Woman alleges affair with presidential hopeful Cain

An Atlanta businesswoman claimed Monday a 13-year affair with Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain, whose campaign has already been hurt by a rash of sexual harassment allegations. “It was pretty simple,” Ginger White told Atlanta’s Fox 5 television. “It wasn’t complicated. I was aware that he was married. And I was also aware I was involved in a very inappropriate situation, relationship.” Cain, a former pizza company executive who has faded back in the pack of Republicans seeking to take on President Barack Obama in November 2012, denied the allegations preemptively, shortly before the news broke. “This individual is going to accuse me of an affair for an extended period of time,” Cain told CNN, vehemently denying any sexual relations.
“It is someone that I know who is an acquaintance that I thought was a friend.” “I did not have an affair,” Cain said, insisting he had no plans to quit the White House race. Cain also faces sexual harassment accusations from four women — two of them who came forward in public. He has denied all impropriety. “I will not be deterred by false, anonymous, incorrect accusations,” Cain said earlier this month. His campaign also faltered when he struggled to respond to a basic question about Libya and appeared not to know that China had nuclear weapons, calling into question his presidential credentials.