Posted on 03/27/2012 11:07:53 PM PDT by Cincinna
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former managing director of the International Monetary Fund, was released on bail on Monday after he was charged with involvement in a prostitution ring in Lille. The filing of the preliminary charges allows for further investigation. His lawyer, Richard Malka, has argued that Mr. Strauss-Kahn did not know that the women in question were prostitutes hired by his hosts, including for evenings in Washington and Paris, and that he did not pay them.
His lawyers will also be in court on Wednesday in New York for the first hearing in a civil case brought against him by Nafissatou Diallo, a hotel housekeeper who has accused him of sexually assaulting her.
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Stay informed about the French elections in detail File this under stupid politicians: DSK's defense: " I didn't know they were prostitutes because I only saw them when they were naked"
This guy really has bad luck. I’m sure this was all a misunderstanding like his “trouble” in NYC.
We had a real man of the world running the IMF. He didn’t know that others were buying his hookers? Did he ever look in the mirror? I guess he thought he looked good in a Speedo.
I’m sure that the people who paid for his whores got complete reports on his “habits” and had a good handle on him.
DSK appeared in court today with his billionaire wife/enabler, Anne Sinclair by his side. À la Hillary Clinton and Tammy Wynette, Anne is standin’ by her man, creepy deviant degenerate pervert that he is!
From France24.com:
’Lust’ is not a crime, say Strauss-Kahn lawyers
”Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s lawyers have said their client, placed under formal investigation Monday for alleged involvement in a prostitution ring, was being hounded for “the offence of lust” which is “not forbidden in the penal code”.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s lawyers told reporters on Tuesday that charges against him for his alleged involvement in a prostitution ring were “hollow, empty and overblown”.
Judges handling the case are investigating allegations that Strauss-Kahn, 62, “helped, assisted or protected prostitution” – a crime punishable by up to 20 years in prison. In order to establish this, they will seek to prove that Strauss-Kahn knew that participants at orgies attended in Paris and Washington were paid to be there.
Prostitution itself is not illegal
In France, prostitution on its own is not illegal unless it causes a public disturbance. However, procuring for sex is a punishable offence.
The lawyer maintained that “certainly, Dominique Strauss-Kahn has attended a certain number of parties with women, libertine parties with female friends and women who were friends of his friends.”
‘A crime of lust’
Leclerc added: “You can say what you like about that on the moral level, but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s not against the criminal law. He is being reproached for a kind of crime of lust. He’s being attacked over his libertine behaviour.”
Even if his lawyers succeed, Strauss Kahn’s woes will not be at an end. On Wednesday a civil case against him is due to open in New York brought by Nafissatou Diallo, the New York hotel maid who accused him of raping her in 2011.
Ah! The arrogance of a bloated aging politician egged on by an ambitious wife. Swingers parties? Organizing orgies? The mind boggles at the images!
I think DSK is being charged with more than that.
Again, from France24:
“ Prosecutors said the 62-year-old former Socialist minister and presidential favourite had been released late Monday on 100,000 euros ($135,000) bail after being charged with “aggravated pimping as part of an organised gang”
Prostitutes are hard to recognize...I confused one with a cop once
hahahaha
Guy should have taken the Barney Frank how to run a side “business” class.
Looks like someone is set to be relentless at bringing Strass-Kahn down...he needs to be.
Not surprised the wife is ‘Standing with her man” ...perks are hard to give up when one is accustomed to them 24/7 regardless of the source they come from....I’m sure she’s had her fair share of “pleasures” along the way as well.
Always a united front is better than not in these cases. ..and they both stand to gain by remaining so.
The wife, Anne Sinclair, is a billionaire in her own right- one of the richest women in France. She doesn’t need any perks.
She married him with the idea of making him president.
I understand that but there are things which money cannot buy...whatever it is she stays with him there’s something she gains by doing so.
In France, prostitution on its own is not illegal unless it causes a public disturbance. However, procuring for sex is a punishable offence.
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