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Cain team denies report of sexual harassment

by The 1 | October 31, 2011 at 06:00 am

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WASHINGTON—Herman Cain's campaign manager Mark Block says the Republican presidential candidate -- quote -- "has never sexually harassed anybody. Period. End of story."

Block told MSNBC that he is not personally aware of any settlement dealing with Cain and sexual harassment.

He referred questions to the National Restaurant Association.

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's campaign denied allegations Sunday that he was twice accused of sexual harassment while he was the head of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s.

In a statement to The Associated Press, his campaign disputed a Politico report that said Cain had been accused of sexually suggestive behavior toward at least two female employees.

The report said the women signed agreements with the restaurant group that gave them five-figure financial payouts to leave the association and barred them from discussing their departures. Neither woman was identified.

The report was based on anonymous sources and, in one case, what the publication said was a review of documentation that described the allegations and the resolution.

Cain's campaign told the AP that the allegations were not true, and amounted to unfair attacks.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2011/10/31/cain_denies_report_of_sexual_harassment/

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/10/31/herman-cain-sexual-harassment-denial/

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Karen Hatter

at 13:04 on October 31st, 2011

Well, 1, it seems Mr. Cain's memory has been jogged regarding some incident where he is alleged to have conducted himself improperly, which he details on the FOX channel in an interview he recorded shortly after leaving the National Press Club, where he indicated he didn't have ANY details on any settlement figures.

He offers recollections during his FOX interview and ....

.... said that the 5 figure settlement Politico reported was far less than what he recalled the woman and her lawyer demanding:

"My general counsel said this started out where she and her lawyer were demanding a huge financial settlement…I don't remember a number…But then he said because there was no basis for this, we ended up settling for what would have been a termination settlement."

This is certainly a lot more details than Cain claimed to have at his disposal yesterday when he was confronted by Politico reporter Jonathan Martin on the street and told him he “had thousands of people working for me” at different businesses over the years and could not comment “until I see some facts or some concrete evidence.”