Thread: IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn : France's would-be president , accused of sex attack

While I believe he deserves every shit he gets, this charge is ridiculous. Attending a party with paid "hostesses" is being involved in a prostitution ring?

Originally Posted by Takeovers

While I believe he deserves every shit he gets, this charge is ridiculous. Attending a party with paid "hostesses" is being involved in a prostitution ring?

Not quite sure where you got that from his lawyers said "he was accused of procuring prostitutes and involvement in an "organised gang"."

Not quite the same thing, is it?

It's the French system. Essentially he's under strict bail conditions while they investigate.

he is fucked, this is quite serious, far worse than the NY case

he is basically accused of brokering a sex ring, which apparently he did on occasion

even the hotel manager could be held responsible for profiteering from a prostitution ring

prostitution is not illegal, the profiteering by third party is

Don't worry, he'll have his shady spooks paying off all the witnesses again.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Dominique Strauss-Kahn to meet sex assault accuser Tristane Banon


Tristane Banon, a writer who accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempted rape, is set to meet him in a police station this week.



Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is to meet writer Tristane Banon, who accused him of attempted rape (Picture: AFP/Getty)
Ms Banon has agreed to the face-to-face confrontation in Paris with the former International Monetary Fund boss, known as DSK.
The meeting was called by French prosecutors who will decide whether to open a judicial inquiry into Ms Banon’s claim that the 62-year-old acted like a ‘rutting chimpanzee’ and tried to force her to take her clothes off at a flat in 2003.

The former politician has reportedly admitted propositioning her but denies any improper behaviour.
Ms Banon, 32, said she was ‘afraid of coming face-to-face again’ with DSK after eight years.

She almost broke down as she addressed 300 campaigners during a protest in front of the Palais de Justice in Paris on Saturday, urging French authorities to take reports of sexual assault more seriously.
Ms Banon did not report the alleged confrontation at the time because she thought it would damage her career.
But she filed a criminal complaint after Strauss-Kahn was arrested in New York in May on suspicion of raping hotel worker Nafissatou Diallo, also 32.
The charges, denied by DSK, were later dropped by US prosecutors as Ms Diallo was deemed an unreliable witness.



Read more: Dominique Strauss-Kahn to meet sex assault accuser Tristane Banon | Metro.co.uk

nice red wrist tatoo you little bitch..

Originally Posted by Butterfly

he is fucked, this is quite serious, far worse than the NY case

he is basically accused of brokering a sex ring, which apparently he did on occasion

even the hotel manager could be held responsible for profiteering from a prostitution ring

prostitution is not illegal, the profiteering by third party is

He's not stupid. His ass is probably covered.

Rape is more serious but he was not found guilty of it

Very little abnormal about this, standard stuff.

It does look like he is a target.

An alleged statement indicates that he found difficulty in identifying the nude "prostitutes" from the other nude women at these parties.

It does have some credence. Do they have a tattoo or something to distinguish them?

"greater europe", and more officials like this, yeah

It seems his attempt at wheedling out of the civil suit has failed; he was claiming diplomatic immunity, but apparently that went out of the window when he resigned in disgrace.

A hotel maid's civil lawsuit alleging sexual assault by Dominique Strauss-Kahn can proceed to trial, a New York judge has said.
The judge rejected the former International Monetary Fund (IMF) head's bid to have the case dismissed on the grounds of diplomatic immunity.
The woman, Nafissatou Diallo, says Mr Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her in his hotel suite in May 2011. He denies it.
Prosecutors dropped criminal charges in the case last summer.
'Shaped by agenda' Bronx Supreme Court Justice Douglas McKeon said diplomatic immunity did not apply to Mr Strauss-Kahn at the time of the 14 May encounter at a Sofitel Hotel in New York City.
"Confronted with well settled law that his voluntary resignation from the IMF terminated any immunity which he enjoyed... Mr Strauss-Kahn, threw (legally speaking, that is) his own version of a 'Hail Mary pass'," Judge McKeon wrote.


Nafissatou Diallo says Dominique Strauss-Kahn forced her to perform oral sex


Ms Diallo, 33, has said Mr Strauss-Kahn, 63, forced her to perform oral sex; he says the encounter was consensual.


DNA evidence suggests that a sexual encounter did take place between the two.
Ms Diallo's defence lawyers praised the judge's ruling.


"Strauss-Kahn's desperate plea for immunity was a tactic designed to delay these proceedings and we now look forward to holding him accountable for the brutal sexual assault that he committed," they said in a statement on Tuesday.
Mr Strauss-Kahn's lawyers said: "He is determined to fight the claims brought against him, and we are confident that he will prevail."


Criminal charges against the French economist were dropped in August, after prosecutors said Ms Diallo had changed her account of her actions immediately after the incident.


At the time of the incident, Mr Strauss-Kahn had been viewed as a potential candidate for the French presidency.


In the wake of the incident another woman, a French writer, claimed Mr Strauss-Kahn had attempted to rape her during an interview in 2003. Prosecutors in France decided the claims were too old to bring to trial.


Separately, French authorities alleged that Mr Strauss-Kahn had been involved with a hotel prostitution ring that also implicated city officials and police in the town of Lille.

He's upset someone or some organisation with very large guns. I wonder who and what?

^ maybe, but that was very judgemental

lots of gossip, little actual proof

should be interesting if the case actually comes to court

Originally Posted by DrAndy

^ maybe, but that was very judgemental

lots of gossip, little actual proof

should be interesting if the case actually comes to court

Which case are we talking about now? The sexual assault on the chambermaid, the sexual assault on his colleague's daughter, or the the prostitution ring?

(No pattern here, is there? )