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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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Most of the liberal points of view being expressed are just opinions........ Opinions that are masking quite a few more important issues at hand. It's a distraction to take our focus off of Solyndra and other White House corruption, Eric Holder's knowledge of 'Fast and Furious'. And, BTW, if any of you defend against my opinion then you would have to call yourself hypocrites. Why? Because you would say that I have no proof and that it what I would reply to you about Herman Cain. You have no proof!! You'll defend Obama to the very end....BLINDLY!!! You should focus in on job creation and you should have been 3 years ago!! It's too simple now to say that Republicans are stonewalling all of Obama' ideas after Dems controlled both Houses for his first two years. NO!! All you wanted was socialized medicine at any cost making us look like a Banana Republic. As for Herman Cain, the truth will come out, but until then all you liberal have are opinions. Why didn't we vett out Obama more thouroughly before he became president? Obama isn't fit to run a hot dog stand, but he's our president!
What's funny are the libs that think this is some type of victory. Believe me, I'm a GOP and there's no way Cain has a shot at unseating our current Idiot in Office; they should be publishing glowing articles. Most unbiased polls have Obama and Romney dead even.
17 years to come forth regarding sexual harassment? Really? I find this to be absolutely ridiculous even if Cain is guilty of such actions. These women wait until he is suddenly a public figure running for a spot in the presidential campaign. To me, being a female, I find this quite pathetic. If they had really wanted to showcase who this individual's true character was and prevent this from happening to other females that may cross his path, they would have stepped up years ago. Like legitimate, intelligent women would. They like most, are just looking for their 15 minutes of fame and the money that goes along with their supposed stories.
Since when is a man guilty just because he is accused? Do libs think all blacks are just sex-crazed animals so they can assume he is guilty?
Is the presumption that Cain is guilty (without any corroborating evidence, and with some of the accusers hiding their identity) simply prejudice based on gender or prejudice based on race or both? It is unquestionably prejudice. It is most likely racial prejudice with most of Cain's accusers. It is possibly gender-based with some of his accusers as well.
Do libs think all blacks are just sex-crazed animals so they can assume he is guilty?
No, just conservative ones. Liberal blacks are victims of their own sexual desires forced on them by their history of slavery and therefore are to be considered innocent regardless of any evidence.
Don't beleive a word of these accusations towards Mr. Cain. The left will stoop to any level no matter how low to stop someone they are deathly afraid of. He scares them to death as he should!!
I doubt this is the left spreading this, as they should want Cain to get the nod. He has no chance of winning. If they are going to start fabricating b.s. they should go after Romney as he has the best chance of throwing out the trash.
. . . And after Herman, Rick and Rick, Newt and Michele (already imploded) and Mitt (soon to implode due to flip flops) there is Jon Huntsman waiting in the wings to be anointed . . .to be continued . . . . .
All you Republican apololgists are truly disgusting.
Stop your hypocrisy. That is the part of your "faith based" message everyone gets to upset about.
Conservatives adopt the "do as I say, not as I do" mode.
You Conservatives are as deeply flawed as the rest of us. The difference is, the rest of us don't prance around telling you how super-good we are.
Not all republicans are relgious number one. Let any of these women bring forward a blue dress, a witness anything except a long forgotten suddenly now remembered accusation.
I'm laughing. . .
I'm laughing some more. . .
I'm laughing even harder. . .
I can't stop laughing. . .
The monkey wanted to mate with a white woman. Upgrade the gene pool.
Yowza! Thats a good lookin' lady!
"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.
Gloria Allred wrote her a nice liberal women's lib line alright.
I want the right wing radical cracked teapots to demand that 9Kampf Cain take a lie detector test otherwise drop out of the race. Stop the criminal from getting into office. He can no longer be trusted.
Life2, why should he drop out? He can't win against bam bam any way. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight?
That should be required of the accuser.
I think the whole world needs a "do over" - pick your own date to start again - I will go with 1958.
Its funny how they come out of the woodwork once the one accused gets famous.
Why is it she waited 14 years to tell the story? Because its not true! HELLO ! you can fool some of the people some of the time but the Democrat drones can be fooled all of the time
There is more to come. The media is letting it trickle out. It serves two purposes to do it that way.
1. It makes money, since it attracts viewers.
2. It strings him along, letting him get in deeper and deeper, so that news publishers can repeat step one and make more money all over again.
if the mouth dont fit, you must acquit.
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I just find it hard to grant any credence to most of these stories that come from women years after the fact. If indeed these events did occur, why is it that nothing at all was said until now? Were I in a similar situation I would have screamed at the top of my lungs when it happened. I am not saying that these women are lying, I am just saying that it is odd that nothing was said before now.
I am not a Cain supporter, I am just another member of the public at large that has an opinion.
ted kennedy killed a woman, bill clinton raped 2 women and the left turned there cheeks the other way.
....an just think, these are just the ones with enough guts to complain.....
The first two may have credibility since there was a settlement. This woman's story doesn't hold water.
1. Nobody saw it
2. She told nobody until recently, not even her boyfriend of 4 years (at the time)
3. She picked Gloria Alred as an attorney.
They are just looking for TV face time.
Why did she turn to him for help? Was every single person beneath the President of the restaurant association busy that day. She had no good up her sleeve. That is a no brainer.
What does the national debt and unemployment rate have to with accusations against Cain? And it's not Allred making them -- it's the at least four women he's harrassed.
I'll tell you what it was to do with the national debt if you'll listen. Cains enemies are desprately trying to change the focus. The three first women have not given any details and the forth doesn't ring true. Its very easy for Alred to find a gold digging bimbo to make accusations that don't require any proof. I see you have concluded that he has harrassed four women without any proof. I'll bet you made excuses for Clinton when he was caught with his DNA on that blue dress and had allegations of Physical RAPE coming from 2 women. There is NO proof that Cain did anything wrong.
Boy I wish Cain's Campaign advisor never pulled that stunt where he puffed the cigarette in that TV ad. It really turned my stomach. Bad judgement Herman, so now lets regroup.
Keep going my man, Don't let some Liberal Trashy Attonrey and a Failed Prostitute distract you. Eeeehhh I dont know which one is wrose to look at. Both gold diggers though.
Romney/Cain 2012 Restore Conservative America.
Get me some popcorn, because watching the republicans squirm, lie and dance to protect cain is better than any episode of Dancing with the Stars!
Yes it's amazing that you can get people to "squirm" with unproven accusations and bimbo who is obviously lying. Something this serious you don't smile and laugh as your tell your story in news conference....if it's true at least.
Popcorn? What did you fill your fat face with when Barney Frank walked away scot free after bilking the tax-pays worth of Billions! keep electing freaks like him, it will help take the libs down in groups vs. one by one.
few know the truth. However, Allerod only follows the scum as has historically. Someone is financing this charade and would be nice to know who??????????????
maybe the dem party?
His name is George Sorros. Obama's largest campaign donor.
That hair style shouts "BLONDE BIBMO GOLD DIGGER" at me.
The expression shouts" just tell me what to say to get the money"
Doesn't it? If someone paid her $1000 bucks she'd suck the chrome of a trailer hitch and if Cain really did hit on her she would have been ready with a hidden camera in that hotel room while she treated Cain like a trailer hitch. Her story doesn't pass the smell test.