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05-16-2011, 09:01 AM
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First to fail !SG evar! Now i have yellow fever...
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Dominque Strauss-Kahn arrested on sex charges
DOMINIQUE Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund and leading Socialist Party contender for the French presidency, will "vigorously" defend himself against charges he sexually assaulted a maid in his luxury New York hotel suite
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Mr Strauss-Kahn, 62, was to face a New York court early this morning (AEST) for an arraignment hearing on charges of attempted rape, criminal sexual assault and unlawful imprisonment. The appearance was delayed so he could undergo a physical examination to check for scratches and his accuser's DNA.
The IMF managing director was removed from a plane in New York bound for Paris two days ago after a housekeeper at the Sofitel Hotel near Times Square complained to police that he had attacked her.
The maid, a 32-year-old African-American who has worked at the hotel for three years, identified Mr Strauss-Kahn in a police line-up yesterday after he spent the night in a Manhattan police lock-up.
The woman told police she entered Mr Strauss-Kahn's $US3000-a-night ($2840) suite to clean it, unaware he was there and he grabbed her from behind after coming out of the bathroom naked. He is alleged to have pulled her into the bedroom, locked the door and assaulted her. After a struggle in which the housekeeper broke free, he is alleged to have dragged her into his bathroom and forced her to perform oral sex on him. She broke free again and escaped, alerting hotel management, who called police.
His lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, said outside the Manhattan courthouse where Mr Strauss-Kahn was to appear: "He intends to vigorously defend these charges and denies any wrongdoing."
The IMF chief's sudden arrest has caused a sensation in France, where he has led opinion polls as the Socialist Party's likely candidate to challenge the unpopular President Nicolas Sarkozy in next year's election. Mr Strauss-Kahn was expected to leave his post soon to formally enter the presidential race. For him still to run, the charges would have to be dropped quickly, and even that might not be enough to save his credibility. The IMF wasted little time yesterday in holding a special board meeting in Washington to replace Mr Strauss-Kahn with his deputy, John Lipsky, as acting managing director. Mr Strauss Kahn has played an important role in helping orchestrate rescue loan packages for countries facing disastrous debt since his appointment as IMF chief since 2007. He had been due to travel to Europe for a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss the debt crises of Greece, Portugal and Ireland, and was due to attend meetings this week with European finance ministers.
The IMF chief's wife, American-born French TV journalist Anne Sinclair, yesterday said she did not believe the accusations and "he will be proved innocent".
In Mr Brafman, the IMF chief has hired as a criminal lawyer someone well versed in representing celebrities in deep trouble. Mr Brafman briefly represented Michael Jackson in 2004 over child molestation charges. He also acted for New York Giants football star Plaxico Burress, who faced charges after a gun he was carrying in his pants in a New York nightclub went off accidentally. The lawyer won the acquittal of rap artist "P. Diddy" Sean Coombs over illegal weapons and bribery charges after a nightclub brawl witnessed by more than 100 people. Mr Strauss-Kahn left his hotel on Sunday, New York time, apparently in haste after the incident involving the housekeeper. He left behind his mobile phone and other personal items. It emerged yesterday that police tracked him down to New York's John F. Kennedy airport, where he had boarded an Air France flight bound for Paris, after he contacted his hotel to say he had left behind his mobile phone.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news...-1226057023930
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05-16-2011, 09:20 AM
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I don't get it either
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doesn't make any logical sense why this 62 yr old with lots of money and power needs to assault a random hotel house keeper. sounds like a setup to take him out politically by his enemies.
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05-16-2011, 09:30 AM
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Even when im right, revscene.net is still right!
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^ maybe she was hott!
doubt this case is really gunna go anywhere, i'm sure this guy can hire a team of lawyers.
It basically means its her word against his (they'll make her out to be some gold digging whore).
He probably did do it, but rich politicians like this don't typically serve time.
We all want what we can't have!
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05-16-2011, 09:44 AM
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First to fail !SG evar! Now i have yellow fever...
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He was denied bailed this morning and suspected as a high flight risk. Back to court on Friday.
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05-16-2011, 09:50 AM
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Sounds like a setup as well by someone who does not agree with his political agenda. But regardless, his image will already be tainted.
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05-16-2011, 10:04 AM
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In RS I Trust
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If Koby could get off I'm sure this guy will as well.
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05-16-2011, 10:52 AM
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Need to Shave n Shower, but I CANT STOP POSTING ON RS
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More women have come out saying he raped them and this isn't the first time he has been accused.
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05-16-2011, 03:33 PM
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I only answer to my username, my real name is Irrelevant!
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according to cnn; he's had a history of being a Lothario but he hasn't been accused of anything like this.
what i found interesting is cnn keeps harping about the housekeeper picking him out of a line-up.... well of course she can.
supposedly public opinion in France think its a political setup since he's the only opposition to Sarkozy
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05-16-2011, 04:19 PM
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Lol. This guy can chat it up with Julian Assange. Haha
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05-16-2011, 04:47 PM
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Need to Seek Professional Help
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I am sure he will need a good lawyer. XD
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05-16-2011, 04:55 PM
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Need to Shave n Shower, but I CANT STOP POSTING ON RS
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I am sure he will need a good lawyer. XD
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He hired the one P Diddy used on his gun case.
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05-16-2011, 05:06 PM
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setup prison break style
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05-16-2011, 05:18 PM
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Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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I like his new name, Le Perv
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