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By Tabassum Zakaria – “(Reuters) – Herman Cain, who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination, has hired a high-profile defamation lawyer to keep an eye on the sexual harassment accusations made public by two women this week.

Atlanta attorney Lin Wood told Reuters Thursday he was not hired to scare, intimidate or threaten anyone from making statements, but to monitor the accusations against Cain and respond accordingly.

Wood, a top libel and defamation lawyer, was hired on Monday morning when it became clear that Sharon Bialek was about to become the first of four women alleging inappropriate behavior by Cain to go public with her accusations.

‘I would certainly at some point and time give him my legal evaluation of whether any of these particular statements are potentially actionable,’ Wood said. ‘But I was not hired to run out and file a lawsuit against anybody.’

The two public accusers — Bialek and Karen Kraushaar — are planning to hold a joint news conference, but it has not been scheduled. They have accused Cain of inappropriate behavior in the late 1990s when he was head of the National Restaurant Association.

Cain has repeatedly denied the sexual harassment accusations. At a Republican debate Wednesday, he said: ‘The American people deserve better than someone being tried in the court of public opinion based on unfounded accusations.'” Read more.

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