Ex Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax was facing eviction from his family home — and possibly jail — within days of the murder-suicide in which he killed his wife and then himself, stunning court documents reveal.
Fairfax – a 47-year-old Democrat – was ordered last month to move out of the $910,000 Annandale home he shared with Cerina and their two teen kids by April 30, a court order shows.
He was also facing a three-day hearing in the divorce case next week starting April 21 to determine how to divide the their assets, according to court documents.
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Cerina filed a motion on April 3 to hold Justin in contempt for allegedly missing a court-ordered March 25 deadline to pay her $1,865 toward household expenses.
Cerina’s papers said the judge should consider throwing Justin behind bars until he paid her what he owed.
The wife wanted her newest contempt motion to be addressed at next week’s hearing.
On March 30, Judge Timothy McEvoy issued a blistering ruling laying out Cerina’s claims that Justin was drinking, smoking and reclusive in their home and nearly completely absent from the lives of their kids – Carys, 14, and Cameron, 16.
McEvoy ordered Justin to move out of the house by April 30 and cut his visitation with the kids down to a few hours on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The judge also ordered Justin to take alcohol tests an hour before he saw the kids.
McEvoy attributed Justin’s mental health decline to two pivotal moments, his failure to win the Virginia attorney general’s race in 2013, and when sexual assault allegations surfaced against him by two women in 2019.
Justin fatally shot Cerina and himself while their kids were at home. Their son made a frantic 911 call after finding his mom’s bloodied body.