I will restate for the THIRD time today.
At that time it was very common practice for companies to simply do an internal investigation. If the accused was guilty they were dismissed aka...FIRED.
If the allegations were false it was common for women to try and push the issue. Companies commonly paid these women and they would leave the company with some nominal amount of pocket change.
Companies do this to do very day to deal with nuisance employees in cases ranging from discrimination to harassment. It is cheaper than full blown litigation over a he said,she said issue. Note it is the COMPANY that paid, not Cain. Settlements of this nature are often closed and neither party is free to discuss it. Odds are very high Cain has no idea if the women were paid or how much they received. That agreement would be between the women and the COMPANY.
Riiiiiiiiight
Riiiiiiiiight.
I am an executive in a cery large multi national corporation and we do NOT no have we ever handled harassment. Cases in the manner you suggest. That is a myth.