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| Strauss-Kahn Released on Recognizance |
| 2011-07-01 |
| July 1 - Prosecutors agreed to release former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on his own recognizance, two people familiar with the matter said. Strauss-Kahn, accused of a sexual attack on a hotel maid in New York, would still be subject to travel restrictions and will have his bail returned, these people said. The Manhattan District Attorney’s office plans to tell a New York state court judge today that its investigation raised doubts about the victim’s credibility, said a third person familiar with the matter. Prosecutors disclosed the information to Strauss-Kahn’s lawyers, the person said. At that 11:30 a.m. hearing before New York State Supreme Court Justice Michael Obus, the bail issue is scheduled to be discussed. “When the district attorney outlined the charges voted on by the grand jury, he said the office would continue to investigate the facts of this case, wherever they lead,” Erin Duggan, a spokeswoman for Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., said in an e-mail today in response to questions about the handling of the case. “That is exactly what the office has done.” “There will be certain disclosures made about the credibility of the witness,” Benjamin Brafman, Strauss-Kahn’s lawyer, said yesterday in a phone interview. The hearing scheduled for today will include a request for “substantial modifications” to Strauss-Kahn’s bail conditions, Brafman said. He declined to comment further. Strauss-Kahn, 62, is accused of attacking a housekeeper, a 32- year-old from Guinea, at the Midtown Manhattan Sofitel on May 14, grabbing her breasts and trying to pull down her pantyhose, prosecutors have said in court papers. The former IMF chief attempted to rape her and forced her to engage in oral sex, according to the indictment. In a May 25 letter to the Manhattan district attorney complaining about media leaks in the case, Brafman and co- counsel William Taylor III said that, if they wanted to feed the media frenzy, they could release information that would “gravely undermine the credibility” of the woman. The prosecutor’s office responded in a letter May 26 saying it was “troubled” by the defense lawyers’ claims they possessed information that might negatively affect the case and the woman’s credibility. “We are aware of no such information,” Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Joan Illuzzi-Orbon wrote. “If you really do possess the kind of information that you suggest that you do, we trust you will forward it immediately.” |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #4 @SteveS That was Dominique de Villepin (who is a man) |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2011-07-01 14:55 |
| #3 It is bugging me that his representatives seem to be trying to establish that the woman is Without Honor (tm) and thereby establishing his supposed innocence. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-07-01 12:44 |
| #2 Heh. First-quality snark. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2011-07-01 12:25 |
| #1 OK, I'm losing the plot here. Is Dominique the man or the woman? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2011-07-01 12:09 |