A Seattle woman has come forward with an allegation of rape against a Washington state lawmaker, spurred on by Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
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Candace Faber accused Washington state Sen. Joe Fain on Twitter of raping her after her graduation in 2007 from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., a claim he denies.
Fain, a 37-year-old Republican lawmaker, has asked for an investigation into the allegations.
The allegations came a few hours after Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, defended himself against accusations of sexual assault before the Senate Judiciary Committee, accusations he vehemently denied. Faber, 35, wrote in a post on Medium that the proceedings had encouraged her to speak out.
“Like Dr. Ford, I can no longer remain silent knowing that the man who raped me is in a position to influence the laws that govern my state and impact every woman who lives here,” Faber wrote of Ford, who testified against Kavanaugh. “I do not believe that survivors have a civic duty to speak out. I believe that we have a civic duty to believe survivors.”
Faber also had a post on Medium in June about the incident, but did not name Fain. In the post, she wrote that they had met up at the Capitol and spent the evening drinking and kissing. She helped him return to her hotel room, where he ripped her dress off and raped her even though she yelled at him to stop.
Fain, who represents Auburn, Wash., and is the state Senate minority floor leader, denied the allegations in a text to the Seattle Times.
“I absolutely deny what Ms. Faber is accusing me of,” he said in a text to the newspaper. “Any allegation of this serious nature deserves to be heard and investigated for all parties involved. I invite and will cooperate with any inquiry. I ask everyone to show respect to Ms. Faber and to the process.”
