Lawyers for Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax ask for sex assault investigation

NEWPORT NEWS — Saying he wants to “expedite the process” and prove his innocence, an attorney for Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax is officially calling on prosecutors in Durham, N.C., and Boston to investigate allegations of sexual assault against him.

The letters, sent Wednesday and provided to the Newport News Daily Press by Fairfax’s spokeswoman, come more than four months after two women accused the Democratic lieutenant governor of rape.

In a letter to the Durham district attorney, Fairfax’s lawyer said one of the women, Meredith Watson, blackmailed him, threatening to go public with her rape allegation if he didn’t resign within two hours.

Watson and Vanessa Tyson have said Fairfax raped them in Durham in 2000 and in Boston in 2004, respectively.

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