Timeline
/2007 – present
Note: these events are as reported in publicly available sources, Joe Fain has denied the rape allegation but not commented on the other specifics reported. Dates may reflect general timeframes and orders where specific dates were not publicly reported.
Timeline May 16 2007 May 18 2007 May 19 2007 Jan 31 2009 Jan 31 2013 Sep 30 2016 Sep 27 2018 Nov 8 2018 Feb 14 2019
May 16 2007
May 16–19, 2007 Joe Fain’s King County Council Business Trip to Washington D.C.
Joe Fain meets Candace Faber and her parents
May 17 2007
Joe Fain text messages with Candace Faber
Joe Fain meets Candace Faber and her grad school friends at bar
May 19 2007
Joe Fain allegedly rapes Candace Faber
Candace Faber gives her dress to her mom to mend
Oct 1 2008
Joe Fain emails Candace Faber
Candace Faber tells her mother she was raped on her graduation night
Jan 31 2012
Candace Faber first writes her account of what happened
Candace Faber emails her personal story to former Georgetown professor
Mar 31 2015
Candace Faber names her rapist to friends
Candace Faber names her rapist to her parents
May 31 2017
Candace Faber emails UW colleagues naming Fain as her rapist & asking them to shield her from interactions with Fain
Candace Faber names Fain as her rapist publicly
Sep 28 2018
Joe Fain denies allegation
Approval of investigation into Fain’s rape allegation
Dec 4 2018
Investigation process shut down by Republican caucus after Fain loses election
Bellevue Chamber of Commerce hires Fain as CEO
Jan 15 2021
Sen. Braun appoints Joe Fain to Redistricting Commission
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