Anyone who has followed what is going on in the state of Virginia, knows the state government is collapsing.

To start off, a picture of Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam from his 1984 medical school yearbook shows possibly him wearing “black face” makeup. At first, Northam admitted to being one of the people in the photo, but now he is denying it and refusing to resign as the governor. According to NBCNews, this is what Northam had to say.

“Well, it has been a difficult week,” Northam told CBS News’ Gayle King in a clip of an interview which aired Monday on CBS’ “This Morning”. “I’m a leader. I’ve been in some very difficult situations — life-and-death situations, taking care of sick children,” he added in the clip, which aired on “Face the Nation” Sunday, referencing his career in medicine.

Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax, who would take over as Governor of Virginia if Northam resigns, would be the second black governor in the history of the state; Fairfax, however, is now under investigation for a possible sexual assault. Dr. Vanessa Tyson, who is a professor at Scripps College, is accusing Fairfax of sexually assaulting her in 2004. Tyson said they were both working the Democratic National Convention and the two went back to his hotel room and started kissing, then that led to Fairfax pushing Tyson onto the hotel room’s bed where he sexually assaulted her, according to a Newsweek article by Jenni Fink.

“Utterly shocked and terrified, I tried to move my head away but could not because his hand was holding down my neck and he was much stronger than me,” Tyson said.

This all has happened within a week’s time frame, and now Northam is calling for Fairfax to resign “if the sexual assault accusation is true,” according to Fink’s article.

“The truth is important,” Northam said. “If these accusations are determined to be true I don’t think he’s going to have any other option but to resign.”

The timing of the accusation against Fairfax is said to be the reason why Northam is still in office as the Governor of Virginia. According to a the New York Times article by Alan Blinder, a Virginia House of Delegates Democrat Mark L. Keam had this to say.

“The timing of the other scandals certainly helps him, because the spotlight is no longer solely on him, and he is not the only story in town,” Keam said.

Hopefully this mess is resolved soon and the truth with come out about the sexual assault accusation against Fairfax and whether or not Northam was one of those people in the picture. Until then, neither of them are likely to resign.