Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax Accused Of Sexual Assault By Second Woman

A second woman has accused Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assault .

A statement released Friday by attorney Nancy Erika Smith accuses Fairfax of raping Meredith Watson in 2000 while the two attended Duke University. The statement came out days after another woman accused Fairfax of sexual assault , an allegation he has denied.

At this time, Ms. Watson is reluctantly coming forward out of a strong sense of civic duty and her belief that those seeking or serving in public office should be of the highest character, the statement says in part. She has no interest in becoming a media personality or reliving the trauma that has greatly affected her life. Similarly, she is not seeking any financial damages.

Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said the allegations against Fairfax are credible and called for his immediate resignation .

However, in a statement, Fairfax called the latest allegations unsubstantiated and demonstrably false. He said he will not resign.

Fairfax denies the charges as \"a vicious and coordinated smear campaign is being orchestrated against me.\"

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Fairfax denies the charges as "a vicious and coordinated smear campaign is being orchestrated against me."

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Fairfaxs other accuser is Vanessa Tyson , an associate professor of politics at Scripps College in Claremont, California, who said he sexually assaulted her in 2004 at the Democratic National Convention.

What began as consensual kissing quickly turned into a sexual assault, Tyson said. Fairfax forced the woman to perform oral sex on him, she said.