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2019-09-13 Home Front: Politix
Virginia Lt. Gov. Fairfax files $400 million defamation suit against CBS
[THEHILL] Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D) on Thursday filed a $400 million defamation lawsuit against CBS Corp. and CBS Broadcasting in New York, accusing the organization of publishing false statements from two women who accused him of sexual assault.

The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court in Virginia's Eastern District, came in response to CBS interviews with the accusers the network conducted in February.

"Fairfax brings this action to restore his reputation and clear his name, ensure the truth prevails, stop the weaponization of false allegations of sexual assault against him, and vindicate his rights under civil law," the lawsuit says.

Fairfax has denied the accusations made by Vanessa Tyson and Meredith Watson. Tyson says Fairfax forced her to perform oral sex on him at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.

Watson, who said Fairfax raped her while they attended Duke University, came forward in an interview with CBS's Gayle King.

The women went public with their accusations after many called on Gov. Ralph Coonman Northam
...Governor of Virginia, another Dem Great White Hope. He won election by calling his Publican opponent Ed Gillespie a racist, but then, don't they all?...
(D) to resign after a photo from his medical school yearbook page resurfaced showing people in blackface. If Northam had resigned, Fairfax would have become governor.

"We stand by our reporting and we will vigorously defend this lawsuit," CBS News said in a statement to The Hill.

Posted by Fred 2019-09-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ]  Top

#1 Good for him.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-09-13 01:00||   2019-09-13 01:00|| Front Page Top

#2 If he prevails, will Blasey be next?

Or was she given immunity by our congressional nincompoops?
Posted by Lex 2019-09-13 02:24||   2019-09-13 02:24|| Front Page Top

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