http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z13CVD0idrM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKjJhaJ4v2c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7ZT5sajkys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqqWfsIxbPo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD3VsesSBsw
¿Qué tan cierto es que Dominique Strauss-Kahn el día de los hechos cantaba a capela la rola "Atrévete te te" bajo la regadera de la alcoba sita en la 'penthouse suite' del hotel Sifotel...?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKjJhaJ4v2c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7ZT5sajkys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqqWfsIxbPo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD3VsesSBsw
¿Qué tan cierto es que Dominique Strauss-Kahn el día de los hechos cantaba a capela la rola "Atrévete te te" bajo la regadera de la alcoba sita en la 'penthouse suite' del hotel Sifotel...?
Ya bailó Bertha con Dominique las calmaditas y de (a) cachetito...
"Thursday, May 19 2011
Suicide watch and a whole wing to himself: Extraordinary measures being used to keep Strauss-Kahn safe in Rikers prison
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 12:30 PM on 18th May 2011
- DSK has medical device to ensure he doesn't stop breathing at night
- His is the only occupied cell at Rikers Prison in a wing of 14
- Placed on suicide watch after 'concerning' mental assessment
- Lawyer Jeffrey Shapiro: 'She's telling the truth'
- 'She's not that kind of woman,' maid's brother said angrily
- Victim called her brother an hour after alleged assault
- Claimed IMF chief 'twice forced himself on her'
- Banker is denied $1million bail by New York court
- Police reportedly found blood on sheets in suite
- Fresh claim he victimised other maids at same hotel
Guards at the prison housing International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn are taking unusual precautions to make sure he doesn't hurt himself behind bars.
The 62-year-old banker and diplomat has a whole jail wing to himself at the Rikers Island jail complex in New York and a medical device to make sure he doesn't stop breathing during the night.
The revelations come after the lawyer acting for the maid allegedly raped by Strauss-Kahn says she feels 'alone in the world' and is telling the truth.
Jeffrey Shapiro, acting for the Guinean immigrant who has a 15-year-old daughter, told NBC the maid's life had been 'turned upside down' since the alleged incident at the Sofitel Hotel in New York.
He added the woman, who is also a widow, had 'no agenda' and no idea who Strauss-Kahn was until a day or two after she was attacked on Saturday.
Denied bail: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the International Monetary Fund, waits to be arraigned
Strauss-Kahn has guards checking him 24 hours a day to make sure he doesn't kill himself at the jail that is home to thousands of prisoners serving short sentences or inmates awaiting trial.
OBAMA OFFICIAL: Strauss-Kahn is 'obviously not in a position to run the IMF'
Strauss-Kahn is ‘obviously not in a position to run the IMF' after his arrest, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said.
Mr Geithner said on Tuesday that the IMF's 24-member executive board should formally designate an interim head.
John Lipsky has been serving as acting managing director and he was praised by Mr Geithner as a capable manager.
His remarks at the Harvard Club of New York were the first on the case from a top Obama administration official.
The blunt assessment will probably escalate the pressure on Strauss-Kahn to step down.
‘I can't comment on the case, but he is obviously not in a position to run the IMF, and it is important that the board of the IMF formally put in place for an interim period someone to act as managing director,’ Mr Geithner said.
Mr Geithner said on Tuesday that the IMF's 24-member executive board should formally designate an interim head.
John Lipsky has been serving as acting managing director and he was praised by Mr Geithner as a capable manager.
His remarks at the Harvard Club of New York were the first on the case from a top Obama administration official.
The blunt assessment will probably escalate the pressure on Strauss-Kahn to step down.
‘I can't comment on the case, but he is obviously not in a position to run the IMF, and it is important that the board of the IMF formally put in place for an interim period someone to act as managing director,’ Mr Geithner said.
Because of his stature, Strauss-Kahn has been assigned to a facility at the jail that normally houses inmates with very contagious diseases, like measles or tuberculosis.
Strauss-Kahn has been placed in a wing with about 14 cells - all of which are empty except for his, a Department of Correction spokesman said. There is a toilet and a sink in the cell.
He takes his meals there as well, with breakfast at 5am, lunch at 11am and dinner at 4pm or 5 pm.
Strauss-Kahn did or said something during a mental health evaluation that made doctors concerned of a suicide risk, said Norman Seabrook, president of the union that represents corrections officers.
A law enforcement official confirmed that Strauss-Kahn had been placed on a suicide watch - but said he had not tried to harm himself and appeared to be in good condition.
Mr Seabrook added Strauss-Kahn has also been issued a Continuous Positive Airway Pressure machine, because he suffers from a common condition that can cause a person to stop breathing for short periods during the night. The patient wears a mask that delivers extra air while they sleep.
Strauss-Kahn will be free to leave his cell from time to time and wander the wing, and can leave the building for an hour each day for recreation outdoors, if he chooses.
When he does, he will be accompanied by guards and won't encounter other inmates.
Duties: An inmate folds his clothes with care at Rikers Island which houses 14,000 male and female prisoners at any one time in ten different jailhouses
Early shift: A group of inmates leaves after completing a morning at the Rikers Island jail bakery. A team of 20 inmates bakes 36,000 loaves of bread weekly to feed the largest jail complex in the U.S.
Meanwhile, speaking publicly for the first time, Mr Shapiro hit back at claims by Strauss-Khan's legal team that she consented to sex with the IMF boss.
Revealed: Jeffrey Shapiro, the lawyer for the hotel maid at the centre of the sex abuse allegations said his client had no idea who Strauss-Kahn was
'There is no way in which there is any aspect of this event which could be construed consensual in any manner,' Shapiro said.
'This is nothing other than a physical, sexual assault by this man on this young woman.'
He continued: 'It's not just my opinion that this woman is honest. The New York City Police Department reached the same conclusion.'
The 32-year-old, who has not been identified for legal reasons, arrived in the U.S. seven years ago from Guinea under 'very difficult circumstances,' Shapiro said.
She lives in the city with her daughter.
The brother of the maid also hit back at claims his sister consented to sex with the IMF boss.
Reports suggested Strauss-Khan's defence would be that the 32-year-old woman was a willing participant in the incident - but her brother said 'no way'.
'She is not that kind of woman, he told MailOnline angrily. 'She is not that kind of person. She doesn't even know this man.
'They can say what they want, it is not true'.
During a bail hearing yesterday Strauss-Khan's lawyer Benjamin Brafman told Manhattan Criminal Court: 'The evidence, we believe, will not be consistent with a forcible encounter' suggesting this could be Strauss-Khan's main line of defence if the case goes to trial.
A source close to the defence later said: 'There may well have been consent,' according to the New York Post.
Strauss-Kahn, 62, was spending his first night in an isolation cell at New York's notorious Rikers Island jail yesterday after a female judge denied $1m bail on charges that he raped the maid who works for the Sofitel Hotel in New York.
The alleged rape victim told a relative in her first phone call after the attack: 'Somebody did something really bad to me', her brother revealed last night.
The woman phoned her older brother an hour after the alleged assault took place and gave him a horrifying account what the head of the IMF allegedly did to her.
Crying uncontrollably, she said that she had been trapped inside the hotel bedroom while the Frenchman twice tried to force himself on her.
She told him he was the first member of family to whom she had revealed the alleged attack He said he told her not to talk to anybody and immediately contacted a lawyer to represent her.
Charges: Strauss-Kahn looks despondent as he learns he will be detained in jail over the alleged sex assault
Speaking exclusively to Mail Online, the alleged victim's brother said: 'No family should have to go through this.
'She is a hard-working woman who is just a victim. She is a wonderful west African immigrant who just wants to work hard.
'I love her, she is my little sister and she is doing better now she has had a chance to talk to a lawyer. She is somewhere very, very safe and will stay that way'.
The brother, 43, a restaurant manager from Harlem in New York, said his sister, 32, called him on Saturday in the afternoon, a mere hour or so after she claimed the attack took place.
He recalled: 'She rang me and she said: "Somebody has done something really bad to me. I've been attacked".
'She was crying all the time.'
The brother, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said that he wanted to see Strauss-Kahn face a trial if he pleaded not guilty.
'I trust the American justice system and will let it do what it has to do,' he said.
'I want him to see justice. Justice will be served'.
Yesterday prosecutors revealed graphic details of Strauss-Kahn’s alleged brutal sex attack on the maid.
Police also reportedly found blood on bed sheets in the hotel suite where the assault allegedly took place and DNA samples on carpet and fabric that they removed for testing.
A rape kit is also said to have found DNA on the victim after she reported the attack.
Looking haggard and wearing the previous day's clothes, Strauss-Kahn, who should have been meeting European finance ministers in Brussels, stood at the bench next to his lawyer Benjamin Brafman as prosecutors outlined the severity of the charges against him.
Guard: Strauss-Kahn looked exhausted as he appeared before the court in an open-necked shirt
Kept in custody: Strauss-Kahn, centre left, listens to Assistant District Attorney Artie McConnell, foreground left, as he is arraigned before Criminal Court Judge Melissa Jackson, right
RIKERS ISLAND PRISION
From a $3,000-a-night suite at the Sofitel Hotel to a lonely cell at Rikers Island prison - it’s a bit of a come down by anyone’s standards.
But that is what IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn is facing tonight after he was refused $1million bail at Manhattan’s Criminal Court house this morning.
Rikers, a 415-acre complex of 10 prisons, is tucked away on an island between Queens and the Bronx.
It houses some 14,000 male and female prisoners at any one time, employs 10,000 officers and costs the New York taxpayer $860million a year to run.
The jail facilities are for temporary inmates or those serving city sentences of one year or less.
Previous occupants have included
Mark David Chapman, who murdered John Lennon, and Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious. Rapper Foxy Brown also spent time there.
They have two options for inmates. They either stay in barracks-style dorms with rows of beds or they are in a single cell on their own.
Strauss-Kahn is being housed in the West Facility of the complex in single cell on his own, according to a prison spokesman.
The wing ordinarily houses inmates who have 'contagious diseases.'
But the spokesman said it was the best place for officers to be able to give him the most protection from other inmates.
He will eat eat his meals alone and spend his recreation time alone, he added.
He will have 'restricted access' to books, newspapers and magazines and will have no phone, internet access or TV.
During his time in the prison he will be allowed three visitors a week - not including his attorneys - and can have daily telephone access, using money from his own commissary account, which he can also use to buy items like toiletries and snacks from the prison shop.
In essence Strauss-Kahn is in solidarity confinement.
But that is what IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn is facing tonight after he was refused $1million bail at Manhattan’s Criminal Court house this morning.
Rikers, a 415-acre complex of 10 prisons, is tucked away on an island between Queens and the Bronx.
It houses some 14,000 male and female prisoners at any one time, employs 10,000 officers and costs the New York taxpayer $860million a year to run.
The jail facilities are for temporary inmates or those serving city sentences of one year or less.
Previous occupants have included
Mark David Chapman, who murdered John Lennon, and Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious. Rapper Foxy Brown also spent time there.
They have two options for inmates. They either stay in barracks-style dorms with rows of beds or they are in a single cell on their own.
Strauss-Kahn is being housed in the West Facility of the complex in single cell on his own, according to a prison spokesman.
The wing ordinarily houses inmates who have 'contagious diseases.'
But the spokesman said it was the best place for officers to be able to give him the most protection from other inmates.
He will eat eat his meals alone and spend his recreation time alone, he added.
He will have 'restricted access' to books, newspapers and magazines and will have no phone, internet access or TV.
During his time in the prison he will be allowed three visitors a week - not including his attorneys - and can have daily telephone access, using money from his own commissary account, which he can also use to buy items like toiletries and snacks from the prison shop.
In essence Strauss-Kahn is in solidarity confinement.
These include two counts of a first degree criminal sexual act, two counts of sexual abuse, attempted rape, unlawful imprisonment and forcible touching. He faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted.
A one-page indictment provided further lurid claims, accusing Strauss-Kahn of forcing the maid to take part in both oral and anal sex.
The court papers claim he forcibly touched the woman’s breasts, twice 'forcibly made contact with his penis and the informant’s mouth' and 'engaged in oral sexual conduct and anal sexual conduct with another person by forcible compulsion'.
It took 20 minutes for Judge Melissa Jackson to refuse Strauss-Kahn's bail offer of $1million at the hearing.
He had also offered to stay with his 26-year-old daughter Camille, a married political science student at Columbia University who lives in New York and have all his travel documents confiscated, his lawyer Mr Brafman said.
Camille and her husband arrived halfway through the hearing and stood at the back of the court alongside a sea of reporters.
Judge Jackson said she was a 'fair judge' but added: 'When I hear your client was at JFK airport about to board a flight that raises concern.' Strauss-Kahn was on an Air France flight minutes from take-off when he was arrested.
Assistant District Attorney John A McConnell had earlier called Strauss-Kahn an 'incurable flight risk' and voiced concerns that if he managed to flee to France the U.S. would not be able to extradite him.
'It's just like Roman Polanski - it's the same, exact situation,' he said referring to the film director who was charged with a sex act involving a child in 1977 before fleeing to France where he stayed for more than 30 years.
He called the charges severe and said that 'the victim provided a very powerful and detailed account' of the alleged attack and had had a full sexual assault examination in hospital.
The maid, a Guinean immigrant, told authorities that when she entered Strauss-Kahn's suite to clean it on Saturday afternoon, he emerged naked from the bathroom and chased her down a hallway before pulling her back inside.
The maid claims she then briefly fought him off before he dragged her into the bathroom and forced her to perform oral sex on him.
The woman said she was able to break free again as he tried to remove her underwear and ran downstairs to tell hotel staff what had happened.
After Strauss-Kahn rang to recover his mobile phone, which he had left in his room, detectives were able to find him at John F Kennedy airport.
Indicating that there 'may be' forensic evidence in the suite supporting the maid’s claims, Mr McConnell added that he had seen CCTV video footage of Strauss-Kahn leaving the hotel.
He appeared to be 'a man who was in a hurry', he said.
Rikers Island: The IMF boss has been put on suicide watch after saying something that triggered fears
Mr Brafman, who defended Michael Jackson from child molestation charges, and has also defended Sean 'P Diddy' Combs, argued that it was ‘simply wrong’ to disallow his client bail.
He has no previous criminal record and has a daughter in New York who he was prepared to stay with, he said.
He is not planning to leave New York city and was ‘probably the most easily identifiable person in the world today,' he added.
Mr Brafman also argued that if Strauss-Kahn had appeared in a hurry it was because he had a prior lunch engagement with his daughter Camille before his flight to Germany, which he added had been booked before the alleged incident.
However Straus-Khan apparently met his daughter at 12.45pm making it too late for her to act as an alibi, a source told the New York Post.
Strauss-Kahn had co-operated ‘completely’ with police requests, Mr Brafman said, before adding that all of these aspects were not ‘consistent with someone who has something to hide'.
On top of offering to post a $1million bail, Mr Brafman argued that his client would give up all his travel documents and said he would be able to stay with his daughter in New York.
He added that Strauss-Kahn's wife, the French journalist and millionaire heiress Anne Sinclair, was due to arrive in New York and had wired the bail funds through to a U.S. bank account.
Outside court, Mr Brafman said they were 'disappointed' by the court’s decision.
‘Mr Strauss-Kahn is innocent of these charges,' he said. 'It is a very defensible case. It is his intention to try and clear his name. This case has just begun.'
Strauss-Kahn, dubbed the 'Great Seducer' by the French media, will now be housed in 'protective custody' at the West Facility on Rikers Island in a cell on his own, a spokesman for the prison told MailOnline.
He will eat eat his meals alone and spend his recreation time alone, he added.
The disgraced banker was supposed to appear in court yesterday but the hearing was postponed until today after Strauss-Kahn's lawyers said their client had agreed to undergo some 'scientific tests'.
Luxury: A suite at the Sofitel near Times Square where Strauss-Kahn allegedly assaulted a maid
It was claimed that Strauss-Kahn was seen leaving the Sofitel Hotel in New York in a hurry after the alleged attack
He was reportedly being searched for scratches and traces of his accuser's DNA at the unit, where prisoners are served meals costing $1.80.
French author Tristane Banon, now 31, also spoke out today to claim that Strauss-Kahn forcefully tried to seduce her ten years ago in Paris, allegedly leaving her having to fight him off.
At the time, her mother, Anne Mansouret, a regional Socialist official in Normandy, said she advised her daughter against pursuing a claim at the time.
A French lawmaker from a rival political party also alleged, without offering evidence, that Strauss-Kahn had victimised several maids during past stays at the Sofitel near Times Square.
The hotel issued a statement calling conservative lawmaker Michel Debre's claims 'baseless and defamatory'.
Sofitel management 'has had no knowledge of any previous attempted aggressions', the hotel said, adding that it had set up a hotline for workers to report incidents more than a year ago.
Assistant District Attorney Mr McConnell said in court that New York authorities are working to verify at least one other case of 'conduct similar to the conduct alleged'.
When the judge asked whether the potential other incident occurred in the United States, McConnell said he 'believed that was abroad'.
Strauss-Kahn's lawyers said they had no immediate response to the allegations emerging from overseas.
The scandal involving the IMF boss has torn France's presidential race asunder and savaged the reputation of the suave and self-assured Strauss-Kahn.'
He had been considered a leading contender to run on the Socialist Party ticket against President Nicolas Sarkozy in next year’s French elections. He has topped opinion polls for months as the man most likely to become the nation's next president.
In France, for some, the arrest spells the end of his presidential ambitions and even his political career; others warned that it was too early to judge a man who denies wrongdoing; and still others suspect a plot to blacken his name just as the campaign heats up for the April 2012 first-round vote
French voters are famously tolerant of political leaders' extramarital affairs. The allegations against Strauss-Kahn are entirely different, and much more serious.
Many politicians have fallen after being caught in extramarital affairs and others have survived them, including former U.S. presidents John F Kennedy and Bill Clinton as well as former French President Francois Mitterrand.
At the time, her mother, Anne Mansouret, a regional Socialist official in Normandy, said she advised her daughter against pursuing a claim at the time.
A French lawmaker from a rival political party also alleged, without offering evidence, that Strauss-Kahn had victimised several maids during past stays at the Sofitel near Times Square.
The hotel issued a statement calling conservative lawmaker Michel Debre's claims 'baseless and defamatory'.
Sofitel management 'has had no knowledge of any previous attempted aggressions', the hotel said, adding that it had set up a hotline for workers to report incidents more than a year ago.
Assistant District Attorney Mr McConnell said in court that New York authorities are working to verify at least one other case of 'conduct similar to the conduct alleged'.
When the judge asked whether the potential other incident occurred in the United States, McConnell said he 'believed that was abroad'.
Strauss-Kahn's lawyers said they had no immediate response to the allegations emerging from overseas.
The scandal involving the IMF boss has torn France's presidential race asunder and savaged the reputation of the suave and self-assured Strauss-Kahn.'
He had been considered a leading contender to run on the Socialist Party ticket against President Nicolas Sarkozy in next year’s French elections. He has topped opinion polls for months as the man most likely to become the nation's next president.
In France, for some, the arrest spells the end of his presidential ambitions and even his political career; others warned that it was too early to judge a man who denies wrongdoing; and still others suspect a plot to blacken his name just as the campaign heats up for the April 2012 first-round vote
French voters are famously tolerant of political leaders' extramarital affairs. The allegations against Strauss-Kahn are entirely different, and much more serious.
Many politicians have fallen after being caught in extramarital affairs and others have survived them, including former U.S. presidents John F Kennedy and Bill Clinton as well as former French President Francois Mitterrand.
Dogged by scandal: Strauss-Kahn is seen with his wife and leading French journalist Anne Sinclair
ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL GENIUS DOGGED BY SCANDAL
1949: Dominique Strauss-Kahn is born in Neuilly, west of Paris, on April 25
1955: Moves with family to Agadir, Morocco
1960: Family moves to Monaco after earthquake kills 30,000
1967: Marries Hélène Dumas, the first of three wives
1976: Joins the Socialist party
1984: Marries Brigitte Guillemette
1986: Is elected to parliament
1991: Is appointed to his first government post, as industry minister. Also marries his third wife - U.S.-French heiress Anne Sinclair, a high-profile TV political interviewer
1995: Becomes mayor of Sarcelles, a working-class immigrant suburb of Paris
1997: Is appointed French finance minister as his wife quits her job to support his career
1999: Resigns after he's embroiled in Socialist party funding scandal. He is later acquitted
2002: The first dent in their marriage as he's accused of advancing on a writer named Tristane Banon 'like a chimpanzee on heat'. She claimed she had to fend him off with kicks and punches
2007: Is named managing director of the IMF, but his victory is tainted by growing rumours about his private life, including a claim he was seen leaving a Parisian wife-swapping club
2008: No longer a rumour: DSK is forced into a humiliating public apology to both his wife and employees after an affair with Piroska Nagy, a Hungarian employee. The IMF slaps him on the wrist
2010: An explosive book is released by an anonymous woman claiming to be one of his female aides, alleging multiple affairs. French press claims he was warned by his old nemesis Nicolas Sarkozy to 'avoid taking the lift alone with interns. France cannot permit a scandal'
May 14, 2011: DSK is arrested and charged with sexual assault on a New York hotel maid
1955: Moves with family to Agadir, Morocco
1960: Family moves to Monaco after earthquake kills 30,000
1967: Marries Hélène Dumas, the first of three wives
1976: Joins the Socialist party
1984: Marries Brigitte Guillemette
1986: Is elected to parliament
1991: Is appointed to his first government post, as industry minister. Also marries his third wife - U.S.-French heiress Anne Sinclair, a high-profile TV political interviewer
1995: Becomes mayor of Sarcelles, a working-class immigrant suburb of Paris
1997: Is appointed French finance minister as his wife quits her job to support his career
1999: Resigns after he's embroiled in Socialist party funding scandal. He is later acquitted
2002: The first dent in their marriage as he's accused of advancing on a writer named Tristane Banon 'like a chimpanzee on heat'. She claimed she had to fend him off with kicks and punches
2007: Is named managing director of the IMF, but his victory is tainted by growing rumours about his private life, including a claim he was seen leaving a Parisian wife-swapping club
2008: No longer a rumour: DSK is forced into a humiliating public apology to both his wife and employees after an affair with Piroska Nagy, a Hungarian employee. The IMF slaps him on the wrist
2010: An explosive book is released by an anonymous woman claiming to be one of his female aides, alleging multiple affairs. French press claims he was warned by his old nemesis Nicolas Sarkozy to 'avoid taking the lift alone with interns. France cannot permit a scandal'
May 14, 2011: DSK is arrested and charged with sexual assault on a New York hotel maid
Police made the revelations as Strauss-Kahn's wife said she ‘does not believe for a second’ the allegations made against her husband.
Miss Sinclair, 63, made it clear she would be sticking by him.
Calling for ‘decency and restraint’ in the coverage of the scandal, she said: ‘I don't believe for one second the accusations made against my husband. I have no doubt that his innocence will be established.’
It was not clear why Strauss-Kahn was in New York. The IMF is based in Washington DC and he was due in Germany yesterday.
The IMF said Strauss-Kahn had been in New York on private business.
Christine Boutin, president of the Christian Democrat Party, suggested Strauss-Kahn may have been set up.
'I think it's very likely a trap was set for Dominique Strauss-Kahn and he fell into it,' she told France's BFM television. 'It's a political bomb for domestic politics.'
On Saturday far-right presidential contender Marine Le Pen said that Strauss-Kahn's bid for the top job was now 'doomed'.
A French government spokesman said it was important to remain cautious and reserve judgment. 'We have to be extremely prudent in analysis, comments and consequences,' he told France 2 television.
The spokesman added that the government's position was to respect the presumption of innocence.
Strauss-Kahn has been dogged by scandal.
In 2008 he was embroiled in controversy over accusations that he had had a sexual relationship with one of his subordinates, Piroska Nagy, senior official in the IMF’s Africa Department.
The IMF hired a law firm to launch an investigation. Ms Nagy left the fund and joined the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
He was cleared of harassment, favouritism and abuse of power following an inquiry - and kept his job, though he later apologised for an ‘error of judgment’.
Strauss-Kahn, who was rejected by the French Socialists as their presidential candidate in 2006, gained international recognition as France’s finance minister from 1997-99.
He is credited with preparing France for the adoption of the euro by reducing its deficit and persuading then-Prime Minister Lionel Jospin to sign up to an EU pact of fiscal prudence.
Strauss-Kahn, who was rejected by the French Socialists as their presidential candidate in 2006, gained international recognition as France’s finance minister from 1997-99.
He is credited with preparing France for the adoption of the euro by reducing its deficit and persuading then-Prime Minister Lionel Jospin to sign up to an EU pact of fiscal prudence.
Residence: A house of Strauss-Kahn in Washington D.C.
A former economics professor, Strauss-Kahn joined the Socialist party in 1976 and was elected to parliament in 1986 from the Val-d’Oise district, north of Paris.
He went on to become mayor of Sarcelles, a working-class immigrant suburb of Paris.
Hours before Strauss-Kahn was pulled from the flight, a close Socialist Party ally claimed he was the target of a smear campaign by French President Sarkozy.
'There is now a totally structured and orchestrated campaign, which has already been announced by Mr Sarkozy and his closest allies, to attack the character of Strauss-Kahn,' Socialist politician Jean-Marie Le Guen told Europe 1 radio.
Formed at the end of World War II, the IMF provides low-cost loans to countries in financial crisis.
After 2008, it became increasingly significant after brokering rescue packages for countries like Greece, Pakistan, Iceland, Hungary and Ukraine.
He went on to become mayor of Sarcelles, a working-class immigrant suburb of Paris.
Hours before Strauss-Kahn was pulled from the flight, a close Socialist Party ally claimed he was the target of a smear campaign by French President Sarkozy.
'There is now a totally structured and orchestrated campaign, which has already been announced by Mr Sarkozy and his closest allies, to attack the character of Strauss-Kahn,' Socialist politician Jean-Marie Le Guen told Europe 1 radio.
Formed at the end of World War II, the IMF provides low-cost loans to countries in financial crisis.
After 2008, it became increasingly significant after brokering rescue packages for countries like Greece, Pakistan, Iceland, Hungary and Ukraine.
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Washington llama a nombrar de manera formal un director interino
El inculpado fue llevado a prisión; le ponen
vigilancia antisuicidio
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El secretario del Tesoro de EU instó al Fondo a nombrar un director interino
Strauss-Kahn, bajo vigilancia antisuicidio; crecen presiones para que renuncie al FMI
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Una sección de la cárcel Rikers Island en Nueva York, donde Dominique Strauss-Kahn deberá esperar la audiencia del viernes en un tribunal de lo penalFoto Ap
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Periódico La Jornada
Miércoles 18 de mayo de 2011, p. 31
Miércoles 18 de mayo de 2011, p. 31
Nueva York, 22 de mayo. De una suite de lujo de 3 mil dólares la noche, cerca de Times Square, a pernoctar en la prisión más famosa de la ciudad de Nueva York, Rikers Island, Dominique Strauss-Kahn espera el próximo paso de su proceso judicial por acusaciones de que intentó atacar sexualmente a una recamarera en esta ciudad, mientras se incrementa la presión para que renuncie el aún director general del Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI).
La próxima cita judicial de Strauss-Kahn está programada para el viernes, y mientras tanto está bajo
custodia protectivaen una celda separada y privada, que mide poco más de 3 por 4 metros, para protegerlo de los otros 11 mil reos en el complejo carcelario cercano al aeropuerto LaGuardia. Las autoridades lo han puesto bajo
vigilancia antisuicidiocomo medida de precaución, reportó CBS News.
Afuera de la cárcel se rompió el silencio guardado por líderes financieros sobre la situación legal de Strauss-Kahn. La ministra financiera de Austria, Maria Fekter, reclamó la renuncia del director general del FMI, ya que
tiene que darse cuenta que está dañando a la institución, reportaron agencias desde Bruselas, donde se realiza una reunión de ministros de finanzas (y donde tenía programado estar el acusado). La ministra de Finanzas de España, Elena Salgado, calificó las acusaciones de
extraordinariamente seriasy agregó que
si yo tuviera que demostrar mi solidaridad y apoyo por alguien, sería hacia la mujer que fue agredida, reportaron los medios aquí.
Negocian sucesión
De hecho, ya comenzó un intenso cabildeo entre varios gobiernos para negociar la sucesión del economista y abogado francés que estaba a punto de postularse como candidato presidencial en Francia. China, Sudáfrica y Brasil promueven una selección diferente a la tradición –los 10 directores generales del FMI desde su fundación han sido europeos (incluyendo cuatro franceses)–, mientras los europeos argumentan que, dada la crisis en su región, el sucesor debería ser otro europeo.
Mientras tanto, el Fondo sólo ha declarado que
el FMI y su junta directiva continuarán monitoreando los acontecimientos. El vocero William Murray declaró hoy que
no hemos tenido contacto con el director gerente desde su arresto en Nueva York. Obviamente será importante estar en contacto con él a su debido tiempo. Agregó que el FMI está
consciente de la amplia especulaciónsobre el puesto del director, pero aclaró que no habrá comentarios al respecto por ahora.
Sin embargo, hay indicios de que crece la presión dentro de la institución para resolver la crisis de liderazgo. Por lo menos dos fuentes de la junta directiva del FMI, compuesta por 24 integrantes, informaron que la junta tiene la intención de comunicarse con Strauss-Kahn en su prisión para averiguar si desea continuar en el puesto, y uno de ellos afirmó que lo ideal sería su renuncia, reportó Reuters.
Dentro de la sede del FMI en Washington, los empleados –muchos economistas y especialistas altamente calificados y provenientes de todas partes del mundo– siguen los acontecimientos por televisión, expresando ira, tristeza, pena y más, ante noticias e imágenes de su jefe, reportó el Washington Post. “Está acabado. Nadie cree que regresará. La gente está en shock”, dijo un economista del FMI al Post, a condición de anonimato. Varios funcionarios del Fondo comentaron al rotativo que sólo con una exculpación completa y rápida de su jefe sería posible que retome su puesto.
El segundo del director, John Lipsky, nombrado director gerente en funciones el fin de semana, sostuvo una reunión el lunes con personal del FMI para solicitar que continúe con sus tareas y se mantenga enfocado en los objetivos de la institución.
Por su parte, el gobierno de Estados Unidos, el contribuyente más grande de los 187 países miembros del FMI, también rompió el silencio, aunque con gran cuidado, sobre Strauss-Kahn, por primera vez desde su arresto, el sábado. El secretario de Tesoro Timothy Geithner, instó al FMI a nombrar de manera formal un director interino, y declaró que
no puedo comentar sobre el caso (legal), pero obviamente él no está en posición de administrar al FMI, informó Reuters.
En Kiev, activistas a favor de los derechos de la mujeres organizaron un acto frente al Banco Nacional de Ucrania para condenar la presunta agresión de Strauss-Kahn contra una camarera de hotel Foto
Reuters
La trabajadora y el titán
La recamarera que se atrevió a enfrentar a alguien que se considera un
titáninternacional permanece en el anonimato. La mujer es una inmigrante de Guinea de 32 años de edad, madre viuda de una hija de 15 años. Obtuvo asilo en Estados Unidos hace siete años y ha trabajado tres años en el hotel Sofitel, donde ocurrieron los hechos. Habla francés y un poco de inglés. No ha ofrecido ninguna declaración pública y su abogado, Jeffrey Shapiro, informó que no ha podido regresar a su trabajo ni a su casa, porque ambos están rodeados de periodistas. La mujer, dijo el abogado, no tenía idea de quién era Strauss-Kahn y sólo se enteró después de que huyó de él para denunciar lo ocurrido y vio los noticieros.
Los abogados de la defensa de Strauss-Kahn, encabezados por Benjamin Brafman (famoso por su exitosa defensa de Michael Jackson ante acusaciones de abuso de menores de edad, entre otras figuras públicas), han reiterado que su cliente rechaza los cargos y se declara
no culpable. La defensa considera argumentar que cualquier acto sexual fue
consensualy que no hubo un encuentro
forzado, según el New York Times.
Pero el abogado de la víctima rechazó tajantemente esta sugerencia y declaró en entrevista con CBS News que “nada, nada aquí podría ser interpretado como consensual….” Shapiro agregó, en comentarios al Times, que
no hay duda de que no fue consensual: fue agredida y tuvo que escapar de él; por ello, cuando finalmente salió del cuarto, lo reportó de inmediato a seguridad. Subrayó que
ésa es su historia, se lo ha dicho a todo quien le ha preguntado, y está diciendo la verdad. No tiene agenda. El abogado a la vez advirtió, en entrevista con CBS News, que reconocen que el caso ahora gira en torno a
la palabra (de la víctima) contra la palabra de uno de los hombres más poderosos del mundo.
Sin embargo, el caso contra Strauss-Kahn podría ser fortalecido cuando otra mujer, la periodista Tristane Banon, presente en Francia una demanda legal acusando al director general del FMI de un acto de agresión sexual e intento de violación ocurrido en 2002.
La queja criminal presentada al tribunal detalla gráficamente la agresión sexual, incluyendo que Strauss Kahn
cometió conducta sexual oral y conducta sexual anal con otra persona por compulsión forzada. Los cargos, si es declarado culpable, podrían implicar 25 años de cárcel.
Por ahora Strauss-Kahn permanecerá en Rikers Island, sin libertad bajo fianza por lo menos hasta el viernes, cuando está citada su próxima audiencia ante un tribunal criminal en esta ciudad. Ahí esperará si un gran jurado emite una acusación final (si no, podría ser liberado de inmediato) y, si ésta se logra, proceder con una apelación para obtener su libertad bajo fianza.
Por lo pronto, disfrutará el mismo menú que los demás reos menos famosos: hoy la carta fue de cereal de trigo, pan de trigo, fruta y bebida para desayunar; la comida fue un chili vegetariano con arroz, ejotes, ensalada y bebida, y para la cena se anunciaban hamburguesas de ternera y pasta, reveló el Times.
El periódico francés Liberation reportó ayer que en una reunión con sus editores, el pasado 28 de abril, Strauss-Kahn dijo que entre los principales obstáculos que tenía para llegar a la presidencia de Francia estaban su riqueza y el asunto de las mujeres. Ahí afirmó:
sí, me gustan las mujeres, ¿y qué?
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POR CALENTURIENTO, DOMINIQUE GASTON ANDRÉ STRAUSS-KAHN, EX DIRECTOR DEL FMI, BAJO LA LUPA Y EN APRIETOS CRIMINALES EN NUEVA YORK...
"IMF chief makes new bid for bail, resigns
© 2011 The Associated Press
May 18, 2011, 11:49PM
NEW YORK — Investigators cut out a piece of carpet in a painstaking search of a penthouse suite for DNA evidence in IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn's sex assault case, law enforcement officials said Wednesday as he made a new bid to get out of jail.
New York detectives and prosecutors believe the carpet in the hotel room may contain Strauss-Kahn's semen, spat out after an episode of forced oral sex by a hotel maid, the officials told The Associated Press.
Late Wednesday, Strauss-Kahn resigned as managing director of the International Monetary Fund, according to a letter released by its executive board.
In the letter, Strauss-Kahn denied the allegations but said he felt compelled to resign with "great sadness" because he was thinking of his family and also wanted to protect the IMF.
Strauss-Kahn, jailed at Rikers Island since Monday, made a second appeal for bail earlier Wednesday and proposed to be confined to his daughter's Manhattan home 24 hours a day with electronic monitoring. He was set for another hearing Thursday afternoon.
The French politician said in court papers that he had surrendered his passport and wouldn't flee the country. "I do not intend to leave the United States of America without the permission of the New York Court," he said.
In addition to examining the Sofitel Hotel suite for further potential DNA evidence, investigators were looking at the maid's keycard to determine whether she used it to enter the room, and how long she was there, officials said.
One of the officials said that the DNA testing was being "fast-tracked" but that the results could still be a few days away.
The two officials spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because neither was authorized to speak about the case publicly and because it has gone to a grand jury.
The maid, a 32-year-old immigrant from the West African nation of Guinea, told police that the 62-year-old Strauss-Kahn came out of the bathroom naked, chased her down, forced her to perform oral sex on him and tried to remove her underwear before she broke free and fled the room.
The AP does not identify alleged victims of sex crimes unless they agree to it.
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly declined to comment Wednesday on the details of the evidence-gathering but said results of any DNA and other testing have not yet come back. He said the detectives investigating the case found the maid's story believable.
"Obviously, the credibility of the complainant is a factor in cases of this nature," Kelly said. "One of the things they're trained to look for, and what was reported to me early on, was that the complainant was credible."
One of Strauss-Kahn's attorneys, Benjamin Brafman, said at his client's arraignment this week that the forensic evidence "will not be consistent with a forcible encounter." That led to speculation the defense would argue it was consensual sex.
The woman's lawyer, Jeffrey Shapiro, has dismissed suggestions from some of Strauss-Kahn's defenders that she made up the charges or tried to cover up a consensual encounter.
In court papers filed Wednesday, Strauss-Kahn's attorneys proposed posting $1 million cash bail and confining him to the home of his daughter, Camille, a Columbia University graduate student, 24 hours a day with electronic monitoring.
Strauss-Kahn "is a loving husband and father, and a highly regarded diplomat, politician, lawyer, politician, economist and professor, with no criminal record," his attorneys said in court papers.
The attorneys had proposed similar conditions at an earlier bail hearing but added the promise of home detention Wednesday. A judge denied Strauss-Kahn bail Monday, sending him to an isolated wing of Rikers Island.
The motion for bail also laid out a more precise timeline for Strauss-Kahn's movements while arguing he never tried to flee: It says he checked out of the hotel at 12:28 p.m., went to a lunch appointment a few blocks away at 12:45 p.m. and went to the airport afterward.
"Prior to the flight's departure, Mr. Strauss-Kahn contacted the hotel at which he had been staying in New York to inquire about a cell phone he had left at the hotel," it added. "In a conversation with hotel security, Mr. Strauss-Kahn voluntarily disclosed that he was at John F. Kennedy International Airport and was scheduled to depart for France at 4:40 p.m."
Police on Wednesday offered their own timeline for their response starting with a 911 call at 1:32 p.m. from hotel security saying an employee had been sexually assaulted by a guest. Officers arrived by no later than 1:45 p.m. and summoned paramedics and special victims detectives to the scene, they said.
Manhattan prosecutors didn't immediately comment on the bail motion. The hearing was set for 2:15 p.m. Thursday. Another hearing had been set for Friday, the deadline for prosecutors bring an indictment, agree to a preliminary hearing or release Strauss-Kahn.
Strauss-Kahn is one of France's highest-profile politicians and was seen as a potential candidate for president in next year's elections. His arrest shocked France.
The scandal comes at a critical moment for the International Monetary Fund, which is trying to shore up teetering economies in Europe. The IMF is an immensely powerful agency that loans money to countries to stabilize the world economy. In exchange it often imposes strict austerity measures.
Defense lawyers can raise the issue of bail as many times as they like, and it's common to make new proposals and try again after a client gets high or no bail, said Stuart P. Slotnick, a New York defense lawyer not involved in the Strauss-Kahn case. Such attempts can succeed if a judge is persuaded that new information reduces the perceived risk that the person won't come back to court if released.
Living elsewhere is often seen as raising that risk, but it's not insurmountable, Slotnick said.
In a case like Strauss-Kahn's, bail "is not going to be a slam-dunk, but if they can convince the judge that he's not a risk of flight, that he's going to come back, then he'll get bail," Slotnick said.
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Associated Press writers Jennifer Peltz and Chris Hawley contributed to this report."
New York detectives and prosecutors believe the carpet in the hotel room may contain Strauss-Kahn's semen, spat out after an episode of forced oral sex by a hotel maid, the officials told The Associated Press.
Late Wednesday, Strauss-Kahn resigned as managing director of the International Monetary Fund, according to a letter released by its executive board.
In the letter, Strauss-Kahn denied the allegations but said he felt compelled to resign with "great sadness" because he was thinking of his family and also wanted to protect the IMF.
Strauss-Kahn, jailed at Rikers Island since Monday, made a second appeal for bail earlier Wednesday and proposed to be confined to his daughter's Manhattan home 24 hours a day with electronic monitoring. He was set for another hearing Thursday afternoon.
The French politician said in court papers that he had surrendered his passport and wouldn't flee the country. "I do not intend to leave the United States of America without the permission of the New York Court," he said.
In addition to examining the Sofitel Hotel suite for further potential DNA evidence, investigators were looking at the maid's keycard to determine whether she used it to enter the room, and how long she was there, officials said.
One of the officials said that the DNA testing was being "fast-tracked" but that the results could still be a few days away.
The two officials spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because neither was authorized to speak about the case publicly and because it has gone to a grand jury.
The maid, a 32-year-old immigrant from the West African nation of Guinea, told police that the 62-year-old Strauss-Kahn came out of the bathroom naked, chased her down, forced her to perform oral sex on him and tried to remove her underwear before she broke free and fled the room.
The AP does not identify alleged victims of sex crimes unless they agree to it.
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly declined to comment Wednesday on the details of the evidence-gathering but said results of any DNA and other testing have not yet come back. He said the detectives investigating the case found the maid's story believable.
"Obviously, the credibility of the complainant is a factor in cases of this nature," Kelly said. "One of the things they're trained to look for, and what was reported to me early on, was that the complainant was credible."
One of Strauss-Kahn's attorneys, Benjamin Brafman, said at his client's arraignment this week that the forensic evidence "will not be consistent with a forcible encounter." That led to speculation the defense would argue it was consensual sex.
The woman's lawyer, Jeffrey Shapiro, has dismissed suggestions from some of Strauss-Kahn's defenders that she made up the charges or tried to cover up a consensual encounter.
In court papers filed Wednesday, Strauss-Kahn's attorneys proposed posting $1 million cash bail and confining him to the home of his daughter, Camille, a Columbia University graduate student, 24 hours a day with electronic monitoring.
Strauss-Kahn "is a loving husband and father, and a highly regarded diplomat, politician, lawyer, politician, economist and professor, with no criminal record," his attorneys said in court papers.
The attorneys had proposed similar conditions at an earlier bail hearing but added the promise of home detention Wednesday. A judge denied Strauss-Kahn bail Monday, sending him to an isolated wing of Rikers Island.
The motion for bail also laid out a more precise timeline for Strauss-Kahn's movements while arguing he never tried to flee: It says he checked out of the hotel at 12:28 p.m., went to a lunch appointment a few blocks away at 12:45 p.m. and went to the airport afterward.
"Prior to the flight's departure, Mr. Strauss-Kahn contacted the hotel at which he had been staying in New York to inquire about a cell phone he had left at the hotel," it added. "In a conversation with hotel security, Mr. Strauss-Kahn voluntarily disclosed that he was at John F. Kennedy International Airport and was scheduled to depart for France at 4:40 p.m."
Police on Wednesday offered their own timeline for their response starting with a 911 call at 1:32 p.m. from hotel security saying an employee had been sexually assaulted by a guest. Officers arrived by no later than 1:45 p.m. and summoned paramedics and special victims detectives to the scene, they said.
Manhattan prosecutors didn't immediately comment on the bail motion. The hearing was set for 2:15 p.m. Thursday. Another hearing had been set for Friday, the deadline for prosecutors bring an indictment, agree to a preliminary hearing or release Strauss-Kahn.
Strauss-Kahn is one of France's highest-profile politicians and was seen as a potential candidate for president in next year's elections. His arrest shocked France.
The scandal comes at a critical moment for the International Monetary Fund, which is trying to shore up teetering economies in Europe. The IMF is an immensely powerful agency that loans money to countries to stabilize the world economy. In exchange it often imposes strict austerity measures.
Defense lawyers can raise the issue of bail as many times as they like, and it's common to make new proposals and try again after a client gets high or no bail, said Stuart P. Slotnick, a New York defense lawyer not involved in the Strauss-Kahn case. Such attempts can succeed if a judge is persuaded that new information reduces the perceived risk that the person won't come back to court if released.
Living elsewhere is often seen as raising that risk, but it's not insurmountable, Slotnick said.
In a case like Strauss-Kahn's, bail "is not going to be a slam-dunk, but if they can convince the judge that he's not a risk of flight, that he's going to come back, then he'll get bail," Slotnick said.
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Associated Press writers Jennifer Peltz and Chris Hawley contributed to this report."
El hasta ayer funcionario del organismo logró una nueva audiencia judicial para solicitar su libertad bajo fianza, mientras la camarera que lo acusa de agresión sexual testificó ante un gran jurado en Nueva York. En Francia, según sondeos, una mayoría de ciudadanos sospecha que Strauss-Kahn fue víctima de un complot para poner fin a sus aspiraciones presidenciales. La policía divulgó su ficha de detención Foto Reuters"
"La mujer que lo acusa de agresión sexual ya testificó en EU ante un gran jurado
Renuncia Strauss-Kahn como director gerente del Fondo Monetario Internacional
Mayoría de franceses sospecha que cayó en un complot para desacreditarlo políticamente
David Brooks
Corresponsal
Periódico La Jornada
Jueves 19 de mayo de 2011, p. 22
Jueves 19 de mayo de 2011, p. 22
Nueva York, 18 de mayo. Dominique Strauss-Kahn renunció a su cargo de director gerente del Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI), se informó anoche.
Previamente había logrado una nueva evaluación judicial para intentar obtener su libertad bajo fianza, mientras la mujer que lo acusa de agresión sexual violenta testificó ante un gran jurado como parte del proceso judicial que apenas comienza en esta ciudad.
Una mayoría de franceses sospecha que Strauss-Kahn cayó en un complot para desacreditarlo políticamente. En paralelo, se incrementó la presión para poner fin a su carrera como director del FMI. Si no lograba salir bajo fianza o si le imponían medidas muy restrictivas, funcionarios del FMI comentaron que la junta directiva esperaría su renuncia, cosa que ocurrió anoche, reportó la agencia Ap.
La recamarera e inmigrante africana musulmana de 32 años que acusa a Strauss-Kahn estaba citada hoy para comparecer ante un gran jurado, entre otros testigos, informó su abogado Jeffrey Shapiro. En el sistema judicial estadunidense un gran jurado (integrado por ciudadanos) es convocado en un proceso secreto para evaluar pruebas y determinar si son suficientes para presentar un auto de acusación necesario para que los fiscales procedan a un juicio.
Los fiscales buscan tener la acusación judicial lista el viernes y presentarla en la audiencia programada ante el tribunal criminal encargado del caso, ya que sin ello podrían verse obligados a permitir la excarcelación de Strauss-Kahn. Por ahora la acusación consta de siete cargos, incluyendo intento de violación, retención forzada y otros delitos sexuales; el más severo implica una condena potencial de 25 años de cárcel.
Por su parte, los abogados de Strauss-Kahn lograron esta tarde obtener una nueva audiencia judicial para solicitar la libertad bajo fianza de su cliente, quien permanece bajo
custodia protectivay
vigilancia antisuicidioen una celda solitaria en el complejo carcelario de Rikers Island de esta ciudad, reportó Reuters.
En la solicitud, sus abogados afirman que Strauss-Kahn estaba dispuesto a permanecer en esta ciudad, a que le coloquen un aparato electrónico en el tobillo para vigilar sus movimientos y pagar un millón de dólares de fianza, informó el New York Times. Ya que la primera juez de un tribunal criminal de la ciudad de Nueva York rechazó esta petición, el lunes pasado, esta vez los abogados la presentaron a un juez de la división criminal del Tribunal Supremo del Estado de Nueva York.
A todo esto, el abogado de la recamarera rechazó nuevamente un posible argumento de la defensa de Strauss-Kahn de que el contacto sexual fue consensuado.
Creo que cuando un jurado escuche su testimonio y la vean en persona, cuando finalmente presentará públicamente esto y cuente su historia, sus aseveraciones de sexo consensuadoquedarán expuestas como falsas.
No hay nada consensuado en lo que ocurrió en ese cuarto de hotel, reiteró Shapiro en una entrevista con el Today Show de NBC.
Mientras tanto, un reporte del tabloide conservador New York Post –el diario neoyorquino de menor credibilidad– de que la mujer reside en un edificio exclusivo para personas que padecen de sida o VIH generó intenso debate. Activistas denunciaron que esa afirmación sólo sirve para estigmatizar más a los que padecen la enfermedad. Por su parte, el abogado de la mujer desmintió la noticia.
Absolutamente noestá viviendo ahí, sino en un departamento subarrendado en el Bronx, y esa afirmación
es atroz, dijo el abogado.
Fotografía de Strauss-Kahn del Departamento de Policía de Nueva York, dada a conocer ayerFoto Reuters
¿Complot?
Para la mayoría de los franceses (57 por ciento) Strauss-Kahn –quien gozaba de amplia ventaja en las preferencias para ser presidente de Francia en 2012 (incluso antes de declararse candidato de su Partido Socialista)– fue víctima de un complot. Así opinó 70 por ciento de los simpatizantes de su partido, según la encuesta de CSA realizada antes de su primera aparición ante un tribunal el pasado lunes.
Las teorías sobre conspiraciones abundan en Francia, y por supuesto las sospechas recaen sobre el presidente Nicolas Sarkozy y su presunta intención de desgraciar a su rival político más peligroso. Sin embargo, otras incluyen especulación de que por alguna razón el gobierno estadunidense deseaba deshacerse del director
pro europeo, reporta The Independent. Otras indican que sus enemigos lograron sobornar a la recamarera para acusar a Strauss-Kahn de violación sexual.
Eso sí, la particular rutina en casos criminales de mostrar esposado al acusado provocó escándalo en Francia (donde esa práctica está prohibida). En lo que se llama el perp walk (la caminata del perpetrador de un delito) ante las cámaras y los medios, los acusados desfilan escoltados por guardias o policías al transitar en público en una delegación o en los tribunales.
Los franceses denunciaron lo que llamaron un
espectáculo, cuando las imágenes de Strauss-Kahn esposado y sin rasurar dieron la vuelta al mundo. Reprocharon que eso genera la impresión de culpabilidad antes de un juicio y que viola la sagrada
presunción de inocenciaque impera en los procesos judiciales.
El alcalde de Nueva York, Michael Bloomberg, aceptó que tal cosa es humillante, pero defendió la práctica: “si no quieres hacer el perp walk, no cometas el delito”, dijo.
Mientras tanto, en parte para descartar la especulación de que su cliente es parte de algún complot o tiene alguna motivación al denunciar la agresión, el abogado de la mujer atacada insistió en que es
una simple recamarera que estaba entrando a un cuarto para hacer el aseoy es
una joven mujer muy propia y digna, que no supo quién era Strauss-Kahn hasta ver los noticieros. Subrayó que la mujer desea mantener su anonimato
porque tiene mucho miedo de que algo le pueda ocurrir, se siente muy amenazadapor toda esta atención mundial.
El futuro de Strauss-Kahn en el FMI empeoraba con cada día, afirman expertos.
No puedo pensar en un ejecutivo empresarial en el mundo de hoy que pudiera sobrevivir a esto. Piensen en esto como una empresa. Dirían: vamos a perder clientes, los medios nos matarán, el movimiento de las mujeres enloquecerá... nos hará ver como responsables si no nos deshacemos de este tipo, comentó Robert Bennett al Washington Post. Bennett es el abogado que representó a Bill Clinton en el escándalo sexual de Monica Lewinsky, y también a Paul Wolfowitz antes de renunciar al Banco Mundial, también por una aventura romántica."
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2011/05/19/index.php?section=economia&article=022n1eco
"IMF's Strauss-Kahn resigns amid sex charges
© 2011 The Associated Press
May 19, 2011, 12:23AM
Craig Ruttle AP
FILE - In this May 15, 2011 file photo, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the International Monetary Fund, is lead from a police station in New York where he was being held. While American authorities have condoned, or at least tolerated, such “perp walks” for more than a century, in France it’s been illegal to show images of suspects in handcuffs since 2000. French politicians and citizens alike are upset by the images, which they say make Strauss-Kahn, accused of sexual abuse, appear guilty. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)Resources
WASHINGTON — Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the embattled managing director of International Monetary Fund, resigned Wednesday, saying he wanted to devote "all his energy" to battle the sexual assault charges he faces in New York.
The IMF's executive board released a letter from the French executive Wednesday in which he denied the allegations lodged against him but said that with "sadness" he felt he must resign. He said that he was thinking of his family and that he wanted to protect the IMF.
"It is with infinite sadness that I feel compelled today to present to the executive board my resignation from my post of managing director of the IMF," the five-paragraph letter said. "I think at this time first of my wife — whom I love more than anything — of my children, of my family, of my friends. I think also of my colleagues at the Fund. Together we have accomplished such great things over the last three years and more.
"To all, I want to say that I deny with the greatest possible firmness all of the allegations that have been made against me. I want to protect this institution which I have served with honor and devotion, and especially — especially — I want to devote all my strength, all my time and all my energy to proving my innocence."
Strauss-Kahn, who faced increasing international pressure to quit, announced his decision on the eve of a bail hearing Thursday that could have spelled the end of his leadership of the IMF anyway. He faces charges of assaulting a maid at a New York hotel.
The maid, a 32-year-old immigrant from the West African nation of Guinea, told police that the 62-year-old Strauss-Kahn came out of the bathroom naked, chased her down, forced her to perform oral sex on him and tried to remove her underwear before she broke free and fled the room.
If a New York judge denies bail for Strauss-Kahn or imposes highly restrictive conditions on his freedom, the IMF's executive board would have expected him to resign, two senior IMF officials said earlier Wednesday. If he didn't, the board could have removed him on the grounds that he couldn't lead the IMF from a jail cell or far from its Washington headquarters.
The two officials spoke on condition of anonymity because of the highly sensitive situation. Strauss-Kahn is jailed in New York City. Attempts to reach his lawyers were unsuccessful.
The IMF's statement late Wednesday said the process of choosing a new leader would begin, but in the meantime John Lipsky would remain acting managing director.
One of the IMF officials said earlier Wednesday that the fund had yet to speak with Strauss-Kahn since his weekend arrest. There were no procedures for suspending or placing its leader on extended leave.
While Strauss-Kahn remains confined to a Rikers Island jail cell, the dividing lines are sharpening in a dispute over whether someone from a rich or an emerging economy should lead the IMF after his exit.
Europe is aggressively staking its traditional claim to the top position. But fast-growing nations such as China, Brazil and South Africa are trying to break Europe's grip on an organization empowered to direct billions of dollars to stabilize the global economy.
Europeans have led the IMF since its inception after World War II. Americans have occupied both the No. 2 position at the IMF and the top post at its sister institution, the World Bank. The World Bank funds projects in developing countries.
Europe has "an abundance of highly qualified candidates" to lead the IMF, German government spokesman Christoph Steegmans declared Wednesday. He also noted the relevance of having a European at the helm, to deal with the debt problems that have racked the eurozone.
Steegmans didn't name any potential candidates or say whether Germany might propose one. But German Chancellor Angela Merkel, along with the finance ministers of Sweden and the Netherlands, have pressed Europe's case for the IMF leadership.
Still, developing nations see Europe's stranglehold on the position as increasingly out of touch with the world economy. China's is now the world's second-largest economy. India's and Brazil's have cracked the top 10. Many emerging economies are sitting on stockpiles of cash and have become forces of financial stability, while rich countries have become weighed down by debt.
"We must establish meritocracy, so that the person leading the IMF is selected for their merits and not for being European," Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega said, calling for a "new criteria" for leadership. "You can have a competent European ... but you can have a representative from an emerging nation who is competent as well."
China suggested it was time to shake things up at the IMF, with Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu saying the leadership "should be based on fairness, transparency and merit."
And South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan spoke in stronger terms. He said the new director should come from an emerging economy, to "bring a new perspective that will ensure that the interests of all countries, both developed and developing, are fully reflected in the operations and policies of the IMF."
It remains unclear which way the United States is leaning. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner had said Tuesday that Strauss-Kahn is "obviously not in a position" to run the IMF, escalating pressure on the 62-year-old economist.
The United States has a major say in determining who will head the fund, in part because it holds the largest number of votes. The prevailing view among analysts and former Treasury officials appears to be that Washington would back a strong European candidate who could be approved in a smooth process.
"It's kind of not our fight," said Phillip Swagel, a Treasury official in the George W. Bush administration. "There are very good reasons to have a forceful, prominent European head of IMF."
One such candidate would be French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde.
Other Europeans touted as possibilities are Germany's former central bank chief Axel Weber; the head of Europe's bailout fund, Klaus Regling; and Peer Steinbrueck, a former German finance minister.
Candidates from elsewhere include Turkey's former finance minister, Kemal Dervis; Singapore's finance chief Tharman Shanmugaratnam; and Indian economist Montek Singh Ahluwalia.
More possibilities include Trevor Manuel, South Africa's former finance minister; Mexico's central bank governor, Agustin Carstens; and former Brazilian central bank president Arminio Fraga.
Strauss-Kahn was removed from a plane Saturday at John F. Kennedy International Airport, moments before he was to fly to Paris. He was supposed to meet Sunday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss aid to debt-laden Greece and then join EU finance ministers in Brussels on Monday and Tuesday.
Strauss-Kahn's flight from Washington was paid for by the IMF, with an approved stopover in New York, the official said. That meant his New York visit was in a private capacity. He was not accompanied by security personnel or any IMF aides.
The official said Strauss-Kahn's security team was supposed to meet him at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport. His assistants were already in Europe.
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McHugh reported from Frankfurt. Associated Press writers Christopher S. Rugaber in Washington, Geir Moulson in Berlin, Charles Hutzler in Beijing, Bradley Brooks in Sao Paulo and Anita Powell in Johannesburg contributed to this report.
The IMF's executive board released a letter from the French executive Wednesday in which he denied the allegations lodged against him but said that with "sadness" he felt he must resign. He said that he was thinking of his family and that he wanted to protect the IMF.
"It is with infinite sadness that I feel compelled today to present to the executive board my resignation from my post of managing director of the IMF," the five-paragraph letter said. "I think at this time first of my wife — whom I love more than anything — of my children, of my family, of my friends. I think also of my colleagues at the Fund. Together we have accomplished such great things over the last three years and more.
"To all, I want to say that I deny with the greatest possible firmness all of the allegations that have been made against me. I want to protect this institution which I have served with honor and devotion, and especially — especially — I want to devote all my strength, all my time and all my energy to proving my innocence."
Strauss-Kahn, who faced increasing international pressure to quit, announced his decision on the eve of a bail hearing Thursday that could have spelled the end of his leadership of the IMF anyway. He faces charges of assaulting a maid at a New York hotel.
The maid, a 32-year-old immigrant from the West African nation of Guinea, told police that the 62-year-old Strauss-Kahn came out of the bathroom naked, chased her down, forced her to perform oral sex on him and tried to remove her underwear before she broke free and fled the room.
If a New York judge denies bail for Strauss-Kahn or imposes highly restrictive conditions on his freedom, the IMF's executive board would have expected him to resign, two senior IMF officials said earlier Wednesday. If he didn't, the board could have removed him on the grounds that he couldn't lead the IMF from a jail cell or far from its Washington headquarters.
The two officials spoke on condition of anonymity because of the highly sensitive situation. Strauss-Kahn is jailed in New York City. Attempts to reach his lawyers were unsuccessful.
The IMF's statement late Wednesday said the process of choosing a new leader would begin, but in the meantime John Lipsky would remain acting managing director.
One of the IMF officials said earlier Wednesday that the fund had yet to speak with Strauss-Kahn since his weekend arrest. There were no procedures for suspending or placing its leader on extended leave.
While Strauss-Kahn remains confined to a Rikers Island jail cell, the dividing lines are sharpening in a dispute over whether someone from a rich or an emerging economy should lead the IMF after his exit.
Europe is aggressively staking its traditional claim to the top position. But fast-growing nations such as China, Brazil and South Africa are trying to break Europe's grip on an organization empowered to direct billions of dollars to stabilize the global economy.
Europeans have led the IMF since its inception after World War II. Americans have occupied both the No. 2 position at the IMF and the top post at its sister institution, the World Bank. The World Bank funds projects in developing countries.
Europe has "an abundance of highly qualified candidates" to lead the IMF, German government spokesman Christoph Steegmans declared Wednesday. He also noted the relevance of having a European at the helm, to deal with the debt problems that have racked the eurozone.
Steegmans didn't name any potential candidates or say whether Germany might propose one. But German Chancellor Angela Merkel, along with the finance ministers of Sweden and the Netherlands, have pressed Europe's case for the IMF leadership.
Still, developing nations see Europe's stranglehold on the position as increasingly out of touch with the world economy. China's is now the world's second-largest economy. India's and Brazil's have cracked the top 10. Many emerging economies are sitting on stockpiles of cash and have become forces of financial stability, while rich countries have become weighed down by debt.
"We must establish meritocracy, so that the person leading the IMF is selected for their merits and not for being European," Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega said, calling for a "new criteria" for leadership. "You can have a competent European ... but you can have a representative from an emerging nation who is competent as well."
China suggested it was time to shake things up at the IMF, with Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu saying the leadership "should be based on fairness, transparency and merit."
And South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan spoke in stronger terms. He said the new director should come from an emerging economy, to "bring a new perspective that will ensure that the interests of all countries, both developed and developing, are fully reflected in the operations and policies of the IMF."
It remains unclear which way the United States is leaning. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner had said Tuesday that Strauss-Kahn is "obviously not in a position" to run the IMF, escalating pressure on the 62-year-old economist.
The United States has a major say in determining who will head the fund, in part because it holds the largest number of votes. The prevailing view among analysts and former Treasury officials appears to be that Washington would back a strong European candidate who could be approved in a smooth process.
"It's kind of not our fight," said Phillip Swagel, a Treasury official in the George W. Bush administration. "There are very good reasons to have a forceful, prominent European head of IMF."
One such candidate would be French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde.
Other Europeans touted as possibilities are Germany's former central bank chief Axel Weber; the head of Europe's bailout fund, Klaus Regling; and Peer Steinbrueck, a former German finance minister.
Candidates from elsewhere include Turkey's former finance minister, Kemal Dervis; Singapore's finance chief Tharman Shanmugaratnam; and Indian economist Montek Singh Ahluwalia.
More possibilities include Trevor Manuel, South Africa's former finance minister; Mexico's central bank governor, Agustin Carstens; and former Brazilian central bank president Arminio Fraga.
Strauss-Kahn was removed from a plane Saturday at John F. Kennedy International Airport, moments before he was to fly to Paris. He was supposed to meet Sunday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss aid to debt-laden Greece and then join EU finance ministers in Brussels on Monday and Tuesday.
Strauss-Kahn's flight from Washington was paid for by the IMF, with an approved stopover in New York, the official said. That meant his New York visit was in a private capacity. He was not accompanied by security personnel or any IMF aides.
The official said Strauss-Kahn's security team was supposed to meet him at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport. His assistants were already in Europe.
___
McHugh reported from Frankfurt. Associated Press writers Christopher S. Rugaber in Washington, Geir Moulson in Berlin, Charles Hutzler in Beijing, Bradley Brooks in Sao Paulo and Anita Powell in Johannesburg contributed to this report.
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"IMF chief resigns, will make new bid for bail
** FILE ** International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)Story Topics
Behind bars on New York's Rikers Island since Monday, the beleaguered former IMF chief is scheduled to return to a Manhattan court Thursday afternoon to again ask for bail on charges he sexually assaulted a hotel maid — a move seemed certain to face vigorous opposition by prosecutors.
Late Wednesday, Strauss-Kahn resigned as managing director of the International Monetary Fund, according to a letter released by its executive board.
In the letter, Strauss-Kahn denied the allegations but said he felt compelled to resign with "great sadness" because he was thinking of his family and also wanted to protect the IMF.
In court papers filed by his defense team Wednesday, Strauss-Kahn said he had surrendered his passport and wouldn't flee the country. His attorneys proposed posting $1 million cash bail and confining him to the home of his daughter, Camille, a Columbia University graduate student, 24 hours a day with electronic monitoring.
Strauss-Kahn, 62, "is a loving husband and father, and a highly regarded diplomat, politician, lawyer, politician, economist and professor, with no criminal record," his attorneys wrote.
They had proposed similar conditions at an earlier bail hearing but added the promise of house arrest Wednesday. A judge denied him bail Monday.
Investigators have revisited to the penthouse hotel room to cut out a piece of carpet in a painstaking search for DNA evidence, law enforcement officials said Wednesday.
New York detectives and prosecutors believe the carpet in the hotel room may contain Strauss-Kahn's semen, spat out after an episode of forced oral sex, the officials told The Associated Press.
One of the officials said that the DNA testing was being "fast-tracked" but that the results could still be a few days away.
The two officials spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because neither was authorized to speak about the case publicly and because it has gone to a grand jury.
The maid, a 32-year-old immigrant from the West African nation of Guinea, told police that Strauss-Kahn came out of the bathroom naked, chased her down, forced her to perform oral sex on him and tried to remove her underwear before she broke free and fled the room.
The AP does not identify alleged victims of sex crimes unless they agree to it.
Strauss-Kahn went from his $3,000-a-night hotel suite to an isolated cell block at Rikers normally reserved for patients with contagious diseases. Kept in protective custody and on a suicide watch, authorities said he ate his meals alone in a single cell and was escorted everywhere by prison guards.
Defense lawyers can raise the issue of bail as many times as they like, and it's common to make new proposals and try again after a client gets high or no bail, said Stuart P. Slotnick, a New York defense lawyer not involved in the case. Such attempts can succeed if a judge is persuaded that new information reduces the perceived risk that the person won't come back to court if released.
Living elsewhere is often seen as raising that risk, but it's not insurmountable, Slotnick said.
In a case like Strauss-Kahn's, bail "is not going to be a slam dunk, but if they can convince the judge that he's not a risk of flight, that he's going to come back, then he'll get bail," Slotnick said.
Manhattan prosecutors didn't immediately comment on the new bail motion.
Another hearing had been scheduled for Friday, the deadline for prosecutors to bring an indictment, agree to a preliminary hearing or release him.
In addition to examining the Sofitel Hotel suite for further potential DNA evidence, investigators were looking at the maid's keycard to determine whether she used it to enter the room, and how long she was there, officials said.
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly declined to comment Wednesday on the details of the evidence-gathering but said results of any DNA and other testing have not yet come back. He said the detectives investigating the case found the maid's story believable.
"Obviously, the credibility of the complainant is a factor in cases of this nature," Kelly said. "One of the things they're trained to look for, and what was reported to me early on, was that the complainant was credible."
One of Strauss-Kahn's attorneys, Benjamin Brafman, said at his client's arraignment this week that the forensic evidence "will not be consistent with a forcible encounter." That led to speculation the defense would argue it was consensual sex.
The woman's lawyer, Jeffrey Shapiro, has dismissed suggestions from some of Strauss-Kahn's defenders that she made up the charges or tried to cover up a consensual encounter.
Strauss-Kahn is one of France's highest-profile politicians and was seen as a potential candidate for president in next year's elections. His arrest shocked France.
The scandal comes at a critical moment for the International Monetary Fund, which is trying to shore up teetering economies in Europe. The IMF is an immensely powerful agency that loans money to countries to stabilize the world economy. In exchange it often imposes strict austerity measures.
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Associated Press writers Jennifer Peltz and Chris Hawley contributed to this report."
"Juez de NY fija nueva audiencia para hoy por caso de ex jefe del FMI
La defensa pedirá que Strauss-Kahn, acusado de agresión sexual por una limpiadora de hotel, sea liberado tras el pago de una fianza de un millón de dólares.
AFP
Publicado: 19/05/2011 10:46
Publicado: 19/05/2011 10:46
Nueva York. La nueva audiencia para el ahora ex jefe del FMI, el francés Dominique Strauss-Kahn, fue fijada para este jueves a las 14:15 horas, tiempo local (18:15 horas GMT) en una corte de Nueva York, dijeron funcionarios de la corte.
La defensa pedirá que Strauss-Kahn, acusado de agresión sexual por una limpiadora de hotel, sea liberado de la cárcel de la isla Rikers donde está detenido a la espera de que continúe el proceso legal, ofreciendo un millón de dólares de fianza y la entrega de sus documentos de viaje."
La defensa pedirá que Strauss-Kahn, acusado de agresión sexual por una limpiadora de hotel, sea liberado de la cárcel de la isla Rikers donde está detenido a la espera de que continúe el proceso legal, ofreciendo un millón de dólares de fianza y la entrega de sus documentos de viaje."
"Otorgan libertad bajo fianza a Strauss-Kahn
Tras ser inculpado, el ex director del FMI pagó 1 mdd en efectivo. Estará bajo arresto domiciliario.
AFP
Publicado: 19/05/2011 10:46
Nueva York. Un juez de la Corte Suprema de Nueva York concedió este jueves a Dominique Strauss-Kahn, ex director del Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) la libertad bajo fianza, previo pago de 1 millón de dólares en efectivo.
Esto, luego de que el ex funcionario fue formalmente inculpado de siete cargos, entre ellos agresión sexual e intento de violación.
El magistrado Michael Obus también determinó que Strauss-Kahn, de 62 años de edad, deberá estar bajo arresto domiciliario y con monitoreo electrónico.
Estas condiciones fueron propuestas por los abogados del ex jefe del FMI.
El juez también dijo que Strauss-Kahn debe tener una custodia armada en forma permanente bajo su propio costo y fijó un depósito de garantía de 5 millones de dólares.
Su esposa, la periodista de televisión francesa Anne Sinclair, y su hija Camille Strauss-Kahn arribaron juntas a la corte. Strauss-Kahn llegó a la corte luciendo cansado. Vestía una camisa azul, sin corbata y un traje gris.
A Strauss-Kahn, un hombre acostumbrado a los hoteles de lujo y a vuelos en primera clase, se le negó la fianza el lunes en la Corte Criminal de Manhattan y ha pasado las tres últimas noches en la prisión de Rikers Island de Nueva York."
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2011/05/19/juez-de-ny-fija-nueva-audiencia-para-hoy-por-caso-de-ex-jefe-del-fmi
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"Ex-IMF chief gets $1M bail in NYC sex assault case
NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers arguing whether ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn should get out of jail while he awaits trial on attempted rape charges have used two famous examples from different sides of the spectrum to make their case — Roman Polanski and Bernard Madoff.
Prosecutors brought up Polanski, the French filmmaker whom U.S. authorities pursued for decades after he jumped bail in a 1977 child sex case.
Defense lawyers have mentioned Bernard Madoff, the financier who was freed on high bail and strict house arrest, the same conditions that a judge approved Thursday in a bail package for Strauss-Kahn.
The onetime potential French presidential contender is charged with sexually attacking a New York City hotel maid. He denies the allegations.
After Strauss-Kahn spent nearly a week in police custody and then jail, the judge agreed to free him on $1 million cash bail plus an additional $5 million bond — provided he's confined to a New York apartment, under armed guard and electronic monitoring.
He wasn't immediately released from the city's bleak Rikers Island jail, where he had been kept in protective custody and on a suicide watch. But his lawyers expect he'll get out Friday, after he posts the bond and authorities review the security arrangements involved in his house arrest.
The 62-year-old French economist and diplomat briefly wore an expression of relief after state Supreme Court Justice Michael J. Obus announced his decision in a packed courtroom. Later, Strauss-Kahn blew a kiss toward his wife.
Strauss-Kahn didn't speak during the court proceeding. But as he headed back to jail for what he hoped would be a final night, lawyer William W. Taylor called the bail decision "a great relief for the family" and said Strauss-Kahn's mindset was "much better now than before we started."
The ex-IMF head is accused of attacking a 32-year-old housekeeper Saturday in his $3,000-a-night hotel suite. The West African immigrant told police he chased her down a hallway in the suite, forced her to perform oral sex and tried to remove her stockings.
"The proof against him is substantial. It is continuing to grow every day as the investigation continues," Manhattan assistant district attorney John "Artie" McConnell told the judge Thursday as prosecutors announced that Strauss-Kahn had been indicted on charges including attempted rape and a criminal sex act.
The indictment, a crucial procedural step in a felony case, marked a grand jury's "determination that the evidence supports the commission of non-consensual, forced sexual acts," District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. said. Strauss-Kahn, whose lawyers have suggested evidence won't support a forcible encounter, is due back in court June 6.
The bail decision came less than a day after Strauss-Kahn resigned as managing director of the IMF, the powerful organization that makes emergency loans to countries in financial crisis.
In his resignation letter, he denied the allegations against him but said he would quit in order to "protect this institution which I have served with honor and devotion" and to "devote all my strength, all my time and all my energy to proving my innocence."
Prosecutors had argued against his release, citing the violent nature of the alleged offenses and saying his wealth and international connections would make it easy for him to flee.
At his arraignment Monday, a prosecutor suggested that if Strauss-Kahn were released and ran, he could end up "just like Roman Polanski," whom the Swiss government declined to extradite last year in the child sex case in the U.S. in which he had jumped bail decades ago.
On Thursday, defense lawyers offered a notorious example of their own: Madoff, the fraudulent financier who stole billions of dollars from investors. Before Madoff pleaded guilty in the federal case and was sentenced to 150 years in prison in 2009, he was freed on $10 million bail, under house arrest and private guard provided by the same firm Strauss-Kahn's lawyers have proposed to monitor him. Taylor cited Madoff as he noted in court that "there have been other high-profile cases where (defendants) have been released."
Taylor called the proposed arrangement "the most restrictive possible conditions," although he suggested few precautions were necessary.
"In our view, no bail is required to confirm Mr. Strauss-Kahn's appearance. He is an honorable man. He will appear in this court and anywhere else the court directs, and he has only one interest at this time, and that is to clear his name," Taylor said.
A different judge had ordered Strauss-Kahn held without bail Monday; his lawyers subsequently added home confinement to their bail proposal. His wife, the French television journalist Anne Sinclair, has rented a Manhattan apartment for the couple, Taylor said.
Supreme Court Justice Michael J. Obus said the conditions played a major role in his decision to allow bail, but he warned Strauss-Kahn he might reconsider "if there is the slightest problem with your compliance."
Strauss-Kahn nodded in response. Dressed in a gray suit and an open-necked blue dress shirt, he had arrived stony-faced, though he turned to give a quick smile to his wife and daughter Camille, seated in the audience along with about 100 reporters. They and other journalists, lining a sidewalk below, formed the biggest media throng at the courthouse at least since Mark David Chapman was arrested in 1980 for killing John Lennon, court spokesman David Bookstaver said.
In France, a Socialist lawmaker and longtime Strauss-Kahn ally, Francois Pupponi, expressed relief at the decision to allow the former finance minister to leave jail. "There's finally a bit of good news in a terrible week," he said on BFM-TV. "We were no longer expecting good news."
The political wrangling over who will succeed Strauss-Kahn at the IMF already has begun. European officials, including Germany's chancellor, the European Commission and France's finance minister, have argued that his replacement should be a European.
Some authorities from China and Brazil have said it is time to break Europe's traditional dominance over the position and appoint someone from a developing nation. U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has asked for an "open process," without mentioning specific candidates.
Associated Press writers Karen Zraick, Colleen Long and David B. Caruso in New York and Elaine Ganley in Paris contributed to this report.
Copyright © 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved."
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2011/06/06/75311746-asiste-strauss-khan-a-nueva-audiencia-ante-corte-en-nueva-york
"Dominique Strauss-Kahn se declara inocente
"Dominique Strauss-Kahn se declara inocente
Más de un centenar de empleadas de hoteles gritaron:
¡vergüenza, vergüenza!al momento de arribar el ex director gerente del Fondo Monetario Internacional y su esposa al tribunal en Manhattan, donde se le sigue el proceso por presunta violación sexual y otros cargos contra una recamarera de origen africano. La sesión duró escasos cinco minutos y el banquero se declaró inocente. El abogado de la víctima comentó a los medios que su cliente tiene la intención de testificar en persona contra el inculpado Foto Reuters"
"El resistirse a lo irresistible no siempre fortalece a quienes se creen irresistibles, sí, a aquell@s que ‘no mandan obedeciendo a sus mandantes’… Fideiius.
Centro de Alerta para la Defensa de los Pueblos
Investigación, análisis, documentación y denuncias sobre la injerencia y subversión contra los pueblos de América Latina
Investigación, análisis, documentación y denuncias sobre la injerencia y subversión contra los pueblos de América Latina
"Noam Chomsky*: Estados Unidos es el mayor terrorista del mundo..."
Institute Professor and professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology*
Institute Professor and professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology*
EEUU despilfarró miles de millones de dólares del area social de Irak
“We don’t do body counts”.- General Tommy Franks
http://www.cubadebate.cu/reflexiones-fidel/2010/08/03/emplazamiento-al-presidente-de-estados-unidos/
"Hey, bad guys: If it is certain that you in God trust, you should not be afraid, just let the music play…!”. FIDEIIUS (Fideiius).
ACCESO AL AGUA POTABLE, DECLARADO DERECHO FUNDAMENTAL: TRIUNFO DE LA HUMANIDAD A INSTANCIA DE EVO MORALES, C. PRESIDENTE CONSTITUCIONAL DE LA REPúBLICA DE BOLIVIA…
Perseguido por EEUU: Camarógrafo estadounidense que filmó imágenes del 11/9 enfrenta extradición
The Washington Post: Estados Unidos es el vergonzoso suministrador de armas al narcotráfico
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"Tres generaciones se han echado a perder por mi culpa: Rius"
"Tres generaciones se han echado a perder por mi culpa: Rius"
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"Noam Chomsky: Los cables de WikiLeaks revelan un “profundo odio a la democracia por parte de nuestra dirigencia política”
“Debemos comprender -y los Papeles del Pentágono son otro ejemplo claro- que una de las principales razones del secreto gubernamental es proteger al gobierno contra su propia población”
"Noam Chomsky: Los cables de WikiLeaks revelan un “profundo odio a la democracia por parte de nuestra dirigencia política”
“Debemos comprender -y los Papeles del Pentágono son otro ejemplo claro- que una de las principales razones del secreto gubernamental es proteger al gobierno contra su propia población”
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Stépahne Hessel: “No estoy aquí para testimoniar sobre lo que pasó en Chile. Estoy aquí para hablar en nombre de la evolución del derecho internacional, que siempre es demasiado lenta. Para mí este juicio representa un paso adelante porque vivimos en un mundo en el que los crímenes impunes pesan sobre la conciencia internacional” (Referida por Anne Marie Mergier en “ Sentencia implacable”
Stépahne Hessel: “No estoy aquí para testimoniar sobre lo que pasó en Chile. Estoy aquí para hablar en nombre de la evolución del derecho internacional, que siempre es demasiado lenta. Para mí este juicio representa un paso adelante porque vivimos en un mundo en el que los crímenes impunes pesan sobre la conciencia internacional” (Referida por Anne Marie Mergier en “ Sentencia implacable”
Universal Rights and Universal Values... But that is romantically substantive for those who try to ignore the Universal Jurisdiction and its procedures to evade justice... FIDEIIUS (Fideiius)
Los cables sobre México en WikiLeaks
Los cables sobre México en WikiLeaks
Sitio especial de La Jornada sobre WikiLeaks"http://wikileaks.jornada.com.mx/
"En una extensa entrevista con 60 minutes, Julian Assange, fundador de Wikileaks, dice: “Somos activistas por la libertad de expresión. No se trata de salvar a las ballenas, se trata de darle a la gente la información que necesita para apoyar o no la caza de ballenas. ¿Por qué? Son los ingredientes crudos que se necesitan para hacer una sociedad justa. Sin ellos, simplemente estás navegando en la oscuridad”.- Julian Assange. (Tomado de 'La Jornada')
Be Traist...!
Just let the hammock swing...!
P.D.: "Agua de Coco Pa' Toch@s" *
"Once again, the cat is shaking the roof...!" *
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