted to using blackface as a teenager, deepening the leadership crisis in the Commonwealth.
The Post didn’t publish this because they couldn’t corroborate it. Yet they had no problem piling on against Kavanaugh.
He said/she said.
Sean Hannity read her victim statement on the air today. I believe her. As a man I cannot understand why she did not report that assault when it happened. But I’m a man, and I know a vast majority of rape and assault do not go to the police as they should.
However she did confide in her friends and others last year about what happened so this did not come out of the blue as a total surprise.
I think Fairfax’s best option at this point would be to come out as gay.
Democracy dies in darkness, my ass. They forgot to explain that they are the f’ing umbrella!
The Post didn’t publish this because they couldn’t corroborate it. Yet they had no problem piling on against Kavanaugh.
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All women must be believed, right?
No, no. His best option would be to admit he wore black face in the 1980s.
Democracy dies in darkness. Some might believe the compost thinks that is a great catchy slogan. When in actuality it is their objective and desire.
Or announce he’s transitioning to become a woman....
They didn’t bother with it because the guy is a DEM; it’s as simple as that.
They didn’t bother with it because the guy is a DEM; it’s as simple as that.
Actually I think his best option would be to have a 2nd front door cut into his house.
Funny how they never mention AttackWatch.......
Hoist on their own petard.
No way I’d shove my Johnson into an angry cavity with teeth.
Sounds much like Cory Booker’s bathroom escapade, except that was a guy who made the accusation. That’s why Cory was so proud to announce that he had a girlfriend.
Anyone want to go through the list of differences?
1) couldn't identify the House vs. knew *exactly* where it happened
2) touching over clothes alleged vs. oral-genital contact
3) accuser giving her name publicly UP FRONT rather than indirectly through a partisan legislator
4) accused in one case had passed NUMEROUS background checks with nothing similar on his record vs. (unknown?)
5) accuser of Kavanaugh part of all-out assault includin women dressed up as fictional characters, vs. released through a top law firm
6) accuser of Kavanaugh unavailable to committee (even though they were secretly in-state) vs. formal, specific press release
7) accuser of Kavanaugh during confirmation hearings vs. no particular political event
8) Kavanaugh received numerous testimonials in his favor from women who had worked with him for decades; vs. Fairfax quoted after accusation as saying "F*** that B***!"
On the other hand,
8) both accusers waited decades to come forward
9) both accusers are academic women from California
I do not believe her. But in a he said/she said, either one of them could be telling the truth. After the way they treated Kavanaugh though, I hope Fairfax gets thrown under the bus, and I hope she's lying to boot. That would be sweet!
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