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Dominique Strauss-Kahn denies knowing there were prostitutes at the hotel party French judges have been questioning former International Monetary Fund boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn over his alleged involvement with a prostitution ring. The three investigating judges in Lille in northern France are looking into what has become known in France as the "Carlton affair", named after the hotel where several orgies are said to have been held. They are examining allegations that business associates of Mr Strauss-Kahn were involved in a prostitution ring, and misusing corporate funds. They may deciding whether to put Mr Strauss-Kahn under formal investigation. Consorting with prostitutes is not against the law in France, and Mr Strauss-Kahn has acknowledged that he was at some of the parties with the women.
BBC News - Dominique Strauss-Kahn charged in vice ring case
En couverture du prochain numéro de L'Express, à paraître ce mardi: l'autre affaire DSK et la longue interview exclusive de Tristane Banon accusant l'ex-patron du FMI de tentative de viol. Depuis que l'affaire du Sofitel a éclaté, pour les médias du monde entier, elle est "l'autre". L'autre femme qui accuse, la seule connue en France qui dit avoir été victime des assauts sexuels de Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
Tristane Banon: "Pourquoi je porte plainte contre DSK" - L'EXPRESS
Pourquoi Tristane Banon ne portera jamais plainte contre DSK ?
Parallèlement à la mise en cause de Dominique Strauss-Kahn (DSK) à New-York, une autre affaire de mœurs à l’encontre de DSK, cette fois-ci française, a défrayé la chronique et mis en émoi les rédactions du monde entier. En effet, dès le lundi 16 mai, Maître David Koubbi, l’avocat de Tristane Banon annonçait que sa cliente pourrait elle aussi porter plainte pour des faits similaires commis en France par DSK en 2002.L’avocat de Tristane Banon, Me David Koubbi, a annoncé lundi 4 juillet que sa cliente allait porter plainte pour tentative de viol. «J'envoie le dépôt de plainte demain mardi 5 juillet au parquet, qui le recevra mercredi matin» a-t-il expliqué dans une interview à L’Express.
Affaire Banon: comment porte-t-on plainte pour viol en France? | Slate
J’ai 31 ans et je suis célibataire. Pas que je ne trouve pas d’homme à qui je convienne, ou plutôt si, car les hommes n’existent plus.
L'homme du XXIème siècle : trop féminin ? | Atlantico
Nafissatou Diallo: une plaignante sans histoire
Sept signatures pour une enquête : le New York Times n’a pas lésiné sur les moyens pour un long article qui s’affiche en gros titre, ce mercredi matin, à la une de l’International Herald Tribune, son édition internationale (photo ci-dessus). Objet de cette attention : Nafissatou D., la victime présumée de Dominique Strauss-Kahn dans la suite 2806 du Sofitel de New York.
She was born in a mud hut in an isolated hamlet in Africa with no electricity or running water, a 10-minute hike to the nearest road. Unschooled, she was married off to a distant cousin as a teenager, had a daughter and was soon widowed. Not long after, in her early 20s, she arrived in the United States — one more anonymous immigrant struggling to make a new life.
Strauss-Kahn’s Accuser Portrayed as Quiet, Hard-Working - NYTimes.com
The exciting DSK Rape Case took another swerve this morning as sources tell the NYPost that the maid was a hotel hooker.
A Hotel Hooker? (NY Post...)
"DSK Maid" Tells of Her Alleged Rape by Strauss-Kahn: Exclusive - Newsweek
The maid hovered in the suite’s large living room, just inside the entrance. The 32-year-old Guinean, an employee of the Sofitel hotel, had been told by a room-service waiter that room 2806 was now free for cleaning, “Hello? Housekeeping,” the maid called out again. No reply. The door to the bedroom, to her left, was open, and she could see part of the bed. She glanced around the living room for luggage, saw none.
DSK accuser defends her story - video | World news | guardian.co.uk
Nafissatou Diallo, the woman accusing former International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexually assaulting her in a New York hotel, defends her story and her credibility. It was her first public appearance since breaking her silence in interviews with ABC and Newsweek. It is nearly unheard of for an alleged sex assault victim to speak publicly before the end of court proceedings
Anne Sinclair
Now she joins the unhappy club of wives standing by their man in the face of a crescendo of tales of sexual betrayal, spurred in her case by extraordinary and tawdry criminal charges of attempted rape of a hotel maid. When Anne Sinclair married in November 1991, she was a famous television journalist, her brown hair and steely blue eyes a fixture on the most popular interview show in the country, called “7/7.” She did over 500 interviews, including of presidents like François Mitterrand , Mikhail Gorbachev and Bill Clinton, as well as Hillary Rodham Clinton as first lady, and stars like Yves Montand and even Madonna . The show attracted as many as 12 million viewers every Sunday. The 1991 marriage was a love match — Mr.DSK And The Billionaire Art Dealer Connection: Conspiracy Or Coincidence? - Abigail R. Esman - Pen & Sword - Forbes
Two French men, both Jewish, both powerful, both wealthy, both part of the art elite, both with strong ties to the United States, one a friend of French president Nicolas Sarkozy, the other a potential rival – and both in trouble with the law, in America and in France. It’s enough to wag even the most apathetic of tongues, and it is, especially in Paris, where some claim both cases smack of anti-Semitism and political conspiracy, while others call it a cautionary tale about the arrogance of power. This past week, while Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, celebrated the near-collapse of the case against him for alleged rape of a chambermaid at New York’s Sofitel hotel, Guy Wildenstein, scion of the Wildenstein art dynasty, was charged with possession of stolen property and fraud.Too Proud to be jealous - Newsweek
Anne Sinclair was as unimpeachable as Barbara Walters, as luscious as Diane Sawyer, as authoritative as both. For 13 years, from 1984 to 1997, she hosted 7/7, a show on TF1, France’s main TV channel, where a prominent guest commented on the week’s news. With her curly black hair, blue eyes, pale skin, and curves, she gave off an aura of relaxed sexuality. Her onscreen costume was a curiously intimate range of electric-blue mohair sweaters. The granddaughter of Picasso’s art dealer Paul Rosenberg, she had family money—along with looks, clout, and gravitas. The fact that she was Jewish was pointed out in ways both sly and crude—the National Front called her “une pulpeuse charcutière casher” (“a juicy kosher pork butcher”).Brafman, l'avocat acteur | Slate
Un avocat flambeur défend un riche client accusé de violences et de tentative d’agression sexuelle sur une femme modeste, et qui nie les faits. Il obtient sa libération contre une caution de 1 million de dollars et le port d’un bracelet électronique, face à un procureur qui clame: «Avec les ressources dont cet homme dispose, la caution est un risque.» Puis se met en quête d’informations pour discréditer la plaignante…On sait beaucoup de choses sur l’avocat new-yorkais de DSK, Benjamin Brafman. La presse française, qui l’a découvert au lendemain de l’arrestation de son client, a évoqué ses dizaines de procès, ses clients très médiatisés comme le rappeur Sean Combs (Puff Daddy à l’époque, devenu P.Diddy, Diddy, sans oublier Swag le temps d’une semaine ), Jay-Z, Michael Jackson, des mafieux ou des patrons de boîtes de nuit.
Affaire DSK: les stratégies de Benjamin Brafman | Slate
Personnalité de DSK