NEW YORK – A woman accused Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain yesterday of reaching under her skirt in 1997, going public with sexual harassment allegations that may create more trouble for his campaign.
Sharon Bialek said Mr Cain made the unwanted advance after they had dinner together when she asked him to help her find a job after she had been laid off by the National Restaurant Association, which he headed.
Ms Bialek, who said she was a registered Republican and single mother from Chicago, put a public face on a growing problem for Mr Cain’s campaign. The candidate said all allegations of sexual harassment against him were “completely false”. Ms Bialek said she had not filed a complaint against Mr Cain but was now coming forward to “give a face and a voice to those women” who did not wish to go public.
– (Reuters)