Gloria Allred: Herman Cain trying to "crush women" who come forward
Gloria Allred, the lawyer for one of the women who has come forward accusing Herman Cain of inappropriate sexual behavior, said Wednesday she thinks Cain is using defensive tactics designed to "crush women" - and that if all the allegations against him are true, Cain is "not only a serial sexual harasser but also a serial liar."
Allred represents Sharon Bialek, the first woman to publicly level harassment charges against Cain. In an interview with Jan Crawford for the "CBS Evening News," the celebrity lawyer defended her client - and commended Bialek's "courage" in coming forward.
"I think it took a great deal of courage for her to step into the public square, so to speak - especially where it's such a high-stakes issue," she said.
She said Bialek had chosen to speak out in order to "encourage other women to come forward" and to give Cain the opportunity to "acknowledge what he has done."
"She is very disappointed that he has not taken what she has called a 'great opportunity' that he has offered him," Allred continued. "And instead he appears to be, in my opinion, at this point, engaged in a take-no-prisoners scorched earth policy, which appears designed to try to crush women who come forward."
Allred added that if all the accusations against Cain are true, "then he's not only a serial sexual harasser but also a serial liar" who "does not respect the rights and
the dignity of women."
"He appears to be declaring war on these women, and I think that's sad," Allred said. "They are vulnerable, and they are not people who have the resources that the rich and powerful Mr. Cain has. But I'm there to support my client because I think that she is a woman of courage and frankly I think that Mr. Cain should be ashamed of himself."
"Politics is a blood sport," she added. "Now there's blood in the water."
Allred has a history of taking high-profile clients and describes herself as a protector of women, something she described to CBS News as her "duty."
"That's what I am blessed to be able to do, and I want to do it for as long as I live, and if possible in the great beyond," she said. "If there is one."
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Hey Gloria, you want to fight like an undisciplined man and then pull the sex-card when you know you have no real case. Well SORRY, HONEY, you're exposed for the two-faced fraud you are.
You also justify the widely held view that lawyers come below prostiutes and car salesmen for respect. Based on you Gloria - I would put them below paedophiles.
What a disgusting piece of flotsum this woman is!
Perhaps even worse than her ***** clients.
We should ship her, Ovomit, Holder to Hugo Chavez to screw all the communists in Venezula.
Any woman who waits years later to "come forward" about sexual harassment is nothing but a scheming liar, in my opinion.
I am so over these sexual allegations against Presidential candidates. And why are these women acting like victims?
When I used to work in an office, I was hit on almost every day and I would laugh it off but when it got offensive I got in the person's face and made it clear that I would not accept such behavior. That's how a real woman handles things.
And shame on you Gloria Allred, and all the attorneys who take on these false sexual harassment cases...get a real job.
L. Lin Wood is the best libel lawyer in the country today. I think Gloria is about to get a massive defamation lawsuit thrown at her if she keeps pursuing this.