pelley: good evening, herman cain, the front-runner for the republican presidential nomination, forcefully confronted charges of sexual harassment late today. he called one accuser a troubled woman and he said that he is being slandered in a firestorm that he blames on democrats and the media. in the last week, four women have accused cairn of inappropriate sexual behavior. three of them had been anonymous, but late today one of them revealed her name to cbs news. cain confronted all the allegations in a late news conference in arizona. we have two reports tonight. first, bill whitaker many phoenix. bill? reporter: scott, in a week in which attempts to put this scandal behind them seemingly have failed, herman cain today attacked it head on with a full- throated denial and denunciation of his accusers. i will vigorously defend my reputation because i will not allow false accusations to compromise or in any way shed badly on my character and my integrity. i will repeat:
pelley: good evening, herman cain, the front-runner for the republican presidential nomination, forcefully confronted charges of sexual harassment late today. he called one accuser a troubled woman and he said that he is being slandered in a firestorm that he blames on democrats and the media. in the last week, four women have accused cairn of inappropriate sexual behavior. three of them had been anonymous, but late today one of them revealed her name to cbs news. cain confronted all the allegations in a late news conference in arizona. we have two reports tonight. first, bill whitaker many phoenix. bill? reporter: scott, in a week in which attempts to put this scandal behind time seemingly have failed, herman cain today attacked it head on with a full-throated denial and denunciation of his accusers. i will vigorously defend my reputation because i will not allow false accusations to compromise or in any way shed badly on my character and my integrity. i will repeat: i
pelley: good evening, far week to t accusations of sexual harassment against republican presidential front-runner herman cain had come from three anonymous woman and there were no specifics. that changed today when a fourth woman came forward and enn great detail accused cain of making sexual advances. cain s campaign immediately put out a general denial of all the harassment allegations. political correspondent jan crawford begins our coverage. reporter: the woman who came forward today is 50-year-old sharon bialek who told reporters cain made an aggressive sexual advance. he suddenly reached over and he put his hand on my legs under my skirt and reached for my genitals. he also grabbed my head and brought it towards his crotch. i was very surprised and very shocked. i said what are you doing? mr. cain said you want a job, right? i asked him to stop and he did. reporter: bialek, a single flor the chicago area, detailed the allegations in a packed press conference
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