Who here thinks this was "provable sexual harassment"? Certainly not me -- the facts are that the charges were reviewed, and Cain says they were found to be without merit. They settled because it is easier than fighting; probably means there was enough there that the women could plausibly argue their reaction was a valid one, even though normal people wouldn't think what happened was a problem. So you settle, and move on.
I certainly have never thought the charges were serious. I have no interest in the charges, or all the discussions of the details.
I'm just saying that I was drawn to this article because it seemed to be breaking confidentiality, but having read the article it became clear he wasn't saying anything about the facts of the case because he knew nothing about the actual case. Which means that while his opinion is interesting, it is just an opinion, not an evaluation of the case.
I agree that the fact the board doesn't know about this is more evidence that people didn't take the charges as serious ones. And if Cain had just treated it that way, I think we wouldn't still be talking about it going into the weekend. And Cain wouldn't be falsely accusing a former campaign aide and admirer of Cain's with leaking the story.
Neither you or I know that. There is way too much fishy about this story. We’ve gone from gestures to hotel rooms. And the majority of people who worked with him (who have actual names) say these charges are ridiculous. And this was handled through HR. Now we’re talking about what was (especially in the 90’s) the charge du jour to get money, attention, knock a company or former boss. There’s NO WAY HR wouldn’t have to inform the board that this happened. This is the kind of thing everyone needs to be apprised of because of the potential damage control. The board knew nothing. Her lawyer wouldn’t let this go for 35,000 dollars. Nor would a payoff been done by fax of all things. There would be meetings, negotiations, and if there was merit her and her lawyer were both idiots for settling for too little. If this were real, they’d have the association by the balls. Face to face negotiations (at least with lawyers) would have taken place. A FAX is too unreliable and insecure for an important thing such as REAL harassment. Just the threat of pressing charges would do that. I expect Freepers to be more capable of critical thinking.
Cindie