Gloria Allred, Herman Cain Accuser's Former Boyfriend To Hold Press Conference (VIDEO)

By JACK GILLUM, The Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- The lawyer for the Chicago woman who has accused Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain of inappropriate sexual conduct on Monday was bringing forward a witness who could provide the first corroborating details of Sharon Bialek's claims.

Attorney Gloria Allred said a previously unidentified ex-boyfriend of Bialek's will tell his version of events at a news conference in Louisiana.

Cain's wife, Gloria, meanwhile, broke her silence to defend her husband of 43 years in a television interview airing Monday night.

Bialek last week became the first woman to publicly accuse Cain, a Georgia businessman, of inappropriate sexual conduct in the late 1990s when he was chief executive of the National Restaurant Association, a Washington trade group.

Bialek had lost her job in the association's Chicago office and had gone to Washington to meet Cain for help finding employment. The two had dinner and afterward, as they sat in a parked car, Bialek said Cain groped her.

Bialek went public with her claims at a news conference last week. Allred, who accompanied Bialek, said her client had told her then-boyfriend about the incident at the time.

At least three other women have claimed that Cain sexually harassed them. Bialek is the only one of the four to go public with their accusations.

Cain has denied behaving inappropriately with anyone or knowing Bialek.

Meanwhile, Cain's wife, Gloria says her husband would have to have a "split personality" to do the things he's been accused of doing.

In the interview set to air on Fox News Channel's "On the Record," Gloria Cain said the allegations against her husband don't ring true because he "totally respects women."

"I'm thinking he would have to have a split personality to do the things that were said," she said in excerpts of the interview that were released Sunday.

She said she cannot believe the claims.

"To hear such graphic allegations and know that that would have been something that was totally disrespectful of her as a woman and I know that's not the person he is," Gloria Cain said. "He totally respects women."

(Video above via Lousiana's KSLA news)

Comments

[jimdavis11]

11:38 AM on 11/15/2011

Don't mess with Murphy and don't tempt Karma.

[dpcemker]

11:23 AM on 11/15/2011

Witness? Ha u r so funny and bias HP

[patriotisland]

11:03 AM on 11/15/2011

I think closer examination of the facts will reveal that all the republicans in the 2012 race also made attempts to harrass these same women. If not them, then probably someone else. Uh...except for bachman who probably wanted to but just tought about it.

I guess that's it...then...Obama don't worry. You are still president and certainly a bunch of republican sex freaks can't challenge your record. I make a motion that we just call of the election and automatically allow you to proceed your your second term.

[patriotisland]

10:57 AM on 11/15/2011

This just out!!!!! The ex-boyfriend of Bialek, without Bialeks knowlege, was also involved with two other women and he told both about Cain, immediately after Bialek told him.
The two women then told the three guys they were cheating on . who then told their other girlfriends who then told thier husbands.
It now seems that this is jusy the tip of the iceberg!!!! Film at 11.

[diamonds61]

08:39 AM on 11/15/2011

Men like Herman Cain tend to put their own mates on a pedestal while at the same time treat other women with disrespect and regard them as playthings. Mrs. Cain's own words about her husband may have a split personality rings true; it is called the Jekyll and Hyde syndrome. In public and to his family, Cain is the conservative businessman and in the dark he is supposedly "God's gift to women". But secrets of clandestine behavior cannot be kept forever;his own children, close friends and associates can reveal the real sexist Cain.

[patriotisland]

10:44 AM on 11/15/2011

Wow, sounds like you have some real insight. Does he also slash throats? Is there other dark secrets we need to know about?

[honeyspcg]

03:38 PM on 11/15/2011

Wow. I didn't know that people could transport themselves back 15 yrs ago and really be there to witness this. Sure made my day. NOT.

[Carolyn Flores]

02:01 AM on 11/15/2011

Even if you want to believe buyalick (and I don't) what is the worst thing we've got on Herman Cain? That he made a pass at a woman 14 years ago? Does that make him a monster? He stopped immediately when she said to, so no means no. No candidate is perfect. Everyone's got a skeleton or two in their closet. Allred appears more and more desperate to sell this to the public. This is a manufactured scandal and she is starting to look like the one who is responsible for it.

[ashley22]

08:31 AM on 11/15/2011

You are Right,when Gloria Allred gets involived,what did she do,go to her ex boyfriend and he
can recount 14 years ago ?

[atmosphere1823]

11:42 AM on 11/15/2011

I can certainly remember conversations laden with emotion of 14 years ago, and even from my childhood.

He said she was upset. I'm sure he would remember the conversation. If someone tried to "feel up" your spouse or significant other, and s/he came home all upset about it, you wouldn't remember that conversation 14 years later?

That would be one conversation I would definitely remember!

[Juliawerck]

11:51 PM on 11/14/2011

Ms. Sharon Bialek came out with this information at this time b/c Herman Koch is running for POTUS. They want to shred her credibility? She is not the one running for POTUS. If somebody or anybody is witholding information on a candidate running for the POTUS and they did not come forward? Then they are just as bad or worse then the people we vote for public office.

[patriotisland]

11:05 AM on 11/15/2011

Herman Koch is also running? he also did the same thing to Bialek? The plot thickens.

[Juliawerck]

04:04 PM on 11/15/2011

Take a look at Hermans OOPs moment. It is priceless.

[ladyrosedeky]

10:55 PM on 11/14/2011

Gloria, do you think any of the women that have found out that their husband's had mistresses or got caught with hookers that got outed had a clue? Thinking of the California, South Carolina. New York governors that got caught and their wives. Like the answer Gloria should be thinking of is a no. But guess what Gloria, from smart remarks your husband has been making in the press recently, he hasn't been acting to respectful. So I'd say, odds are, he has that 'split personality' you refer to in private.

[BooCooDinkyDow]

09:47 PM on 11/14/2011

If it were Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton, no doubt HuffPo and the media would give them a pass. Guess Herman Cain isn't the media's idea of a black candidate.

[MikeWebster]

10:35 PM on 11/14/2011

If Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton were running for President, you can bet they would be hit a whole lot harder than Cain has been. That is because those two actually have some suitability to be president, unlike the ignorant, and foolish Cain.

[BooCooDinkyDow]

11:15 PM on 11/14/2011

Jackson and Shapton? Sure, if extortion, libel and fraud are suitable attributes to become President.

[randyfox725]

09:43 PM on 11/14/2011

Gloria Allred fresh from her altruistic battle to save the virtue and reputation of a Porn Star from the likes of Charlie Sheen.

[MikeWebster]

10:36 PM on 11/14/2011

Irrelevant. She's a lawyer.

[randyfox725]

12:36 AM on 11/15/2011

She is in every story Sparky how in your worlds is that illelevant???

[fgrammit]

09:42 PM on 11/14/2011

he stole that from michele but she said it first herman. and you should have gone with your first instinct when He said run He meant run and hide before they catch you

[randyfox725]

09:38 PM on 11/14/2011

Well Newt is now the lead candidate. Let's see how long it takes the Liberal Jackals to circle. I wish we knew something about their guy, Not a friend, not a teacher, not a girl he dated. Nothing. poof! just like he appeared one day. Seems like anyone who ever knew him is dead. Why should a President pay to have his History locked up. Strange. Kind of hypocritical. Can't say anything about someone who has no history, not even a report card. Someday the truth will come out, it always does.

[Dodger300]

02:57 AM on 11/15/2011

Study history. There are some pretty good reasons why Gingrich's fellow Republicans withdrew there support when he was Speaker of the House causing him to resign his seat.

[lonestarlady36]

02:56 PM on 11/15/2011

Please stop listening to Fear News.

[randyfox725]

03:27 PM on 11/15/2011

Please watching the Hate channel MSDNC

[turnkey44]

09:04 PM on 11/14/2011

What's the big deal? when you go to Washington you jump in one big bed.

[opiniongirl18]

09:52 PM on 11/14/2011

realy? maybe i should go to WASHIMGTON

[MikeWebster]

10:37 PM on 11/14/2011

Not if you realise you've got to share it with all 7 Republican Presidential candidates....

[bnmusing]

09:02 PM on 11/14/2011

Again, we get back to what is the point? There were no 'criminal charges' against the man. We have forgiven Eisenhower, FDR, Jack Kennedy, Teddy Kennedy, Bill Clinton, etc. for great indiscretions. And for every infraction there was woman who was equally indicrete, or 'immoral' in a populist sense.

Fortunately, most women who do not wish to be put in a 'touchy' situation know how to avoid it.
And we respect them for it.

[Debra Faber]

10:17 PM on 11/14/2011

If they'd only been wearing burkas - I'm sure they deserved whatever they got. My concern is that the right holds any progressive accountable to standards which those folks set...yet refuse to hold their own accountable to any standards whatsoever - it's laughable. The stench of hypocrisy abounds.

[MikeWebster]

10:38 PM on 11/14/2011

So I guess you're saying that those people's supposed indiscretions were never reported on in the papers?

[Lane Crystal]

08:57 PM on 11/14/2011

Information on Dr. Victor Zuckerman: In May 2010 (after the bench trial, but before the judgment was entered) Stratford Pediatric sold its assets to Central DuPage Hospital for $333,000.00 in cash. This money was mostly transferred to Zuckerman’s personal accounts. He soon went on a gambling and day trading spree and lost all of the money. In July 2010, Zuckerman moved to Louisiana. On September 15, 2010, Zuckerman filed a chapter 11 petition in the Western District of Louisiana. His creditors include, among others, Stratford Center (with claims of $675,000.00), his ex-wife (with claims of $89,000.00), and the IRS (with claims of $50,000.00).

[BooCooDinkyDow]

09:43 PM on 11/14/2011

Definitely looking for a payday.

[opiniongirl18]

09:55 PM on 11/14/2011

and wish party that good samaritan belong to?

[MikeWebster]

10:43 PM on 11/14/2011

Republican....