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New Cain Accuser Steps Forward with Detailed Allegation
A Chicago woman just told reporters that in a 1997 encounter with Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain in Washington, D.C., he reached under her skirt and tried to pull her head toward his crotch.
A Cain spokesman calls the story "more false accusations."
Sharon Bialek, who said she had come to Cain for employment advice, claimed he took her out to dinner and then in his car "suddenly reached over and put his hand on my leg under my skirt and reached for my genitals." Then, she said, he "grabbed my head and brought it toward his crotch."
When she objected, Bialek said, Cain said at first "you want a job, right?" Then he took her back to her hotel.
Bialek, who had met Cain because she worked for the National Restaurant Association at the same time he ran the organization, said she told two friends about the incident at the time. She didn't pursue charges or tell others, she said, because she was "very embarrassed."
She's stepping forward now, Bialek said, "to give a face and a voice to those who maybe cannot."
As we reported earlier, Bialek was brought to the media by attorney Gloria Allred. She is the first woman to come forward publicly, after a week of stories about unnamed women who accused the GOP candidate of sexual harassment in the late 1990s.
The complete statement from Cain spokesman J.D. Gordon:
"Just as the country finally begins to refocus on our crippling $15 trillion national debt and the unacceptably high unemployment rate, now activist celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred is bringing forth more false accusations against the character of Republican front-runner Herman Cain.
"All allegations of harassment against Mr. Cain are completely false. Mr. Cain has never harassed anyone. Fortunately the American people will not allow Mr. Cain's bold '9-9-9 Plan,' clear foreign policy vision and plans for energy independence to be overshadowed by these bogus attacks."
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A Chicago woman just told reporters that in a 1997 encounter with Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain in Washington, D.C., he reached under her skirt and tried to pull her head toward his crotch.
A Cain spokesman calls the story "more false accusations."
Sharon Bialek, who said she had come to Cain for employment advice, claimed he took her out to dinner and then in his car "suddenly reached over and put his hand on my leg under my skirt and reached for my genitals." Then, she said, he "grabbed my head and brought it toward his crotch."
When she objected, Bialek said, Cain said at first "you want a job, right?" Then he took her back to her hotel.
Bialek, who had met Cain because she worked for the National Restaurant Association at the same time he ran the organization, said she told two friends about the incident at the time. She didn't pursue charges or tell others, she said, because she was "very embarrassed."
She's stepping forward now, Bialek said, "to give a face and a voice to those who maybe cannot."
As we reported earlier, Bialek was brought to the media by attorney Gloria Allred. She is the first woman to come forward publicly, after a week of stories about unnamed women who accused the GOP candidate of sexual harassment in the late 1990s.
The complete statement from Cain spokesman J.D. Gordon:
"Just as the country finally begins to refocus on our crippling $15 trillion national debt and the unacceptably high unemployment rate, now activist celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred is bringing forth more false accusations against the character of Republican front-runner Herman Cain.
"All allegations of harassment against Mr. Cain are completely false. Mr. Cain has never harassed anyone. Fortunately the American people will not allow Mr. Cain's bold '9-9-9 Plan,' clear foreign policy vision and plans for energy independence to be overshadowed by these bogus attacks."
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