Head of I.M.F. Arrested in New York and Accused of Sexual Attack

[pdogg]

Head of I.M.F. Arrested in New York and Accused of Sexual Attack

The leader of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique

Strauss-Kahn, was arrested on Saturday, minutes before he was

to fly to Paris from John F. Kennedy International Airport,

the authorities said.

Mr. Strauss-Kahn, a candidate for president of France, was

taken off an Air France flight by officers from the Port

Authority of New York and New Jersey and turned over to

Manhattan detectives, according to a Port Authority

spokesman.

He was accused of a sex attack on a maid at a Times Square

hotel earlier in the day, the authorities said.

[pacman]

This story is unbelievable. It will be one of the news stories of the year & even if he's found innocent, enormous damage has been done to his career.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, one of Europe's most powerful men has been charged with the rape of a hotel employee in downtown Manhattan.

One source is claiming he sodomised her, another says he grabbed her forcefully & demanded oral sex.... you can't make this stuff up.

As the head of IMF & a future candidate for the French Presidency, he carries enormous clout. It is bizarre to imagine him being taken all the way through the court process.

Does the EU stand by their man or will they disown him & leave him to his fate? The frantic calls & emails crossing the Atlantic since his arrest would make fascinating listening.

Now the conspiracy theorists will be blogging about CIA involvement. I can't see this being anything other than someone's serious lack of judgement but I am now locked into reading every twist to this amazing tale.

Once again, truth proves to be stranger than fiction.

[Luung]

I've just read this, "Head of I.M.F. Arrested in New York and Accused of Sexual Attack on PDogg"???

Fuck, are you alright PDogg?

[Lefty]

JUST TAKE THE NO GOOD SCUM OUT AND GUT SHOOT HIM LIKE THE DIRTY DOG HE IS. GOD DAMN THE IMF, BUNCH OF ROBBER BARON COCKSUCKING BASTARDS

[guydesavoy]

It will be very interesting to watch the political fallout. His future presidential campaign is now a non-starter.

He has always had a rep for Clintoning his interns and chasing the golden triangle..he's in deep shit now whether the charges stick or not.

Hmmm good idea for a new avatar

[SiamSam]

Guy,

Great to see you here!!! What happened to Pierre Elliot Trudeau? Bring him back :bow:

[guydesavoy]

Guy,

Great to see you here!!! What happened to Pierre Elliot Trudeau? Bring him back :bow:

Who are you ? :p

haha actually i changed it to DSK but it didnt stick..maybe ur right and I should bring back Pierrot.. he had a certain gravitas that Juan could never hope to attain

[pdogg]

Looks like it was consensual sex and a setup.

Strauss-Kahn Is Released as Case Teeters

By JOHN ELIGON NY Times

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, who is accused of sexually assaulting a hotel housekeeper, was released from house arrest on Friday as the case against him moved closer to dismissal after prosecutors told a Manhattan judge that the credibility of his accuser was in serious question.

Prosecutors acknowledged that there were troubling revelations and glaring inconsistencies in various accounts given by the housekeeper, who accused Mr. Strauss-Kahn of trying to rape her in May. In a brief hearing at State Supreme Court in Manhattan, prosecutors did not oppose his release; the judge then freed Mr. Strauss-Kahn on his own recognizance.

The development represented a stunning reversal in a case that reshaped the French political landscape and prompted debate about morals, the treatment of women and the American justice system. Prosecutors said that they still believed there was evidence to support the notion that Mr. Strauss-Kahn had forced the woman to perform oral sex, but that inconsistencies in her past and in her account of the moments following the episode could make it extremely difficult to persuade jurors to believe her.

The comments that followed the quick court action illuminated the complex, often shifting relationship among the three legal interests in the case. Lawyers for Mr. Strauss-Kahn on Friday praised the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., for “doing what is appropriate”; Kenneth P. Thompson, a lawyer for the housekeeper, accused Mr. Vance of being “too afraid” to try the case; and Mr. Vance defended how his office had handled the case, which is by far the highest-profile of his year-and-a-half tenure.

In a letter sent to Mr. Strauss-Kahn’s lawyers and filed with Justice Michael J. Obus on Friday, prosecutors outlined some of what they had discovered about Mr. Strauss-Kahn’s accuser, poking holes in her account and in her background.

The housekeeper admitted to prosecutors that she had lied about what happened after the encounter on the 28th floor of the hotel, the Sofitel New York. She initially said that after she had been attacked she waited in a hallway until Mr. Strauss-Kahn left the room. She now admits that after the episode, she cleaned a nearby room, then returned to Mr. Strauss-Kahn’s suite to clean there. Only after that did she report to her supervisor that she had been attacked.

What precisely occurred between the woman and Mr. Strauss-Kahn — whether it was an attack or a consensual encounter, as his defense team has suggested — remains known only to the woman and to Mr. Strauss-Kahn.

Prosecutors disclosed that the woman had admitted lying in her application for asylum from Guinea. According to their letter, she “fabricated the statement with the assistance of a male who provided her with a cassette recording” that she memorized. She also said that her claim that she had been the victim of a gang rape in Guinea was a lie.

The woman also acknowledged that she had misrepresented her income to qualify for her housing, and that she had declared a friend’s child as a dependent on tax returns — in addition to her own daughter — to increase her tax refund.

Mr. Thompson, the woman’s lawyer, gave a lengthy retort outside the courtroom in which he conceded that there were problems with her credibility, but insisted that she had still been the victim of an attack and that her version of it had never wavered. He said some evidence, like bruising she had sustained, was consistent with a nonconsensual encounter. And he said her decision to clean a room afterward was consistent with someone who was confused and upset.

“Our concern is that the Manhattan district attorney is too afraid to try this case,” Mr. Thompson said. “We believe he’s afraid he’s going to lose this high-profile case.”

The prosecutors have not completed their investigation, one official briefed on the matter said, and thus have not made a final determination whether the housekeeper was sexually assaulted. The official said that an examination of the woman after the alleged assault did find vaginal bruising, but that it was not conclusive evidence of a forcible sexual encounter. The woman’s account of what happened inside the hotel suite has been consistent, the official said, aside from minor details of the kind that sometimes vary in the numerous retellings of the same story.

Questions are sure to be raised about how swiftly and vigorously prosecutors proceeded with the case, as many in France questioned whether there was a rush to judgment. Mr. Strauss-Kahn, 62, was considered a strong contender for the French presidency before his arrest. He subsequently resigned his position as managing director of the International Monetary Fund.

From Mr. Strauss-Kahn’s first court appearance on May 16, Mr. Vance’s office expressed extreme confidence in its case. At that hearing, an assistant district attorney said, “The victim provided very powerful details consistent with violent sexual assault committed by the defendant.”

The case has the potential to affect Mr. Vance’s political fortunes. Outside the courthouse on Friday, he stressed that his office did what it was required to do.

“We believe we have done nothing but to support her,” Mr. Vance said. “Our duty is to do what is right in every case. Our office’s commitment is to the truth and the facts.”

Mr. Strauss-Kahn will now be able to move about the country freely. (He had dinner Friday night at Scalinatella, an upscale restaurant on the Upper East Side.) Although prosecutors will retain his passport, most of his restrictive bail conditions have been lifted. Under those rules, he was required to stay in a Lower Manhattan town house under armed guard and to wear an ankle monitor. He could leave only for certain reasons and had to notify prosecutors when he did.

Benjamin Brafman, a lawyer who has represented Mr. Strauss-Kahn along with William W. Taylor III, said: “I want to commend Cy Vance for doing what is appropriate, for doing what I think took some great courage and personal integrity, to stand up and say this case is not what we thought it was. We are absolutely convinced that while today is a first giant step in the right direction, the next step will be to make a complete dismissal of the charges.”

The letter from the prosecutors did not include everything their investigators had learned about the woman. According to two law enforcement officials familiar with the prosecutors’ inquiry, the woman had a phone conversation with an incarcerated man within a day of her encounter with Mr. Strauss-Kahn in which she discussed the possible benefits of pursuing the charges against him. The conversation was recorded.

That man, the investigators learned, had been arrested on charges of possessing 400 pounds of marijuana. He is among a number of individuals who made multiple cash deposits, totaling about $100,000, into the woman’s bank account over the last two years. The deposits were made in Arizona, Georgia, New York and Pennsylvania.

The investigators also learned that the woman was paying hundreds of dollars every month in phone charges to five companies. She had insisted she had only one phone and said she knew nothing about the deposits except that they were made by a man she described as her fiancé and his friends.

After his hearing, Mr. Strauss-Kahn emerged from court, smiling at the assembled crowds, the expression brightening with each step. Later, at the town house on Franklin Street where he had been under confinement, a gift arrived of over a dozen red, white and blue balloons, accompanied by an inflatable Statue of Liberty.

A note was attached, according to Sean Hershkowitz, of Balloon Saloon in TriBeCa, that said, “Enjoy your freedom on Independence Day.” He added that he had been by a few weeks earlier with a different delivery: an inflatable shark with a chew toy. That gift, Mr. Hershkowitz said, was refused at the door.

Matt Flegenheimer, Colin Moynihan and Anahad O’Connor contributed reporting.

[williethepimp]

at first,when i heard he had been released,i thought it was a case of one law for us and one law for the bankers......but on reading the pasted article it looks like she was a scammer......apparently strauss-kahn has previous when it comes to sexual assaults......anyway,it was a terrible error of judgement on his behalf tampering with the maid in his hotel.....he'll turn up in a few months with a new job...probably bailing Greece out of its financial hole or somesuch thing.

[Lefty]

French Writer, Goddaughter of DSK's Ex-Wife, Files New Rape Charges Against DSK

Tristane Banon, a French journalist and the daughter of a leader in Strauss-Kahn's Socialist party, will file attempted rape charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, reports Reuters. Banon accuses him of trying to rape her when she went to his apartment to interview him when she was only 22 years old. Banon revealed the 2002 incident in 2007, and said her mother, Anne Mansouret, had advised her not to report it:

At the time, Anne Mansouret had dissuaded his daughter to complain against the future boss of the IMF, including a daughter, Camille, one of the best friends of Tristan Banon. Tristane Banon is also the goddaughter of the second wife of DSK. Today, Anne Mansouret has remorse: “ Today, I am sorry to have discouraged my daughter to complain against DSK. I bear a heavy responsibility. After the facts were discussed, talked a lot. And finally, she decided, it was decided not to initiate proceedings. You know my daughter was very ill, but Tristan is the goddaughter of the second wife of Dominic. It was difficult for family and friends. What I can tell you is that my daughter, despite the passing years, is still shocked by these facts. That night I went to see her in Paris to comfort her. It’s very hard for her.

The charges were expected to be filed once the case against DSK in New York was decided, but with Strauss-Kahn freed, Banon's lawyers will file on Tuesday.

http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/629118/french_writer%2C_goddaughter_of_dsk%27s_ex-wife%2C_files_new_rape_charges_against_dsk/#paragraph4

[ArchieBunker]

You wont fucking believe this but investigators found spooge from 4, count em 4, other guys in DSK's room!!! My goodness!! Holy crap!! Now they didnt say how fresh the spooge was but still......smoking/no smoking DNA encrusted bed cover only from ladyboys....

[pdogg]

Welcome aboard Khun Archie!

Breaking news from your favorite paper Herr Bunker.

Breaking News Alert

The New York Times

Tuesday, August 23, 2011 -- 12:06 PM EDT

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Strauss-Kahn Indictment Dismissed by Judge

A judge formally ordered the dismissal of all criminal charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Tuesday, but he said his order would be stayed until an appellate court decides whether a special prosecutor should be appointed.

Prosecutors in the office of Cyrus R. Vance Jr., the Manhattan district attorney, told Justice Michael J. Obus of State Supreme Court in Manhattan that they could not prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt because of serious credibility issues with the hotel housekeeper who had accused Mr. Strauss-Kahn of sexually assaulting her as she entered his suite to clean it.

[ArchieBunker]

She might have been good at giving head but crap at cleaning room with all that spooge she left uncleaned. That Froggie guy-what a MEATHEAD!!!!

Whoop Dee Doo

BTW The Times is a fucking rag!! Where is that dwarf Jason Blair?? Now THERES a Meathead/fuckwit....

[DownLoLarry]

You wont fucking believe this but investigators found spooge from 4, count em 4, other guys in DSK's room!!! My goodness!! Holy crap!! Now they didnt say how fresh the spooge was but still......smoking/no smoking DNA encrusted bed cover only from ladyboys....

A Times reporter has found spooge on the carpet, on the wall, and even on a movie theatre chair.

it really doesn't bother me if the previous room occupant washed the walls with his love juice but bedspreads are another story. I doubt if most low end hotels provide a new with a freshly laundered bed spread.

August 23, 2011, 4:01 pm

The Guests Who Never Left Strauss-Kahn’s Hotel Room

By JAMES BARRON

And you thought all you had to worry about when you checked into a hotel was bedbugs.

On Page 18 in the Manhattan district attorney’s filing recommending dismissal of the sexual assault charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn was a detail that was disquieting if not disturbing: In his $3,000-a-night hotel suite, detectives found semen stains on the carpet and the wallpaper from other men.

“That is not a surprise to me,” said Lawrence Kobilinsky, the chairman of the department of sciences at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, who has done forensic work in places like hotel rooms. “People think when they go to a hotel, they’ve got a nice, clean pristine place to stay. I did a study in hotel rooms with UV lamps and I found stains all over the place, not just on floors and furniture but on bedding, the linen, the bedspreads. I found it all over the place.”

In sum, he said: “You know you’re not getting a sterile environment when you check into a hotel.”

It is enough to make some say they would never stay in a hotel room again.

Some of Dr. Kobilinsky’s discoveries might be enough to make them stay out of a lot of places, too. Movie theaters, for example.

“I went into movie theaters in various places within New York City,” he said, “and I found dried semen samples on the seats. And I had to do it surreptitiously with a hidden camera to document what I had seen.”

But back to what detectives found in Mr. Strauss-Kahn’s suite at the Sofitel New York, on West 44th Street, where a 33-year-old housekeeper said she had been sexually assaulted.

“It’s a forensic fact that when you go in and look at a crime scene in a hotel,” Dr. Kobilinsky said, “you’ve got to be careful interpreting what you see.” There could be “historical DNA,” he said, that is, DNA from the room’s previous occupants.

That, apparently, was the case when detectives began going through Mr. Strauss-Kahn’s suite.

Three stains on the carpet “contained the semen and DNA of three different unknown males,” according to the filing recommending dismissal of the charges against Mr. Strauss-Kahn, “and one other stain contained amylase and a mixture of DNA from three additional individuals.” Amylase, the filing explained in a footnote, is “an enzyme found in semen, saliva and in other bodily fluids, including vaginal fluid.”

There was also a stain on a section of wallpaper, the filing said. It “contained the semen and DNA of a fourth unknown male.”

Dr. Kobilinsky he was not surprised that the police found DNA in the suite that did not match Mr. Strauss-Kahn’s.

“Who knows how old those stains are?” he said. “DNA is a pretty sturdy molecule. It doesn’t deteriorate that readily, and not from aging. It is true that certain bacteria or fungi can break down DNA and certain types of soil can break down DNA, but normally it’s in a place where it’s not being assaulted, so to speak, by environmental factors, it survives. So it could be a day, a week or a month old, or possibly older.”

Vacuuming a rug, as hotel housekeepers routinely do, would not normally destroy the DNA, he said.

But what about subsequent guests?

“The chances are minimal that you’re going to become infected with some agent present in semen, not that it’s impossible,” he said. “But viral substances will survive several days unless something intercedes. H.I.V., for example, will survive under those conditions for at least four or five days. But the chances of somebody coming down with an infectious disease are almost zero.”

[Hefe]

Quite a number of years ago some news organization & a lab did a similar study of hotels & found that the most contaminated thing, by far, was the typical hotel bedspread. It was a virtual petri dish of bacteria, germs, viruses, food, saliva, spooge, vomit, fecal matter, etc., etc...... Unlike the sheets, carpets or even sinks & toilets, the bedspreads..."duvets" if you are in the 4 star crowd... are not typically cleaned for long periods of time.

I've gotten sick or rundown a couple of times at hotels after a long flight & exhaustion takes it's toll. Once I even got Legionnaires disease & another time I got a staph infection, so I've become a little bit Felix Unger-like & now wipe down common touched surfaces now with a disinfectant: phone, remote, doorknobs, handles & I grab the bedspread by a corner & toss it on the floor where it stays. Maybe it's excessive, but I feel better anyway.

Then I go eat dinner from street vendors & fuck Thai prostitutes.....