Cain (and his surrounding good people) mishandled the fiasco from the start. Submitting to interviews that were usually more than fifty percent discussions of sex charges — his denyin’-denyin’-denyin’ plan — was a huge mistake. Gave the sharks a new bloody limb every few days.
He should have refused outright to talk about it, and said his lawyers would aggressively pursue the accusers in civil court. End of story.
Don’t feed the animals.
That's presuming that not only is he innocent of any of the allegations, but that he can prove it. The truth is an affirmative defense against both libel and slander, so he'd have to have a lot of ducks in a row before going into civil court. I don't believe that any of us know for sure if he's guilty or not.
That's correct...but he doesn't stop talking...and if he remains in this race I have no reason to believe his pattern will change...he doesn't know how to get out of the rut of loose lips and for that digs himself in deeper.