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Subscribe to RSSUpdates: Herman Cain will hold a news conference in Phoenix, Ariz. Tuesday at 3 p.m. local time to address allegations made by Sharon Bialek. The GOP hopeful also talked about the new allegations during an appearance on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live.
A fourth woman, Sharon Bialek, leveled new allegations of sexual harassment against Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain at a press conference on Monday.
Bialek, a former employee of the National Restaurant Association's educational foundation, accused Cain of making an inappropriate advance toward her in 1997, when she visited Cain in Washington, D.C. to seek his assistance in finding a new job. She appeared at a press conference arranged by attorney Gloria Allred.
Bialek accused Cain of touching her in an inappropriate manner during her visit to D.C., where Cain was still serving as president of the restaurant association. When she rebuffed him, Cain said, "You want a job, right?" per Bialek's retelling.
Bialek is the fourth woman to have accused Cain of harassment during his tenure as the top official at the restaurant lobby. The association settled with two of them, and a third woman was reported last week by the Associated Press. None of these women have made public their identities, and NBC News hasn't independently verified the stories of the third woman or Bialek.
Cain addressed Bialek's accusations during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
"So at least it wasn't one of the many that have the first name 'Anonymous,' so now this one actually had a name and a face and we were gonna see who it was and what it was," Cain said.
"We're going to have a press conference. We are taking this head on," he added during the show taped Monday evening.
"There is not an ounce of truth in all of the accusations and my team is putting this stuff together. That's why I'm willing to do a press conference tomorrow, to set the record straight," Cain said.
Earlier, the candidate's spokesman denied the new allegations in a statement while the press conference was under way.
"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," said J.D. Gordon, referring to the attorney, Allred, who is representing Bialek.
"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," Gordon added.
Bialek said that the new allegations had prompted her to go public.
"Now I'm coming forward to give a face and a voice to those women who cannot, or, for whatever reasons, do not wish to come forward, and on behalf of all women who are sexually harassed in the workplace but do not come out of fear of retaliation or public humiliation," she said.
"I really didn't want to be here today, and wouldn't have been here if it had not been for the three other women who have alleged sexual harassment against Mr. Cain," she added. "I want you, Mr. Cain, to come clean. Just admit what you did; admit that you were inappropriate to people ... Mr. Cain, I implore you, make this right so you and the country can move forward and focus on the real issues at hand."
Cain's campaign has endured a week's worth of story about accusations regarding sexual harassment, but has steadfastly denied that Cain engaged in any such activities. An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Monday found that a majority of Republicans were unconcerned by the allegations.
Allred said that Bialek had no plans to file a lawsuit or sell her story. Bialek said she confronted Cain at a Tea Party event a month ago in Chicago where Cain admitted recognizing her before he was whisked away.
"If all of these allegations by all of the women who have been reported to have made them are true, then I, for one, am disgusted at Mr. Cain's serial sexual harassment of women," said Allred, the famously combative attorney. "Because Mr. Cain, while running for president, is actively lying to Americans, showing disdain for our common sense and intellect."
Sharon Bialek details a 1997 incident in which she alleges she sought help from Herman Cain in finding a job, and experienced a sexually inappropriate incident. NBC News can not verify her claims.
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Where there is smoke, there is fire. Hmmmm...seems like a lot of smoke here. Get your asbestos suit on
Mr Cain, I think there is more to come. Besides, your 9-9-9 plan scares the hell out of me as a middle
class individual. The very rich thank you for your support. You will screw the rest of us. Goodbye...
9-9-9? I think he left the six off. The man is a sick F-ck, nothing you can do or say will change that.
He is the one i want to elect! Go Cain!
"Come clean so the country can move ahead"? I didn't know the country stopped because these women came forward? Maybe the daylight savings time thing threw her for a loop.
Where was all the outrage when Obama, Harry, and Nancy rammed Obamacare through from behind closed doors, where is all the outrage on Fast and Furious, Holders gun running operation that has already killed innocents, where is all the outrage about all the Billions lost on the Sylindra money laundering for the democrats. Best quote of the day, "Demorats and libturds are always selective in their hypocritical outrage".
Rigger your the reason we would still be working for $1.89 cents an hour.
As some one who doesn't believe HERMIE the Black WALNUT to be credible in any way for the office OF PRESIDENT ,THIS ALRED DITZ is ridiculous, it is shameful to the real victims in this matter [because of confidentiality agreements,that HERMIE can hide behind} that the MEDIA WHORE of all time would inject this DIMBO into the case,I found it hard to watch as this woman recalled the details of her encounter with the other brother,SOMETHING DON'T SMELL right,HERMAN continue to fight you will be vanquished on your ideas not this sham!
to all you repugnants defending herman, it's not easy to press charges or sue people who are rich. you should know that by now.
I wonder if all these women were White? If that's the case, I'm surprised they came foward. After all, isn't it in vogue nowadays for a blond or platinum-haired White woman to be seen on the arm of a Black dude? American sl*ts are known worldwide for their sl*tiness. This truly shocks me. The fact that Herman Cain just MIGHT have actually "sexually harassed" them doesn't. I'm just and out-of-vogue White man making a comment.
the left makes unwanted sexual advances on every child, woman, and man every single day.
take one minute watching the sewage they put on nightly tv to witness it.
so any rubbish out of their lips they 'are offended' long ago lost any meaning.
i KNOW this will sound very sexist....
but.....
IF he did harrass her..........
i cant blame him....he is a man....he is only human
and.....MAN......that is one mighty fine looking piece of woman flesh
hey herman, you are full of crap and a liar denying these allegations..........why aren't you filing a lawsuit for defamation against this latest accuser? because she speaks the truth AND YOU KNOW IT your flippin pervert troll scumbag........oh and she is a republican as well so go crawl back into your thin skin and thin of another way to hurl your attacks against these victims
If this was true what she is saying...This is not a sexual harassement, this is a criminal act and it should have been taken care of at the time...and if they have evident of this to be true then everyone that cover this up should be put in jail along with Herman...end of story...
This all smells like a set up to me.................Scared he may actually be able to win is what I think is happening.....It's funny none of this surfaced until he took the lead in the polls isn't it?
Thats probably why Cains been married 43 yrs,hes never home to see her,funny if I was available to go on trips with my wife I would easliy,maybe their love lifes not good enuff for 'hot dog Cain",and btw these are just women from NRA what about the pizza business where hes the boss? and others where he paid off with gags?Hes lying thru his teeth clear as water.
Please Herman come clean for the sake of Mary Jo Kopekne, Gennifer Flowers, Donna Rice, Paula Jones and Karin Stanford et al.
This statement says it all for the Caine GOP supporters:
"showing disdain for our common sense and intellect"
I know GOP/TB Koch TROLLS these words are making your head pop off. I know I know it was cruel of me and my intellect.
You never saw any of these "ladies" come forward until Cain started threatening Obama and the left wing. Gloria Allred, nothing but a liberal "Ho". This lady jumps on "anything" that she thinks will get her name in the media, whether it's good or bad.
threatening president obama? we want this clown as the gop nominee please! please! please!.
Misfire I agree with everything in your comments except{ Herman is a threat to OBAMA} lay down your pipe and clear your head,now remember when exactly all of this started to come out, dah, was it the same night the ass wipe from TEXAS was showing his {LIGHTER side}up in NEW HAMPSHIRE, this is dirty republican politics as perfected in TEXAS,review DINGLE BERRY PERRY'S comments ,you might be enlightened.
Herman Cain is simply following his philosophy: I don't need to know anything, say anything or do anything of importance, that's what advisors are for. This, in his mind, allows him to make any idiotic comment, deny anything he wants, call every stupid comment that comes out of his mind as a "joke." He doesn't realize that the joke's on him.
What's amazing is how many right-wing nut jobs continue to swallow his crap. Nothing like having a president that doesn't know anything and have the country run by advisors that no one elected.
Go GOP! Your logic is an insult to stupidity.
I can't believe my eyes. This is the same lady that hit on me at a bar in D.C. in 1997. She was pissed because I wouldn't except her advances and didn't buy her a drink.. Can I make something off this? I think I still have her phone number somewhere....
I did not have sex with that woman!
(Bill Clinton, the darling of the left)
To Gingrich- cheating on his own wife while bird-dogging Bill. How soon we forget.
John Edwards is a democrat.
the left does not reason right and wrong; they reason GROUPS!
which makes them moral dunces.
at least when the left hires a liar, shes of the same race. obviously, the republican establishment behind this garbage needs to be a little more conservative in their processes.
Looks like those unwilling to accept responsibility are stepping forward in droves.
Doesn't it strike anyone else as "ODD" that each of the supposed "victims" have UPPED THE ANTE in there accusations of "Harassment". The first two that actually filed formal complaints, accepted settlements, but then suddenly had "changes of Heart" 20 years later were very minor cases of "he did something that made ME feel uncomfortable, but wasn't overtly sexual and there were a bunch of other men and women present and nobody else felt uncomfortable or offended". That went nowhere. Just made the women look like hyper-sensitive, money-grubbing, witches, wanting to "sell their stories" to the highest tabloid bidder.
So then the 3rd on suddenly appears with a big time liberal lawyer and ups the ante. She says Cain, "Invited her to his apartment", but won't give name, dates or other details.
When that went nowhere, "victim #4" suddenly appears with Ms. "media Whore" Gloria as her lawyer with theSexual Harassment "nuclear bomb" of a Quid Pro Quo charge, but again no formal complaint at time, no dates, no details, and the Liberal Media is all over it without verifying fact 1.
Let's look at this also. In the first 72 hours after Paula Jones and the other 3 women can forward with their CONFIRMED reports of sexual harassment and assault by Bill Clinton, the Mainstream media, (CBS, ABC, NBC, CNN, etc.) published 5 stories covering it. In the first 24 hours of the Hermon Cain, nothing confirmed, no names, no documentation story, these same outlets released over 30 stories. ANYONE SEE A DOUBLE STANDARD HERE?? Follow Democrats?? NO?? Thought so.
I agree with Greg Parker.........Herman Cain IF YOU ARE INOCENT AS YOU SAY SHOW YOUR A MAN AND TAKE THESE WOMEN TO COURT AND MAKE YOUR NAME RIGHT and if you can`t do that don`t waste the peoples money drop out
It's very interesting to see so many males calling females liars for not standing up and shouting about what happened. A true lack of understand of what victims of sex crimes go through. If they stand up and tell us just what happened the court of public opinion goes after them. "They caused it", "They lied about what really happened", "They seduced him and now this..." And suddenly the public is judge/jury and their lives are dragged through newspapers, etc. when what they want is justice and to be left alone. Yes, it happens in both parties...this is not about anything but the fact that someone apparently got away with something that should have had serious consequences. Not about black or white, Republican or Democrat or Independent...but about men in powerful positions and what that means to THEM. So the guys out there making comments about "made up lies" and "why'd they wait so long???"...you obviously do not understand the psychological impact. Something we seem good at these days...not able to understand what others are going through and assuming it is somehow their own fault.