"WASHINGTON — The National Restaurant Association gave $35,000 — a year’s salary — in
severance pay to a female staff member in the late 1990s after an encounter with Herman Cain, its chief executive at the time, made her uncomfortable working there, three people with direct knowledge of the payment said on Tuesday.
The woman was one of two whose accusations of sexual harassment by Mr. Cain, now a Republican candidate for president, led to paid
severance agreements during his 1996-99 tenure at the association. Disclosure of the scale of the
severance further challenged his initial description of the matter as a “witch hunt,” as did new descriptions from the woman’s friends and colleagues of her level of discomfort at work."
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Herman Cain accuser 'got $35,000 in severance pay'
One of the two women who accused Republican White House hopeful Herman Cain of sexual harassment in the 1990s was given $35,000 (£22,000)
severance pay over the incident, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.
The newspaper cited three sources as saying that the woman, then an employee at the National Restaurant Association, was given the amount –
a full year's salary – after saying the encounter with Cain had made her uncomfortable."
Herman Cain accuser 'got $35,000 in severance pay' - Telegraph
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Cain Accuser Got a Year’s Salary in Severance Pay
November 2, 2011
By Tamura A. Lomax
The New York Times
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 — 10:04 PM EDT
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The National Restaurant Association gave $35,000 —
a year’s salary —
in severance pay to a female staff member in the late 1990s after an encounter with Herman Cain, its chief executive at the time, made her uncomfortable working there, three people with direct knowledge of the payment said on Tuesday.
The woman was one of two whose accusations of sexual harassment by Mr. Cain, now a Republican candidate for president, led to
paid severance agreements during his 1996-99 tenure as the association’s chief. Disclosure of the cases has rocked Mr. Cain’s campaign just as he was surging in polls."
Cain Accuser Got a Year
