Posted on 11/07/2011 12:51:58 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Sharon Bialek, a woman employed by the National Restaurant Association’s Educational Foundation in the late 90s, accused Herman Cain of inappropriate sexual contact today in a press conference with celebrity attorney Gloria Allred.
Bialek said she first met Cain when employed by the NRA as a manger of industry relations. She lost her job there shortly thereafter, and at her boyfriend’s suggestion, arranged to meet Cain in D.C. over coffee in 1997 to discuss her career. She told Cain what hotel she would be staying at; when she arrived, she had been upgraded to a suite, which she later found out had been through his doing, although she says she was not aware of that at the time. Cain also switched their meeting to a restaurant. After eating, Bialek said the two drove over to the National Restaurant Association headquarters; she assumed he would show her the offices.
“He suddenly reached over and he put his hand on my leg, under my skirt, and reached for my genitals,” said Bialek of what happened next. “He also grabbed my head and brought it towards his crotch. I was very, very surprised and very shocked. I said, ‘What are you doing? You know I have a boyfriend. This isn’t what I came here for.’ Mr. Cain said, ‘You want a job, right?’ I asked him to stop and he did. I asked him to take me back to my hotel, which he did, right away.”
Bialek said she told her boyfriend and another friend that Cain had been “sexually inappropriate” to her at the time, but said she had not detailed what occurred.
Bialek, identified by Allred as a registered Republican, said she saw Cain again about a month ago at a Tea Party conference in the Chicago area. She asked him if he remembered her. “He acknowledged that he remembered me from the foundation, but he kind of looked uncomfortable,” Bialek said. “He said nothing as he was whisked away for his speech by his handlers.”
As noted, before the press conference began, the Cain campaign put out a statement saying the allegations were “completely false.”
Nuts and sluts
Drag $100 bill through a trailer park and see what you get.
What an idiotic statement.
It's impossible to imagine a boyfriend leaving a vague allegation at that. I'd demand to know exactly what had happened.
often there are not many witnesses to sexual harassment..I mean it is not done in front of a crowd. The woman should have come out 19 yrs ago ...why did she wait? many women that have been sexually assaulted remain quiet. I think Allred is a publicity hound that is using this to get in the limelight. I have doubts on this entire scenario..but stand by for more to come...all types of slams against whoever is the frontrunner for the gop. It is making me sick
in my book she had no credibility once she said she didn’t tell her boyfriend what he did. First person I would have told would’ve been my hubby or boyfriend so he could beat the snot out of him
Why would she ask him to drive her home, after her supposed horrific experience?
The narrative sounds too scripted to me.
One would have to assume that Cain is so stupid that he can’t wait to at least invite her to the hotel room bnefopre attempting anything. He had to do it in the car where people might see them.
Gloria Allred can’t even write a credible script.
Oh My G*d, Cain likes women! Clearly he is unqualified!
No, I do not believe her. But this is a "he-said" "she-said" so I am looking at her allegations and they are HOLLOW.
It cannot be sexual harassment because she was not Cain's employee. It was not sexual assault because when she said "stop" Cain stoppped.
Either way you look at this, there is no "there" there.
The whole thing sounds like a bad script from a Lifetime movie, complete with cheesy dialogue.
Maybe it’s time to send Herman some money. You know, it’s going to be a lot harder for him now that the secret’s out. Oops, did I say harder? I meant now that he’s been exposed. Oops again.
Niiiiice! I seem to remember how outraged most Freepers werer when James Carville said that about Paula Jones. I guess we've lowered our standards.
Think about it. What she says Cain did, in the front seat, is physically impossible. Cain’s hands cannot be where she says.
So just admit it. YOU want to believe it is true because you wrongly think it will help your candidate.
Do you think only men have genitals?
“Bialek said she first met Cain when employed by the NRA as a manger of industry relations. She lost her job there shortly thereafter,”
“Manger of Industry Relation” Doing what? How did she lose her job? Soooo many question to answer before I would believe her.
Show me the proof!
I didn’t think she was credible.
Needs money, I’m pretty sure.
Nice, I guess any smear job is acceptable as long as you, wrongly, can kid yourself it helps your candidate.
Helping the Media lynch Cain will not help Perry. Might as well get that thru your right head now.
Chauffeur? Cab?
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