Duke Investigating Rape Allegation Made by Meredith Watson
- Claims made in statement released by Watson’s lawyers Friday
- Watson also says Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax assaulted her at Duke
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Duke University is investigating a sexual assault allegation made Friday against a former men’s basketball player.
The claims were made in a statement by the attorneys of Meredith Watson, who has also said Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax sexually assaulted her on the university’s Durham, North Carolina, campus when they were both students there in 2000. Fairfax has refused to resign as he faces two allegations of assault.