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| Cain denies report of sexual harassment allegations | Cain denies report of sexual harassment allegations |
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| The campaign of Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain has denied allegations he was accused of sexual harassment in the 1990s. | The campaign of Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain has denied allegations he was accused of sexual harassment in the 1990s. |
| Politico website said two female employees had complained of sexually suggestive behaviour from Mr Cain when he headed a restaurant lobby group. | Politico website said two female employees had complained of sexually suggestive behaviour from Mr Cain when he headed a restaurant lobby group. |
| The report said the National Restaurant Association paid the women to leave the group and not speak on the allegations. | The report said the National Restaurant Association paid the women to leave the group and not speak on the allegations. |
| Mr Cain's spokesman said the allegations were "unsubstantiated". | Mr Cain's spokesman said the allegations were "unsubstantiated". |
| He appeared at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington DC on Monday to discuss his tax plan, and was scheduled to address the National Press Club in the city later in the day. | |
| "Fearing the message of Herman Cain, who is shaking up the political landscape in Washington, inside-the-Beltway media have begun to launch unsubstantiated personal attacks on Cain," spokesman JD Gordon said in a statement. | "Fearing the message of Herman Cain, who is shaking up the political landscape in Washington, inside-the-Beltway media have begun to launch unsubstantiated personal attacks on Cain," spokesman JD Gordon said in a statement. |
| "Dredging up thinly sourced allegations stemming from Mr Cain's tenure as the chief executive officer at the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s, political trade press are now casting aspersions on his character and spreading rumours that never stood up to the facts," Mr Gordon's statement said. | "Dredging up thinly sourced allegations stemming from Mr Cain's tenure as the chief executive officer at the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s, political trade press are now casting aspersions on his character and spreading rumours that never stood up to the facts," Mr Gordon's statement said. |
| 'Sexually suggestive' | 'Sexually suggestive' |
| Mr Cain, who was CEO of Godfather's Pizza before heading the restaurant lobby group, is leading or is close to the top in many recent opinion polls of Republicans. | |
| Politico said it had confirmed the identities of two former female employees of the National Restaurant Association who made sexual harassment complaints to colleagues and association officials about Mr Cain, but was not publishing their names out of concerns for their privacy. | |
| The website said the allegations included conversations "filled with innuendo or personal questions of a sexually suggestive nature" at association events. | The website said the allegations included conversations "filled with innuendo or personal questions of a sexually suggestive nature" at association events. |
| Mr Cain also allegedly gave "descriptions of physical gestures that were not overtly sexual, but that made women who experienced them or witnessed them uncomfortable". | |
| Politico said its report was based on multiple sources and documentation, including the recollections of close associates of the two women. | Politico said its report was based on multiple sources and documentation, including the recollections of close associates of the two women. |
| When asked by Politico on Sunday about the allegations, Mr Cain said he has "had thousands of people working for me" at different businesses over the years and could not comment "until I see some facts or some concrete evidence". |