A woman who alleged Virginia lieutenant governor Justin Fairfax sexually assaulted her in 2000 while the pair were attending Duke has said an unnamed basketball player for the school raped her in 1999.
Per USA Today's A.J. Perez on Saturday, the attorney for Meredith Watson issued a statement on her client's behalf after Fairfax said Watson had been the victim of a previous rape in 1999 by a player for Duke's basketball team:
"That is true. Ms. Watson was raped by a basketball player during her sophomore year at Duke. She went to the Dean, who provided no help and discouraged her from pursuing the claim further.