US: Fourth woman claims Cain harassment

Another woman has accused Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain of sexual harassment.

Lawyer Gloria Allred, who specialises in discrimination, and the woman are planning a news conference in New York.

The woman would be at least the fourth to accuse Mr Cain, a former businessman, of harassment.

The Politico website began the claims with reports that two women made official complaints and a third one emerged to say she too had been a victim, but took no further action.

The women have said that Mr Cain behaved inappropriately toward them during their time at the National Restaurant Association in the late 1990s.

Mr Cain has denied the allegations, and he said on Saturday he would answer no more questions on the subject.