Sharon Bialek, registered Republican, spouted some rather explosive allegations against Herman Cain in her press conference with Gloria Allred.
GLORIA ALLRED: Instead of receiving the help that [Sharon Bialek] had hoped for [in finding a job], Mr. Cain instead decided to provide her with his idea of a 'stimulus package,' which she will describe.
Good grief.
Way to make the accusation by her client seem legitimate!
Allred doesn't mind being a joke, literally.
From Business Insider:
Bialek said that she met Mr. Cain during a conference for the National Restaurant Association when she worked for the NRA's education foundation in Chicago during 1996. Says Cain invited her and her boyfriend to a private party in his hotel suite.
She was fired from the NRA soon after, apparently for not raising enough money for the foundation. She said that, at the suggestion of her boyfriend, arranged a meeting with Mr. Cain in Washington to talk about her future with the NRA.
She says Cain hooked her up with a "palatial suite" in Washington, D.C. Cain told her later that he had arranged for the "upgrade."
Bialek says Cain took her to the NRA offices — she thought they were going inside, but Cain reached under her skirt to grab her genitals and tried to force her head down to his crotch. She says she said: "What are you doing? That's not what I came here for." To which she alleges Cain responded "You want a job don't you?"
Bialek says she didn't file a complaint because she didn't work for the NRA.
This is a total "he said, she said" situation.
There's no official record of Bialek's story. She didn't file any complaint or tell anyone details of the incident at the time, not even her boyfriend.
That's weird.
SHARON BIALEK: I didn't tell them the details because, quite frankly, I was very embarrassed that Mr. Cain had been sexually inapproproiate to me.
I don't buy Bialek's reason for not telling her boyfriend what happened.
Why be embarrassed that she suffered this alleged abuse by Cain? I don't believe she wouldn't confide in someone as close to her as her boyfriend.
...Allred won't let the press ask Bialek any questions, and says Bialek is not filing any claim against Cain or the NRA. She adds that Bialek approched her, but is not interested in selling her story.
Bialek approached Allred.
That's very, very telling.
Here's video of the press conference:
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More on Sharon Bialek, from ABC7 Chicago:
Bialek has an awful employment history and has had money problems. She's had bankruptcy filings. When her son was born in 1999, a paternity lawsuit was filed by the father, a media executive. Quite a mess.
She seems very unstable.
That ABC7 interview with Bialek's current fiance, Mark Harwood, is weird. We learn that her fiance just found out about the alleged Herman Cain incident a few days ago himself.
What is with Bialek withholding information about significant occurrences in her life from those close to her?
It's not normal.
There are a lot of red flags here.
10 comments:
I am tired of people trying to enrich themselves on lies. If it is true then fine she should have had him arrested but more than likely she is lying. And I will believe that until she can explain why she did not come forward until now! And that she received no money from anyone to do so.
She looks like Gennifer Flowers little sister.
I'd like to know when Bialek registered as a Republican... I don't know a single Republican who would go to Gloria Allred for legal representation.
...just sayin'...
Bialek's demeanor during the press conference was very strange - the giggling and smiling.
I don't know if Cain has behaved inappropriately with women. I don't know what his relationship was with Bialek.
But considering Bialek had 15 years to come forward, it seems very odd that she would seek out Allred now and the press conference would be so poorly handled.
I knew Sharon at Arizona State University (I graduated 1983); worked in some restaurant with her (can't remember which). She was kind, cheerful, spunky- no negatives back then. No contact since. Very disappointed she's with Allred now and making these allegations- all these years later, please!?
I went to college with Sharon as well and worked at that same restaurant, Mother Tucker's. She's was smart, capable, compassionate individual.
#1 She was never employed by NRA directly.
#2 She DID tell her boyfriend and at least one other person at the time and has signed statements to prove it.
I hope none of you guys have daughters.
#1 She was never employed by NRA directly.
So what? She claims she was sexually assaulted. She could have called a cop.
#2 She DID tell her boyfriend and at least one other person at the time and has signed statements to prove it.
She gave her boyfriend of 4 years NO DETAILS.
BIALEK: I didn't tell them the details because, quite frankly, I was very embarrassed that Mr. Cain had been sexually inapproproiate to me.
As I said in my post, that doesn't make sense.
If your girlfriend of 4 years told you that, wouldn't you insist on finding out the details?
I guess the boyfriend, a pediatrician, didn't have daughters. Obviously, the pediatrician boyfriend worked with children and was compelled to report signs of abuse, but I guess he didn't care to learn more about what happened to his girlfriend of 4 years.
Did you hear that her current fiance only found out about the Cain incident a few days ago?
Watch this report from ABC7 Chicago.
Very weird.
I object to that crack about daughters, Jim.
You have no idea what my personal history is on matters regarding sexual harassment or assault.
Questioning Bialek's story and motives doesn't mean one has a lack of understanding, compassion, or concern for victims of abuse.
Wow, there is so much hypocrisy in this land. Unfortunately, Mr Cain has tentatively agreed to take a lie detector test. This will be the final nail in his coffin. Who is going to run the test? The same people who want to see his back. Verdict? Guilty as directed.
@jimspice...I don't have daughters, but I am someones daughter, and you better believe that my parents taught me better than to take a train to a different state to ask a man, whose company I was just fired from, for assistance in finding a job. At most he could refer her to someone, or write a job recommendation, all of which could be done via email or phone. They also taught me NEVER to take business out of the office. IF you need to meet with a potential client, or business associate, or business professional, you are only to do so in an appropriate PUBLIC SETTING - not at a hotel... as they say, "mama didn't raise no fool"...and I would add - or tramp!!!
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