A woman who accused Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D) of raping her in 2000 said she still hopes to testify in public about her alleged assault, and she slammed efforts to shame her into silence and disempower women of color.

When I came forward to report that Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax raped me when we were both Duke University students in 2000, I did so to support another victim of sexual assault and to remove that man from a position of national prominence, the woman, Meredith Watson, wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post on Monday.

She continued to voice her frustration with the limited response to her allegations after she came forward this month, accusing Fairfax of a premeditated and aggressive assault. Her claim came just days after another woman, Vanessa Tyson , an associate professor at Scripps College, alleged Fairfax assaulted her at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston. He has denied both claims.

My privacy has already been violated, yet I am still willing to testify publicly under oath, Watson wrote. Tyson has made the same offer. Our plea to the Virginia General Assembly to require the same of Fairfax has been met with inaction.

Despite every attempt to shame me, she continued, I am not ashamed. It is Justin Fairfax who should be ashamed. It is the Virginia legislature that should be ashamed. And it is the media that should be ashamed.