Tyson, who teaches politics at Scripps College, spoke for the first time publicly Tuesday since coming forward, warning at a Stanford University symposium of an "epidemic" of sexual assault. "We have prosecuted many sexual assault cases dating back decades," said Jake Wark, spokesman for the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office in Boston.
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Tyson stated earlier, she will cooperate with all appropriate investigations and awaits further word from leadership in the Virginia legislature about how it will proceed."Įarlier Wednesday, Rollins expressed interest in investigating Tyson's assault claim. Tyson will not be bullied and she will not be deterred by such threats. "This is a clear effort to obstruct justice. Tyson if she pressed charges against him for sexually assaulting her in 2004," Katz said. Governor Fairfax would initiate criminal charges against Dr. Governor Fairfax’s spokeswoman issued a shocking threat, as reported by the Boston Globe, that Lt. Katz said that Tyson will sit down after threats from Fairfax, who had denied the allegation, saying he and Tyson had a "100 percent consensual" experience. Vanessa Tyson, a Stanford University fellow and associate professor at Scripps College in California, released a detailed letter through her lawyers Wednesday in which she said she reluctantly. Since Tyson came forward last week, a second woman has accused Fairfax of sexual assault.
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We are working to schedule a meeting."įairfax had appeared poised to become his state's governor after a racist photo was found in the medical school yearbook of Gov. Tyson will meet with members of the Suffolk County District Attorney’s staff and law enforcement to detail her allegations of sexual assault. "I spoke with Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins this afternoon," Katz said in a statement. Massachusetts has a 15-year statute of limitations for sexual assault, meaning that Tyson has just months left to seek criminal charges against Fairfax, who she alleges forced her to perform oral sex on him during the July 2004 Democratic convention in Boston.