I don't know about these allegations but I surely anticipated that the opponents would try to do anything, and I mean ANYTHING, in order to knock Cain off his game...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/10/31/bloomberg_articlesLTY1MA1A1I4I.DTLCain Denies Reported Sexual Harassment Allegation as 'False'
Lisa Lerer and Alison Fitzgerald, ©2011 Bloomberg News
Monday, October 31, 2011(Updates with Cain comments on accusations. For more campaign coverage, see ELECT <GO>.)
Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, facing questions about his personal conduct as he gains in opinion polling, said today that he is innocent of accusations of sexual harassment made against him while serving as head of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s.
Cain, in an interview with Bloomberg News before a National Press Club luncheon in Washington, said the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigated allegations he sexually harassed an employee and found "no basis" to pursue the case.
"I have never sexually harassed anyone," Cain said during his remarks at the press club.
The former fast-food executive said he had recused himself from an inquiry conducted by the restaurant association, leaving it to the group's general counsel and human resources manager.
Politico reported yesterday that the restaurant group paid settlements to two women who accused him of harassment.
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