Fairfax’s initial lawsuit accused the television network of smearing his name and helping to cost him his partnership at Morrison & Foerster and also asserted that a senior in-house CBS lawyer, whom he describes as a “friend,” knew the network was airing allegedly false sexual assault claims against him.
Apart from the defamation case, Fairfax has strongly denied all claims of sexual misconduct. Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber partner Barry Pollack, who is representing Fairfax in response to the claims made by accusers Meredith Watson and Vanessa Tyson, said Wednesday that his client has passed a polygraph examination with respect to both claims and that law enforcement has not pursued either one.
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