Woman alleges she had affair with Cain

GOP presidential contender Herman Cain has been battered by bad press — centered on a series of allegations of sexual harassment leveled against him — for much of the last month and is now reassessing his candidacy.

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Ginger White of Atlanta alleges that she and Herman Cain had a 13-year consensual affair that ended about eight months ago. The Republican presidential candidate denies the accusations, saying the pair were just friends.

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Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain addresses the media in Scottsdale, Ariz.<a data-xslt='_http' href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/herman-cain-faces-sexual-harassment-allegations-from-fourth-woman/2011/11/07/gIQA8mZOxM_story.html'> Cain </a>blasted <a data-xslt='_http' href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/lawyer-4th-cain-accuser-will-speak-publicly-monday/2011/11/07/gIQA6KwPvM_story.html'>Sharon Bialek’s </a>accusations of inappropriate sexual advances by him as “baseless, bogus and false,” saying “I don’t even know who this lady is.”

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain addresses the media in Scottsdale, Ariz. Cain blasted Sharon Bialek’s accusations of inappropriate sexual advances by him as “baseless, bogus and false,” saying “I don’t even know who this lady is.”

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Herman Cain stands with his attorney during a news conference in Scottsdale, Ariz. Cain not only denied Bialek’s charges but rejected the accusations of three other women that emerged over the past 10 days. “Throughout my career, I have had nothing but utmost respect for any and all women,” Cain said.

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After her name was published in the press, Treasury Department employee Karen Kraushaar said she wants to speak about her past complaint against Herman Cain when she and Cain worked at the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s. This March 2000 image from video shows her as speaking at a news conference in Miami regarding Elian Gonzalez when she was an Immigration and Naturalization Service spokeswoman.

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Sharon Bialek arrives for a news conference at the Friar's Club in New York at which she accused Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain of sexually harassing her in 1997. Bialek is the fourth woman to accuse Cain of inappropriate behavior when he was president of the National Restaurant Association. She said she was speaking out because she wanted to give "a face and a voice" to support the other accusers, who have remained anonymous.

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Sharon Bialek and her attorney, Gloria Allred, speak at a news conference in New York. Bialek told the media that Herman Cain sexually harassed her in the late 1990s when she sought his help with an employment matter while he was president of the National Restaurant Association. Bialek was the first woman to go public with detailed allegations against Cain.

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Attorney Gloria Allred holds up two sworn statements as her client, Sharon Bialek, of the Chicago area, looks on during a news conference at the Friar's Club in New York.

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Sharon Bialek appears after the news conference.

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Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain speaks at the National Press Club on Oct. 31, a day after the sexual harassment allegations were reported. The Georgia businessman has insisted that "there’s nothing else to dig up" about his past.

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Herman Cain addresses the Defending the American Dream Summit at the Washington Convention Center on Friday. The conservative political summit is organized by Americans for Prosperity, which was founded with the support of brothers David H. Koch and Charles G. Koch of Koch Industries.

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