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Cain Accuser Speaks (Here's a summary of Sharon Bialek's allegations)
National Review ^ | 11/07/2011 | Katrina Trinko

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.”


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cain; gloriaallred; hermancain; sexualharassment; sharonbialek
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1 posted on 11/07/2011 12:52:01 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Transparently lying.

What she claims Cain did is physically impossible. The steering wheel is in the way.

It is physically impossible for the woman here to be telling the truth.


2 posted on 11/07/2011 12:53:41 PM PST by MNJohnnie (Giving more money to DC to fix the Debt is like giving free drugs to addicts think it will cure them)
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To: SeekAndFind

Simple investigative procedure folks:

If she claims he upgraded her hotel accommodations, wouldn’t that create a paper trail? Can’t someone find out from the hotel if this woman checked into this hotel at a given time, and had her accommodations upgraded by either Cain or the NRA?

STEPS TO FOLLOW (If Hotels keep records as far back as 15 years ago):

1) Determine Name of the Hotel.

2) Determine the Date and Time it allegedly occured

3) Determine the name of the restaurant they allegedly had dinner.

4) Check the occupancy logs of the hotel to see if her claims are true.

let’s first see if all the above check out.


3 posted on 11/07/2011 12:54:49 PM PST by SeekAndFind (u)
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To: SeekAndFind

Why on earth would she approach him again after her supposed horrific experience?


4 posted on 11/07/2011 12:55:14 PM PST by Retired Greyhound (.)
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To: MNJohnnie

Simple investigative procedure folks:

If she claims he upgraded her hotel accommodations, wouldn’t that create a paper trail? Can’t someone find out from the hotel if this woman checked into this hotel at a given time, and had her accommodations upgraded by either Cain or the NRA?

STEPS TO FOLLOW (If Hotels keep records as far back as 15 years ago):

1) Determine Name of the Hotel.

2) Determine the Date and Time it allegedly occured

3) Determine the name of the restaurant they allegedly had dinner.

4) Check the occupancy logs of the hotel to see if her claims are true.

let’s first see if all the above check out.


5 posted on 11/07/2011 12:55:20 PM PST by SeekAndFind (u)
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To: SeekAndFind

ahhhh...always something said or done with no witnesses.


6 posted on 11/07/2011 12:55:50 PM PST by sevinufnine (Sevin - "If we do not fight when we know we can win, we'll have to fight when we know we will lose")
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To: SeekAndFind

Anyone know what executive orders Obama issued today??

If not...then Zero’s plan is working great!

If Cain cannot shut this down, then he needs to step aside—write a book and return to radio where he can rant against the media for hours on end..

We’ve got more important things to concentrate on. And this S&*% is now too much of a diversion.


7 posted on 11/07/2011 12:58:34 PM PST by Right_in_Virginia
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To: SeekAndFind

1) She was not Cain’s employee
2) When she pulled back, Cain stopped. (no means no)
3) She never filed charges


8 posted on 11/07/2011 12:58:48 PM PST by Erik Latranyi
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but said she had not detailed what occurred.

Why wouldn't you tell people who are closest to you but you would tell a lawyer 17 years after the fact on national tv?

9 posted on 11/07/2011 12:59:15 PM PST by frogjerk (America: Innocent until accused or considered being accused by an anonymous party)
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To: SeekAndFind

A facebook page just came up....

@mattklewis Matt Lewis
A friend emails me his take on Cain’s new accuser: “she created a facebook page 19 minutes ago. Seems very publicity driven...”
55 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone

Dailycaller reporter
https://twitter.com/#!/mattklewis


10 posted on 11/07/2011 12:59:36 PM PST by Fred (no job no house no gas no food no problem Obama 2012)
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To: SeekAndFind

i saw the live press conference,
and concluded that ms. bialek was telling the truth.
cain has to come out and admit his mistakes.


11 posted on 11/07/2011 12:59:36 PM PST by indpndtguy
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I would have to say that if a guy suddenly put his hand up my skirt, I would instantly start moving, swinging, kicking, etc to get him off me. So she just sat there saying, "Dude I have a boyfriend" and gives him a chance to push her head toward his crotch? She was relaxed enough at that point for him to pull her toward him?

I am not buying this at all.
12 posted on 11/07/2011 1:00:06 PM PST by denfurb
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To: SeekAndFind
She's from Chicago.

Never once brought charges or suit in 17 years!


13 posted on 11/07/2011 1:00:42 PM PST by NoLibZone (Occupy is the DNC's use of children,indigent & infirm to push back TeaParty calls for smaller gov't)
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To: SeekAndFind

Is this not the dumbest thing? I wonder what she thinks about Bill Clinton, the rapist.?


14 posted on 11/07/2011 1:01:01 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: indpndtguy

RE: i saw the live press conference,
and concluded that ms. bialek was telling the truth.
cain has to come out and admit his mistakes.

_________________________

Can you elaborate your reasons as to why you believe her over him?


15 posted on 11/07/2011 1:01:38 PM PST by SeekAndFind (u)
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To: SeekAndFind
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...

Yeah, that's what most married men do... pull over in front of their office building where they know everyone and then start groping a woman... especially when they were actually headed to a hotel. It's a BS story from the start and not a very good one.

16 posted on 11/07/2011 1:01:45 PM PST by avacado
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“He suddenly reached over and he put his hand on my leg, under my skirt, and reached for my genitals,”

A woman with genitals? Man that would be uncomfortable.

17 posted on 11/07/2011 1:02:32 PM PST by McGruff (Hold the House, take the Senate.)
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To: Erik Latranyi

RE: 2) When she pulled back, Cain stopped. (no means no)

_________________

DID CAIN REALLY DO IT? You seem to be assuming that what she said really occured.


18 posted on 11/07/2011 1:02:52 PM PST by SeekAndFind (u)
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To: denfurb

I agree. She was not authentic at all. And I am not even a gun-ho Cain supporter.


19 posted on 11/07/2011 1:03:14 PM PST by native texan (Hard work, faith, thrift and one more word..."honesty")
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To: SeekAndFind

The liberals are terrified to run against Cain, otherwise they wouldn’t put so much effort into this. Gloria must be getting some big bucks. Too damn bad there’s nobody to investigate her.


20 posted on 11/07/2011 1:03:29 PM PST by dragonblustar (Allah Ain't So Akbar!)
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