** FILE ** This March 2000 image from video shows then-Immigration and Naturalization Service spokesperson Karen Kraushaar at a news conference in Miami regarding Elian Gonzalez. The Associated Press has chosen to publish Kraushaar's name, after independently confirming she was one of the accusers who filed sexual harassment complaints against Herman Cain when she and Cain worked at a restaurant trade group. (AP Photo/APTN)
REBUTTAL: "I have never acted inappropriately with anyone — period," Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain tells the news media Tuesday in Scottsdale, Ariz., responding to a string of accusations from women that he sexually harassed them. (Associated Press)
**FILE** Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain answers questions Oct. 31, 2011, at the National Press Club in Washington about sexual harassment allegations. (Associated Press)
Sharon Bialek, with lawyer Gloria Allred (right), addresses a news conference at the Friars Club in New York on Monday, Nov. 7, 2011, during which Ms. Bialek accused Republican presidential contender Herman Cain of making an unwanted sexual advance against her in 1997. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Sharon Bialek (left) of the Chicago area, with her lawyer Gloria Allred, prepares to address a news conference at the Friars Club in New York on Monday, Nov. 7, 2011. Ms. Bialek accused Republican presidential contender Herman Cain of making an unwanted sexual advance against her more than a decade ago. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
In denying the allegations, Herman Cain said he thought his race influenced the decision to take the allegations public. "I believe the answer is yes, but we do not have any evidence to support it," he said. (Associated Press)
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain speaks at the Defending the American Dream Summit, Friday, Nov. 4, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
Joel Bennett, an attorney for a woman who accused Herman Cain of sexual harassment while both worked at the National Restaurant Association, speaks during a news conference outside his office in Washington on Nov. 4, 2011. (Associated Press)
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain speaks at the Defending the American Dream Summit in Washington on Nov. 4, 2011. (Associated Press)
