The Democratic Party of Virginia said Tuesday that an allegation of sexual assault against the state's lieutenant governor, Justin Fairfax, should be "taken with profound gravity." "We will continue to evaluate the situation regarding Lieutenant Governor Fairfax," the party said in a brief statement posted to Twitter. In a separate statement, Democratic members of Virginia's House of Delegates and Senate said: "The facts here are still being determined. Tyson alleges that Fairfax forced her to perform oral sex on him during an encounter at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston. Tyson's claim was first published over the weekend by the conservative website Big League Politics, which also published a picture from Virginia Gov.

Source: Fox News February 05, 2019 23:48 UTC