Woman accuses Washington state lawmaker of rape after seeing Ford testimony

Republican state senator Joe Fain denies allegation of committing sexual assault 11 years ago

A woman has accused a Washington state lawmaker of raping her 11 years ago, saying she was inspired to speak out as she watched the televised allegations against supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The lawmaker has denied the claim.

Candace Faber said in a tweet that Republican state senator Joe Fain sexually assaulted her in 2007 the night she graduated from Georgetown University in Washington DC. He was not in office at the time at the time of the alleged assault.