His public statements come after two women, who accused Fairfax of sexually assaulting them in the early s, told their stories in emotional interviews with CBS This Morning anchor Gayle King. It is very important for truth to be established and, where sexual assault has, in fact, occurred, for resources and assistance to be provided to survivors," Fairfax read from a prepared statement.
A just society requires fairness and due process. In that regard, I do not believe that national television appearances or legislative hearings are the right vehicles to get at the truth. Sensationalizing allegations does not make them true.
Yet, airing salacious allegations without evidence does enormous damage. In interviews that aired on national television Monday and Tuesday, Dr. Tyson told King that, while at the Democratic National Convention, Fairfax invited her to his room where the two kissed on his bed.
She said that consensual interaction ended when Fairfax forced her to perform oral sex on him. And then the next thing I know, like, my head is, like, literally in his crotch. And I'm choking and gagging. And, you know, I couldn't say anything 'cause i'm choking and gagging. Tyson has stated definitively that she met, interacted, and had a conversation with me in Boston on July 26, , the first day of the Convention; in fact, Senator [John] Edwards and I were not in Boston on that date.
We did not arrive in Boston from North Carolina until the following day," he said. Tyson, who was a volunteer at the Convention. As young adults and students we spent time together talking. I invited her to my hotel room, where we engaged in completely consensual activity. Tyson say that I held her neck and physically forced her to engage in sexual contact.
