I witnessed exactly this thing happen last summer. My boss was in an office with two women, the door was wide open, and there were other people in the hallway. Both women in that office hated my boss, but he didn't realize the extent of their hatred until later. One of the women was pregnant, and he made a comment to the effect of, “How's the baby? Have you picked a name yet? Maybe you could name him Frank. Frank is a good name.” Frank was my boss's name (fictional name for this story).
The pregnant woman took EXTREME offense to that, because she hated him so much. She accused him of being inappropriate, and that his comment implied that they had had sex! She found that thought so repugnant that she retained a LAWYER!! And she had the “witness” because of the other woman.
My boss nearly got run off, even though his comment was intended to be friendly in nature. Both of those women were absolutely useless as employees, and should have been dismissed long ago because of their horrible work performance. They knew it, and there were massive layoffs coming, so they used this to keep their jobs for several more weeks (until the project ended). My poor boss had to put up with their superior attitudes during that time because they had a lawyer.
Women can be extremely vicious, and Men are always on the defensive when it comes to these things. It's always “guilty until proven innocent” in these cases.
Time will bring all the details out in the open. We'll see how it all shakes out.
"And as Fox News pointed out, the mere fact that there were “two” women doesn't mean there were two separate cases. It could have been a one-time thing, where two women were present at the same time, and they both jumped on the “gimme a check” bandwagon."
- Exactly. Furthermore, it could've been related to the one case that apparently was brought to court (Cain not only prevailed, but the woman making the sexual harassment claim also had to pay his attorney fees):
"Cain... described a case in which he fired an employee in 1990s and the woman alleged sexual misconduct or harassment. Cain told the campaign staffer he had won the case and that the woman had paid his legal fees. The aide had no further details."
Tell it, brother.