Posted on 11/05/2011 2:38:47 AM PDT by Cardhu
The attorney for one of the women who accused Herman Cain of sexual harassment said Friday that a series of inappropriate behaviors and unwanted advances spanning months led his client to take action. He also challenged the presidential contenders credibility in claiming not to recall details about the incidents or her allegations.
The late-day news conference by lawyer Joel P. Bennett offered the most details to date of a scandal that has consumed Washington and the race for the Republican nomination for the past week. His account contrasts with comments made by Cain, who initially disputed the allegations but later said he recalled a single incident while he was head of the National Restaurant Association in which he compared a female subordinates height to that of his wife.
Mr. Cain knows the specific incidents that were alleged, Bennett said. My client filed a written complaint in 1999 against him specifically. It had very specific incidents in it. If he chooses not to remember or acknowledge those, thats his issue.
The restaurant association also released a statement Friday confirming that it had agreed to the settlement with Bennetts client in September 1999 without any admission of liability. The statement noted that Cain had denied the allegations at the time and was not a party to the settlement. The statement also said the association has waived a confidentiality requirement, giving Bennetts client permission to speak about the allegations. Bennett said his client, who has been married for 26 years, does not plan to do so.
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Well then, they are pretending to be Perry supporters then and you really should call them out on it.
Clear back in the 70's it was common practice for women who had been “let go”, to claim sexual harassment as the reason for leaving their last job on their next job application.
You can bet this gal has too much baggage to want disclosure.
Who is paying the lawyer? Me thinks this lawyer is a lieyer with motive.
Chears :>) easy does it.
In addition, why file the complaint after Cain has already left unless there is something else going on or you just want an easy target to obtain a quick financial payment. No longer any hostile work environment.
Moreover, the NRA statement says she filed a complaint in July 1999 under the Associations policies “against discrimination and harassment.” Believe me these types of official statements are very carefully prepared and worded so as to give only the information they want to give. Similarly, this statement is very carefully worded by the same lawyer who handled the claims back in 1999. Why include “discrimination” in the statement if this was just a harassment claim?
You can also bet that the NRA’s offer to waive the confidentiality was mutual; meaning that if it is waived for you, it is also waived for the NRA. The claimant decided not to go forward if the NRA was free to talk also.
there wasn’t any “value” in revising it.
Maybe next week if a tabloid gives her more “value” in her story - she’ll change her mind.
Do you have more information about this?
whoops. “revising” = revisiting.
up too early this morning.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2802969/posts?page=56#56
If true, it's a pretty big deal.
Just looked. So? She’s not the one running for President.
It will become a news story, possibly a noisy one, on that I’d bet. Best to be prepared.
I agree
Well, who are ‘they.’
Maybe they are people who have serious issues with Cain, not only on his handling of the sex story but on a lot of other things he’s done.
And why should I call anybody out? I don’t know any Perry supporters who’ve attacked Cain, or attacked him unfairly.
You’re so big on getting up front with accusations, find somebody’s post who is a Perry supporter and who has told a lie.
I’ve been on a lot of Perry threads where Perry is unfairly and stupidly attacked and the poster of those threads always responds with a pleasantry like ‘have a nice day.’
I could go back and get posts that would curl your hair with shame.
You gotta admit though, that the episode .. slight as it was... is seared in your memory.
You know when Cain pats his heart and waves at everybody, I mean me? That really offends me! He is telling me that he loves me.. and he has the gull to do it right in the presence of my wife! Sexual harassment! Sexual harassment! Sexual harassment!
However, it is not unusual in the Hotel Rest. Industry for behavior to be more problematic...many young people and the hormones are kicking...also they're generally emotional and looking to be liked by their fellow associates...... Additionally the very nature of the business is to make people feel welcomed and comfortable...not all understand the boundaries when they are just coming into the workforce.
Insurance companies are far more conservative and clients expectations are another story altogether then that of the hospitality industry. Both with clients and those one works among.
No matter what the fallout is, and the gal responding is just one being played out, Cain should have not gone further than his first statement...period....but because he continued to feed the beast it got hotter. ...all that follows is now the fallout from him doing just that.
Yep...I said from the beginning this is straight from the Obama administration.
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