My guess is Sarko finds such as this highly amusing, even when it does not involve a potential rival.
Posted on 05/14/2011 5:17:07 PM PDT by jimbo123
Possible but something just doesn’t seem right. Remember, anyone can make a claim.
Not the first time this guy's been accused of hanky-panky, Seems like he had an affair with a subordinate at the IMF a little ways back, and it was discovered. While I find this latest a bit odd, he apparently has little sense of discretion, and perhaps the stereotypical Frenchman's attitude that he's God's gift to women in general.
It will be interesting to see how this plays out...
the infowarrior
Thanks for the link, rawhide.
I’m loving the part about the $35K suitsade by Obama’s personal tailor, the Porsche, yachts, etc.
They don’t call it La Gauche Caviar for no reason.
But sex attacks? That’s Roman Polanski territory.
I wouldn’t give you 2¢ or 2 centimes for his political future!
I read the entire post article, but did find the mention that sarkozy was starting a negative pr campaign against this guy today telling. This could certainly be a set-up, since he is essentially unable to defend himself from the negative pr impact in the short-term. Who knows, pay the maid x$ and get her to do him and then cry sodomy/rape? This will never be resolved beyond doubt.
Not defending the guy, but I do find it convenient for his political enemies.
Yes, remember how leniently that was handled by the "authorities" compared to the Wolfowitch scandal at the World Bank.
NYPD says he does NOT have diplomatic immunity, so we’ll see.
Agree, but how will this change the political landscape in France? He was still considered to be the Socialist's best candidate. Will we now see a repeat of Chirac vs LePen? (But this time Sarko vs Marine.)
And even more important - will it affect the IMF? Upcoming meetings re Greece, Portugal etc.
And how will the man in the street in Athens and Libon react? Will they react?
We certainly live in interesting times.
Sarko’s campaign against DSK revolved around Porsches, $35K suits made by Obama’s personal tailor.
DSK has a vile reputation in France for sexually harassing women. My own feeling is that this isn’t the first time he’s done something like thus. It sounds like he is a sexual predator. He left behind lots of evidence, not to mention his cell phone. The victim was taken immediately to Roosevelt Hospital.
Since I’m betting the victim will be represented by Gloria Allred, this should be very amusing.
Excellent questions.
I think DSK is finished, at the IMF and as the PS candidate. He can be easily replaced by another EuroCrat at the IMF.
I am astonished, reading the French blogs, as to almost all on the Left are screaming “Sarko set him up”
This gives Sarko a much needed break.
The PS will have to run Aubrey or Hollande, both hard core old time Socialists.
Let’s wait and see how MLP wears over time.
I think DSK would have been a fatally flawed candidate, and Hollande is more capable and likable.
This is really going to be fun!
I think his lawyer will claim some kind of diplomatic immunity arising from something in the UN about the IMF. In NY that will fail.
My guess is Sarko finds such as this highly amusing, even when it does not involve a potential rival.
‘An accusation is not a conviction.’
Tell that to former Senator Mike Ensign.
That was just garden variety adultery. Her husband, a top Argentine economist, was not pleased.
 Piroska Nagy |
Then there was French journalist Tristane Banon, who said thing went very wrong
in her encounter with the horny chimp
.
 Tristane Banon |
And, of course, there's bound to be an intern ...
 Emilie Byhet |
More here.
LATEST UPDATE ON DSK CHARGES:
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prosecutors on Sunday charged IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn with a criminal sexual act, attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment in the alleged sexual assault of a hotel maid in New York City, police said.
Strauss-Kahn is expected to be brought before a state court judge later on Sunday. His attorney, Benjamin Brafman, said in an email to Reuters Strauss-Kahn “will plead not guilty.”
DOMINIQUE STRAUSS-KAHN LAWYER
BENJAMIN BRAFMAN
Benjamin Brafman is the principal of the six-lawyer firm Brafman & Associates, P.C., located in Manhattan, where he specializes in criminal law with an emphasis on white-collar criminal defense. Mr. Brafman, a former Assistant District Attorney in the Rackets Bureau of the New York County District Attorney’s Office, has been in private practice since 1980. He received his L.L.M. in Criminal Justice from New York University School of Law and is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers. Mr. Brafman most recently successfully represented Sean “P. Diddy” Combs on bribery and weapons charges in New York.
Mr. Brafman is a frequent lecturer and panelist on criminal defense issues, having most recently participated in a forum sponsored by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York on the application of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines and as a panelist at the U.S. District Court in Central Islip, New York on the Attorney-Client Relationship in Corporate America, Post Enron.
DSK ARRESTED & CHARGED LATEST UPDATE
IMF chief charged with sex attack in New York hotel
IMF chief and possible French presidential contender Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested and charged with an alleged sexual assault, including an attempted rape, on a hotel maid in New York City, police said on Sunday.
Strauss-Kahn, was removed from an Air France plane minutes before it was to take off for Paris from John F Kennedy International Airport on Saturday, New York police spokesman Paul Browne said.
Browne said Strauss-Kahn was formally arrested at 2:15 a.m. on Sunday on charges of criminal sexual act, attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment.
A lawyer representing Strauss-Kahn, Benjamin Brafman, told Reuters in an email that the International Monetary Fund chief “will plead not guilty.” Brafman made no further comment.
A 32-year-old maid filed a sexual assault complaint after fleeing the $3,000-a-night hotel suite at the Sofitel in Times Square where the alleged incident occurred around 1 p.m. on Saturday, Browne said.
Strauss-Kahn, 62, who has been considered a possible Socialist Party candidate in the French presidential election in April and May 2012, appeared to have fled the hotel after the incident, the police spokesman said.
Browne told Reuters an account of events which led to the state charges against Strauss-Kahn. “She told detectives he came out of the bathroom naked, ran down a hallway to the foyer where she was, pulled her into a bedroom and began to sexually assault her, according to her account.”
“She pulled away from him and he dragged her down a hallway into the bathroom where he engaged in a criminal sexual act, according to her account to detectives. He tried to lock her into the hotel room,” Browne added.
Browne said Strauss-Kahn does not have diplomatic immunity. He is expected to be brought before state court on Sunday.
According to New York state law, a criminal sexual act includes forcibly compelling someone to engage in oral sex. The offence carries a potential sentence of 15-20 years, the same as attempted rape. Unlawful imprisonment carries a potential sentence of three to five years.
The IMF managing director has yet to say whether he will run for president, although French opinion polls put him as a clear winner over conservative incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy if the two faced off in an election.
“The NYPD realized he had fled, he had left his cell phone behind,” Browne said. “We learned he was on an Air France plane. They held the plane and he was taken off and is now being held in police custody for questioning.”
After being removed from the aircraft’s first-class section, he was taken to the police department’s Special Victims Unit in Manhattan, known to viewers of a hit U.S. television show based on its work.
The woman, who has not been named, “was brought by EMS (emergency medical services) to the Roosevelt Hospital, where she was treated for minor injuries,” Browne said.
French Socialist Party frontrunner.
Typical amoral leftist.
yitbos
” I wonder who he will hire as his Attorney? “
Well, it won’t be Barack or Michelle, as they both had to surrender their law lic. to avoid prosecution.
Did miss something? Why did they both lose their licences.?
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