Appeals court backs dismissal of Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax’s defamation suit against CBS Laura Vozzella RICHMOND A federal appeals court on Wednesday affirmed a lower court s decision dismissing Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax s defamation lawsuit against CBS over interviews the network aired in 2019 with two women accusing Fairfax of sexual assault.
Popular Searches In a unanimous ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit found that Fairfax (D) had not met the standard required for a defamation claim involving a public official. Meredith Watson and Vanessa Tyson alleged in February 2019 that Fairfax had sexually assaulted them in separate incidents in the early 2000s allegations that became public at a moment when Fairfax, a former federal prosecutor, seemed poised to take over for Gov. Ralph Northam (D), who had appeared on the verge of resigning over a racist photo in his 1984 medical school yearbook.
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