it s not just men sexually harass women. i have seen situations where women have attempted to sexually harass men. it s very serious. i made sure it wasn t tolerated in my organization i was responsible for. jonathan carl with abc news. mr. cain, now another woman, one of the formerly anonymous woman has come forward working with you at the sought association, karen kraushaar, now with the treasury department come forward. what do you say of her accusations, someone who is still working in the u.s. government. are her allegations not true? is she lying about them? well to the best of that recollection, since you remember that particular name, that is the one that i recall filed a complaint but it was
anybody at this point. when we step back, and look at the fact that there is no factual evidence to back these up, we can only infer that someone is trying to basically regular my character and like other gentleman alluded to plant doubt in minds of a lot of people who will go to the polls and vote. mr. cain. andrew rafferty, nbc news. i m curious, what role do you think sharon bialek past financial troubles play in her allegations against you? she claims that her past financial situation, the number of civil lawsuit she is has been involved in, she claims that it does not play a role in her coming forward. i can t respond any further than that. that is her claim.
i ask that you at least afford him fairness. and that you view his efforts to defend his reputation and his good name by maintaining your common sense. and remembering your own life s experience to decide whether or not a story that is so inherently improbable on its face, should be utilized by others with their own agendas to attack this man s reputation. it s my privilege to represent him and my privilege to step aside from this podium and let you hear from him. herman cain. thank you, lin. good afternoon.
bialek at her press conference monday. he said she did not recognize her name either. there are people who talked today on the record about seeing cain and bialek talking at a tea party event a month ago. cain insists that the charges and accusations simply didn t happen. cain said he won t drop out of the race. he will continue to run and run hard. he was introduced by lynnwood, well-known attorney from georgia who actually represented richard jewel, the security guard falsely accused of the olympic park bombing and also represented john and patsy ramsey, parent of the murdered child. asked about karen kraushaar one of women who settled a sexual harassment claim. she is speaking publicly tonight. cain said her case was found to be baseless. he said he would like to take a lie detector test. he said there will probably be others, meaning allegations, but there is nothing to them.
when sharon bialek went public yesterday. he made it clear last week he did not intend to respond to allegation of last week s accusers but the new one compelled him to come forward. he signaled today, mr. cain did, he will continue an attack on her credibility. questioning her motives and he will continue to defend himself and deny this. i can categorically say, i have never acted inappropriately with anyone. period. and as far as the latest charges, i don t even remember, i reject all of those charges. reporter: since miss bialek went public with her attorney gloria allred at the friar s club yesterday, she continued a blitz of media interviews, continuing to tell her story. this morning she all but predicted that later today when cain holds his news conference he will continue his denials, not as she asked