Cain accuser has history of financial troubles, legal squabbles

Chicago Tribune ^ | November 8, 2011 | Lisa Black, John Chase and Lolly Bowean

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The emerging portrait of Herman Cain's most recent accuser shows a suburban homemaker with a history of financial and legal troubles, but one who supporters say has the guts to do the right thing.

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Born and raised in Chicago, Bialek graduated from Carl Schurz High School on the Northwest Side and briefly attended Northeastern Illinois University before enrolling at Arizona State University. She graduated from ASU in 1983 with a communications degree, a school spokesman said.

Records show she twice has filed for personal bankruptcy, first in 1991 and then again in 2001. In the latter case, she claimed $5,700 in assets and more than $36,000 in liabilities. Among the creditors seeking payment was a management firm demanding back rent of $4,500, four credit card companies and a lawyer asking for his legal fees.

After the case was discharged, she accused a former boyfriend of harassing her for repayment of a loan, court records in the bankruptcy case show. Bialek borrowed $4,500 from William Concha, though Concha now believes she had no intention of paying him back, according to his brother, Mario.

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I apologize that I haven't had time to read all comments, but I think I saw on the Internet that Bialek’s Oxford-educated boyfriend is about to lose his house in foreclosure. True?

Phew. I don't think I've seen a sorrier group of “boyfriends, fiances,” live-ins, and worse in my life. This woman's reputation reeks.

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2804148/posts?page=91#91

The skank was just on FOX. She does have a connection to the relevant David Axlerod.

She says they shared an apartment building and the gym, but she didn’t talk to him.

I think that is also a lie.

91 posted on Tuesday, November 08, 2011 9:26:45 AM by indylindy

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http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/08/8699063-cain-accuser-comes-under-scrutiny

Allred, who frequently represents accusers in celebrity cases, told reporters on Monday that she had sworn affidavits from two others — one from a doctor who was Bialek’s boyfriend at the time and the other from a businessman — who affirm that Bialek told them about an encounter with Cain shortly after it took place. But Allred has declined to release their names — making it impossible at this point to verify her account— and Bialek acknowledged Monday that she did not share details with them of what Cain had allegedly done in the car.

Bialek also did not describe her encounter with Cain to her current boyfriend, Mark Harwood, with whom she lives in suburban Chicago.

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I don’t know about his current financial situation (other than it appears he is currently unemployed), but there is a MARK S HARWOOD with three foreclosure records on file.

Related?

See post #16.

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Absolutely. Well said, my friend.

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Gloria Allred is an effective attorney. If she offered her services pro bono Bialek would be crazy not to accept.

There are four separate accusations. One of the accusers is now doing the talk show circuit and there are three more in reserve for the 2012 election should Cain get the nomination.

For me the killer is Cain's dissembling. First he said he was "unaware of any settlement", despite being the head of the association and allegations against him the basis for two five-figure sexual harassment settlements. Then, when it was clear he did know, he said they "ended up settling for what would have been a termination settlement", which means his first answer was untruthful.

Do we really want to risk four more years of Obama with a candidate who lied about sexual harassment settlements? If we don't want Romney then we need to start looking at the other GOP contenders.