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Posted on May 16, 2011
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IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who was arrested this weekend after a maid at his New York hotel accused him of sexual assault, will remain in jail. In her decision to deny bail, the judge cited the fact that he was taken into custody while attempting to leave the country. Another woman has since accused Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault.  —PZS

BBC:

Meanwhile, another allegation against Mr Strauss-Kahn has emerged. A French writer says she may file a complaint for an alleged sexual assault in 2002.

Tristane Banon, 31, says Mr Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her when she went to interview him for a book she was writing.

“We’re planning to make a complaint,” Ms Banon’s lawyer told AFP news agency. Mr Strauss-Kahn’s lawyers have so far not responded to the allegation.

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By SarcastiCanuck, May 17, 2011 at 10:54 am Link to this comment
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I dunno,sounds kinda fishy to me.Rich,powerful,IMF dude rapes a maid.Sounds like a potential honey pot setup.Question.Does this 62 year old man have any priors for rape,sexual assault?..No.Why at this point in his life and career would he do something as crazy as this and destroy his whole life.He’s not a bad looking dude and probably rich.I’m sure he can get laid quite easily.Sounds like another Julian Assange type setup…Poor bastard must have powerful enemies…

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By Samson, May 17, 2011 at 10:06 am Link to this comment

hmmmm, wasn’t it fake sex assault charges that they
used against Assange too?

Here’s the interesting thing you don’t hear in the US
media.  DSK was trying to reform the IMF, trying to
move it away from ‘austerity programs’ as a part of
its loan deals.

Then, suddenly, he’s charged with sex crimes.

Who knows what is true?  I just know that a dude from
JPMorgan has taken over running the IMF.  And that
DSK attempt to try to change the IMF is dead.

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By omop, May 17, 2011 at 10:00 am Link to this comment

His attorney/ies will most likely hire a Dick Tracy and have the
chambermaid investigated/tailed 24/7.

  The important question becomes who will pay for that service DSK or the
IMF?

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By Blackspeare, May 17, 2011 at 8:18 am Link to this comment

As things begin to settle and the truth emerges it
appears that DSK may not be as guilty as at first glance. 
You have to ask why would someone in his position do such
a damaging act and of course he wouldn’t.  It has been
learned that he made the women a proposition which she
accepted and then in the midst of the action she had
other thoughts——either regret for what she was doing or
a more sinister plot of greed——knowing this guy was
loaded and would make a nice payday.  It is interesting
he kept a luncheon date with his daughter and the plane
reservation was made made well in advance.  If he wanted
to escape the US, he could have caught an earlier flight
or even charted one.  I’m afraid we’ll find this was just
a search for more money and she’ll probably get it.

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By omop, May 17, 2011 at 7:18 am Link to this comment

A possible line or more in defense!.

  ” If I can afford a $3000 a night hotel room why would I not hire a
putaine?”

  ” It is quite possible that I am victim of antisemitism”.

  ” It seems only in America that the word of a hotel chamber maid is
taken at face value than the words of the President of the IMF”.

  ” This whole affair is a typical Sarkozy sting”.

  I am innocent I tell ya.

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By PatrickHenry, May 17, 2011 at 3:45 am Link to this comment

Just another Roman Polanski type except Kahn is where he ought to be and Polanski is not.

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By Arabian Sinbad, May 17, 2011 at 2:24 am Link to this comment

I am glad that this mentally-sick dude turned out to be a Jew, and not a Muslim for example! Had he turned out to be a Muslim, the MSM would have inundated us with the world “Muslim” always prefixed before his name! The religious milieu to which one belongs, even if he/she doesn’t practice their religion, tells a lot about one’s values and conduct.

From Bernie Madeoff through Strauss Kahn, to mention only few, runs a deep psychological bent that says a lot about what some Jews are capable of doing when they become powerful.

Another point: How come there are so many economically and politically powerful men and organizations that rule in many parts of the this sad world are Jews when we are told that the whole world Jewish population is only 14 millions?!

Now, we need someone to investigate the Obama’s connection to Jews! I say this because I believe that if he didn’t have a strong Jewish connection, he would not have been elected president and would not have been doing what he does to the great disappointment of many who voted for him, including this tortured soul who’s writing!

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By NZDoug, May 16, 2011 at 11:59 pm Link to this comment

Surely this guy can afford a hooker.
Isnt it legal in NYC?, the joints crawling with them.
Now an oldie pops up.
I never heard of this guy but it seems a jack up or he is very mentally unstable.
Unstable guys dont land jobs like that.

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By elisalouisa, May 16, 2011 at 9:41 pm Link to this comment

Sorry the link I provided can’t be picked up. If you are interested you could try googling those words.

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By elisalouisa, May 16, 2011 at 9:36 pm Link to this comment

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/dominiquestrausskahn/8516275/
Dominique-Strauss-Kahn-Was-it-a-stitch-up.html

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By Piotra, May 16, 2011 at 4:17 pm Link to this comment
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These are comments coming out of Israel > What does it matter that he’s Jewish.
If you’re an unhinged neo-Nazi (sorry, redundant . . . same nonsense.)
If you’re a radical Islamist, it’s proof that those who support Israel also like to rape young woman.
Needless to say > all in the name of reversed (sick) psychiatry. . always the victim - never the actual Criminal. . . . as seen many times before.

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By Observer, May 16, 2011 at 3:51 pm Link to this comment
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These are comments coming out of Israel . . . > What does it matter that he’s Jewish.
If you’re an unhinged neo-Nazi (sorry, redundant), the fact is additional proof that depraved Jews are running and ruining the economy, preventing you from getting that big house and pretty life you otherwise deserve because, well, you are white, and Christian.
If you’re a radical Islamist, it’s proof that those who support Israel also like to rape young woman. As if this weren’t just obvious. The web site Radio Islam flags Strauss-Kahn as an “agent of Israel” as if to support the right of a sovereign nation is a crime against humanity.
Needless to say > all in the name of reversed (sick) psychiatry. . always the victim - never the actual Criminal.However, some rather expected comments from a “State that was created for the purpose to escape to,if it becomes necessary ” as seen many times before.

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By TDoff, May 16, 2011 at 3:25 pm Link to this comment

This will sure teach Dominique a lesson. Next time he tries to rape someone, he’ll kill them and hide their bodies under the bed or in a closet, so he’ll have time to get out of the country and remain a free man.

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