Judging from Gloria Borger's reporting on CNN just now, Karen Kraushaar, the woman who filed a sexual harassment complaint against Herman Cain, and won a settlement, is now clearly angry about Cain's denials. And I can understand why. He's saying she never experienced sexual harassment and saying that is a "fact." If I'd been sexually harassed by a boss years ago and had thought it was over with but then had to hear him say publicly it never happened at all, I'd be furious. It's a second kind of emotional assault. She wants to get all five women together to tell their tales.
More to the point, she says she has the complete documentation of her sexual harassment in her possession, in explicit detail, and is now released from any confidentiality agreement. Borger also reported that Kraushaar insisted that the settlement agreement was specifically on the grounds of sexual harassment, and for $46,000, a year's salary.
If that's true, then what's in those documents is going to be by far the most important factor from here on. The NYT has talked to Kraushaar as well. It will interesting to see how their reporting develops.
(Photo: Republican presidential candidate and former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain speaks at a press conference November 8, 2011 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Cain is facing pressure after a fourth woman came forward Monday to accuse Cain of inappropriate behavior and sexual harassment when he was while CEO of the National Restaurant Association. By Eric Thayer/Getty Images)
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