HERMAN CAIN'S "MEA CULPA" he FINALLY REMEMBERS.....

CAIN ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM
marked by inconsistencies....

1. "I have never sexually harassed anyone"

2. I heard there had been a compliant

3. My attorney told me

4. I recused myself from the investigation

5. My attorney kept me fully informed

6. They found the allegation to be baseless

7. I didn't know they made a settlement

8. I don't how much the settlement was

9. My attorney didn't tell me the amount..

Then comes the "mea culpa" I had full knowledge..

'HermanCain Explains His Side of Past Sexual Harassment Allegations to 'On the Record' to view video go Here
         VAN SUSTEREN: All right. How did you first hear that she was making a claim against you? Who told you?

CAIN: The Politico that published the article...

VAN SUSTEREN: No, going back into the '90s. When you first -- going back in the '90s, not...

CAIN: Oh, OK.

VAN SUSTEREN: ... the latest round, but...

CAIN: Got it. Got it. Got it. My general counsel came to my office and told me that she had made a claim. And I said, OK, what do we need to do?

VAN SUSTEREN: What did she -- what did he say she claimed you did?

CAIN: He just used the term sexual harassment claim.

VAN SUSTEREN: You didn't say what -- like what?

CAIN: No.

VAN SUSTEREN: You didn't say, like, Whoa, what did she say I did?

CAIN: No, I didn't. I just said, What do you mean sexual harassment? She's made some claims of sexual harassment. Now, he may have told me what incidents that she might have included in the claim, but all day today, as I've been getting beat up, I've been trying to recall what some of those things were and haven't been able to recall a lot of them because that's why they got dismissed. It was no basis because it was simple stuff. And I can't remember all of...

VAN SUSTEREN: Do you remember any of it?

 CAIN: I remember one that was in the claim, and that is, in my office -- and this has come about just during the   day as I have tried to recollect what happened back then. Now, let me first make sure -- I recused myself and it was handled by two of my staff members. And they were -- one of them is an officer level. So once it was resolved, I wasn't involved, don't recall what, quote, unquote, "settlement," termination -- I don't know what it was. But here's the one incident that I recall as the day has gone on. She was in my office one day, and I made a gesture saying, Oh -- and I was standing close to her. And I made a gesture, You're the same height as my wife, and brought my hand -- didn't touch her -- up to my chin and said, You're the same height of my wife because my wife comes up to my chin, my wife of 43 years.

And that was put in there as something that made her uncomfortable as part of the sexual harassment charge.

VAN SUSTEREN: Did she say anything like, OK, that's weird, or anything, or she's -- just that the next thing you noted, it was in the accusation?

CAIN: No. I can't recall any comment that she made, positive or negative, after I made the gesture about her height, comparing it to my wife's height.

VAN SUSTEREN: OK. So it was -- so once the general counsel came to you and told you there was a claim, what was the next thing you did?

CAIN: I recused myself and told Peter...

VAN SUSTEREN: The general counsel.

CAIN: ... the general counselor -- to get together with Mary -- I'm losing the last names because we're talking 12 years ago -- that for them to basically address it. I do recall that the lady making the charge had gotten an attorney. And I recused myself because I was the CEO and the charge was being leveled against me.

Peter kept me updated on the progress of this whole situation, and the thing that I remember most is when one day he came in and said, First, the charges were found baseless.

From firsthand experience, in the 90's when I was President of a real estate association we had an employee make a complaint against another employee's husband. The above response to Greta's questions is nothing like the process that was followed.

As President I had to approve the investigation, inform the board members there had been an allegation and the outcome.

1. The employee gave a deposition to GENERAL COUNSEL AND LABOR RELATIONS  attorneys

2. The accused gave a deposition to GENERAL COUNSEL AND LABOR RELATIONS attorneys

3. They both had to go to a psychologist for counseling

4.  A conclusion was made by the attorneys and counselor

5. The employee and the accused had to sign an agreement

Based on the process that I oversaw I don't believe Cain's responses for a nano second.
SOURCES: The restaurant industry whispered about Cain’s shortcomings for weeks before sexual-harassment allegations became public.
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