Virginia Commonwealth University has notified the accuser that a Title IX investigation is underway.
By Jenna Portnoy Jenna Portnoy Reporter covering Virginia, Maryland and D.C. congressional delegations Email Bio Follow March 28 at 11:00 AM A student who worked with L. Douglas Wilder at the Virginia Commonwealth University school named for the former governor reported to the university and police that Wilder sexually harassed her by kissing her without consent.
The allegations against Wilder come at a fraught time in Virginia. The governor and attorney general have admitted to wearing blackface in the 1980s , and the lieutenant governor is facing accusations from two women of sexual assault in 2000 and 2004. Black, who is African American, said she grappled with filing a report that could tarnish his legacy and bring negative attention to herself.Wilder has called for Gov. Ralph Northam to resign over the blackface . He has not commented publicly about the accusations of sexual assault against Fairfax.
The detective confirmed he spoke to Black but did not answer questions. “A report was filed,” Livengood said. “I am lead investigator for it. The report and anything included in it, I won’t be able to disclose.” Black told family members of the alleged incident in the days immediately after. Black’s mother, Margo Stokes of Roanoke, and her grandmother, Pauline Carver of Wytheville, said Black called them independently and told them Wilder gave her alcohol and tried to kiss her.
Black was raised primarily in Roanoke and lived in Conyers, Ga., for a time before returning to her home state for college. She is the oldest of six children. During the dinner, she said, he ordered her meal and vodka martinis — what he was drinking — even though she told him she was not legally allowed to drink. He told her he could help her get accepted at the Howard University School of Law, where he is a board member.
Inside, he poured them both glasses of champagne and they sat on a small couch in front of a large window, she said. He drove her back to her car at the restaurant. “From that point forward, I was scared of him,” she said. “I was kind of freaked out about it,” she said. Black said she declined Wilder’s offers and told him she was looking for a mentorship, not a personal relationship.
As time passed, she said, she had trouble coping with how Wilder treated her and had trouble paying for school. She withdrew from classes in the fall of 2018.
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