Second accuser says Justin Fairfax raped her

Published February 8, 2019 9:47pm ET



Virginia Democratic Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax has been accused of sexual misconduct by a second woman.

Attorney Nancy Erika Smith, the same attorney who represented former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson in her sexual harassment lawsuit against the late Roger Ailes, asserted Friday that Fairfax raped her client Meredith Watson in 2000. At the time, both Fairfax and Watson were students at Duke University and were friends but had never been involved romantically, Smith said.

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