From your excerpt: “He also talks to Herman Cain, who denies the affair.”
Cain can twist and deny all he wants.
HIS LAWYER CAN”T.
Thus:alleged consensual conduct between adults - a subject matter which is not a proper subject of inquiry by the media or the public. No individual, whether a private citizen, a candidate for public office or a public official, should be questioned about his or her private sexual life.