RSSIMF Head Dominique Strauss-Kahn Faces Claim of Sexual Assault, Part Deux
It sounds like de javu, all over again …
62 year old IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested over the weekend and removed from an Air France plane at JFK International Airport on the charges of sexual assault of a NYC hotel maid. However, this is not the first time such accusations have been made of Dominique Strauss-Kahn as reported at the Guardian.
A local official of the Socialist party claimed that Strauss-Kahn had attacked her daughter, who is goddaughter to Strauss-Kahn’s second wife, in 2002.
Tristane Banon was in her 20s and writing a book when she approached Strauss-Kahn for an interview in 2002. In a TV programme in 2007, in which Strauss-Kahn’s name had been bleeped out, Banon allegedly described him as a “rutting chimpanzee” and described how she was forced to fight him off. “It finished badly … very violently … I kicked him,” Banon said. “When we were fighting, I mentioned the word ‘rape’ to make him afraid, but it didn’t have any effect. I managed to get out.”
Once is an occurrence, twice is a trend. What are the odds that this latest sexual assault accusation will sink Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s run for French President?
UPDATE I: Dominique Strauss-Kahn denied bail in sexual assault case, farewell Cayman Islands, say hello to Rikers Island. The judge obviously felt that Kahn was a flight risk and denied the $1 million bail.
The decision to deny bail was a surprising and striking defeat for Mr. Strauss-Kahn, whom many saw as a leading contender to become France’s next president. He was taken to Rikers Island, where he will be held in protective custody in a single-person cell instead.
Posted May 16, 2011 by Scared Monkeys Arrest, Assault, Crime, France, Legal - Court Room - Trial, Presidential Election, Sexual Assault, World | 6 comments |
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Strauss-Kahn may have a strain of the
Jefferson-Clinton gene.
Not sure if his behavior will deter French voters.
Many will find this episode “charming”.
Bill? or Hillary?
Innocent until proven guilty that’s how we roll but yes this sordid episode has sunk his presidential aspirations.
Latest news (French radio): he claims he was out eating with his daughter and that is his alibi.
@Buster, doesn’t have to, Mitterand had a mistress.
oh..the French are quit pissed off..US is not treating him right blablabla
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