Posted on 11/07/2011 3:32:47 PM PST by lbryce
The Herman Cain scandal finally has a name and a face.
Superlawyer Gloria Allred introduced her client, Sharon Bialek, at a press conference in New York on Monday afternoon, telling reporters that the woman formerly employed by the National Restaurant Association's educational arm had been subject to an unwanted sexual advance from the Republican presidential candidate.
Bialek, a Chicagoan, had raised money for the restaurant association before being terminated in 1997, Allred said. When she lost her job, Bialek reached out to Cain for help.
"Mr. Cain instead decided to try to provide her with his idea of a stimulus package," Allred said.
Bialek detailed Cain's sexual overture, explaining that he spent money on a palatial hotel suite for her at the time of their meeting. When they saw each other in the evening, Bialek said he put his hand on her leg, "reached for [her] genitals" and pushed her head toward his crotch.
When Bialek objected, Cain asked her: "You want a job, right?"
Bialek called on Cain to "come clean about what you did," saying: "Mr. Cain, I implore you, make this right."
Allred said her client is not filing a "lawsuit or claim" and has not been in touch with any of the other women who have accused Cain of personal misconduct.
Washington attorney Joel Bennett, who represents another Cain accuser, told POLITICO's Jonathan Martin that he had previously been in touch with a woman in Chicago who had been mistreated by Cain. But Bennett said he did not direct that woman to Allred, and "as of when I spoke to her [Sunday], she hadn't decided to go public."
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Well, none to be exact, but who needs legal standing when all kinds of shadow gov't money will flow in through the back door?
Allred ain't cheap, and she's not stupid. She's not working for free.
I have known Herman, personally, for over 7 yrs now....
oh— and I have had several meetings with him.....I once called him just to see how he was doing, and he said “Seriously, why did you call? Did you call to try and get me to change my mind on Karen?” (He supported someone diff from me in an election here in GA)
He is a very focused man. He is likable and friendly, but seeks purpose and focus; he is not one to just goof off or randomly meet someone without knowing what the purpose is.
That photo is a fake.
Thanks! Good to hear you really do know Mr. Cain and not just someone with a big imagination.
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