[Rashputin]

Those settlements actually sound about like someone was granted about a years severance pay and changed jobs without pursuing things further. That sounds a lot like these people being confronted with the fact that they couldn't win but to avoid PR they could leave their job with severance and keep their mouth shut lest their own behavior and activities be made public.

People who win such suits don't just leave the job with severance pay, the want damages aplenty. These were bogus claims to begin with, probably brought when an "activist" (i.e. extortionist) talked these people into bringing them because Cain saw what was coming and said so.

[DBCJR]

The amounts of these settlements indicate a meritless case that was cheaper to settle than defend.