“Settlement of allegations” within a severance package is a huge difference from a lawsuit. He could have easily had no input into the former were its a company issue and mostly a routine matter. If he was personally named in a sexual harassment lawsuit then yes he would remember it.
The question of remembering is moot, because Cain has now said he remembers it, to the point of describing specific events that he says the woman misinterpreted (the “hand gesture”).
Cain has also explained that he knew there was an agreement with money, and that he was just saying he didn’t know it that agreement was in the form of a settlement. I think that’s a stupid distinction for him to try to have made, but it is technically accurate.
I should not have used the word “suit”, I was just writing a quick blurb and my shorthand was not accurate, as I said in the comment you are replying to.
But remember, Cain has now said he specifically remembers this one harrassment complaint, and that if there are ANY other ones reported, they will be made up, because he remembers that there were no other ones. He seems very sure of that, so I think he’s admitting that he would remember a sexual harrassment complaint.