Strauss-Kahn Held In Jail After Bail Denied

11:13am UK, Tuesday May 17, 2011

Dominique Strauss-Kahn is being held at the notorious Rikers prison in New York after being denied bail.
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The head of the International Monetary Fund is in a cramped 11ft-by-13ft cell - less than a week after staying in a $3,000-a-day hotel suite.

Instead of his marble bathroom, a king-sized bed and feather and down duvet from the Sofitel near Times Square, he has only the most basic supplies.

On arrival at the prison the economist was given rudimentary bedding, a drinking cup, soap, shampoo and toothpaste.

He was also physically and psychologically examined before being separated from other inmates in case he is attacked.



Dominique Strauss-Kahn at Manhattan Criminal Court


Mr Strauss-Kahn, 62, has been accused of sexual assaulting a hotel maid at the Sofitel on Saturday when she arrived to clean his room.

He allegedly emerged from his bathroom naked, dragged the maid from the corridor and then attacked her.

The economist was located by police after he rang the hotel to say he had left behind his mobile phone and told staff he was at JFK Airport.

He was removed from a flight by two officers minutes before it was due to take off and returned to the city.



Mr Strauss-Kahn in court as the prosecutors outline the allegations


His legal team insist he is innocent of the charges which include attempted rape, sexual abuse and unlawful imprisonment.

They proposed a $1m bail and said he could wear an electronic tag.

But Judge Melissa Jackson, at Manhattan Criminal Court, denied bail - claiming there was a risk he might flee back to France.

She said: "When I hear your client was at JFK airport about to board a flight, that raises some concerns."

I saw an American guy discussing this on CNN. He claimed that in France many people were saying "how could they be so cruel to Strauss-Kahn".

Mind you he is the author of a book called '1,000 ways to annoy the French'.

lol

suicide watch.

Tell him not to pick up any soap in the showers otherwise those beast will be into him.

He will get bail before the week is out. Jewish people have a lot of power in New York things can be worked.

IMF Chief's Sex Attack 'Victim' In Hiding

The hotel maid at the centre of sex attack allegations against IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is in hiding and feels "very threatened", her lawyer has said.
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The 32-year-old is a widow with a teenage daughter and was unaware of Strauss-Kahn's identity until after the alleged incident at a hotel in New York, Jeffrey Shapiro said.

He added any suggestion his client was involved in a conspiracy to frame him was "ridiculous".

The head of the International Monetary Fund, who is facing growing pressure to quit, has reportedly been placed on suicide watch at New York's notorious Rikers Island prison.

Guards are said to be regularly checking on the 62-year-old, but he is not believed to have attempted to harm himself.


Jeffrey Shapiro, victim's lawyer, denies 'conspiracy'


It is claimed he attacked and attempted to rape the maid, from the West African nation of Guinea, at the city's Sofitel hotel on May 14 when she entered his suite.

Mr Shapiro said: "She didn't have any idea who he was or have any prior dealings with this guy."

He said that after the woman "escaped from the room she reported it to security, the New York City police were called, they interviewed her, they investigated the scene".

He added: "She's been the victim of a rape and physical assault, she hasn't had a chance to deal with that personally.

"She wants to remain anonymous because she's very much afraid that something could happen to her physically, she feels very threatened by this."

As well as pressure in his professional life, Strauss-Kahn's private life also appears to be unravelling.

Tristane Banon, a writer and daughter of a Socialist politician, has said she is talking to her lawyers about an alleged attempted rape in 2002.

The 31-year-old goddaughter of Strauss-Kahn's second wife Brigitte Guillemette claimed she was lured to a Paris studio flat by him on the premise of an interview.



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She claims things turned nasty, with Strauss-Kahn at first insisting on holding her hand, but eventually trying to rip her clothes off.

In an interview in 2007, Ms Banon described Strauss-Kahn as acting like a "rutting chimpanzee" - but his name was bleeped out when it was broadcast.

The only reason she did not press charges at the time, her mother Anne Mansouret claimed, is because she did not want to ruin her fledgling career.



Socialist politican Aurelie Filippetti says Strauss-Kahn tried to chat her up


In other revelations, socialist politician Aurelie Filippetti has claimed Strauss-Kahn made a "very heavy, very insistent" attempt to chat her up in 2008, while playwright Yasmina Reza has also been romantically linked to him.

Spanish writer Carmen Llera also appeared to allude to a relationship with him in two of her books.

Strauss-Kahn's lawyers have denied the charges of a criminal sexual act, attempted rape, sexual abuse, unlawful imprisonment and forcible touching. He faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted.

He was denied bail at a hearing on Monday and is due to reappear in court Friday.

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wonder why he tried to fly out of the country so quickly and left half his belongings behind in the hotel room

dont think that there will be a BAIL OUT for him!!! LOL LOL LOL

only up to 25 years in jail if convicted? i wonder if the IMF will keep his job open for him - LOL!

Maybe he could get a cell with this thief.

Bernard Madoff has hired a veteran prison consultant to help him to find the best possible jail in which to serve his 150-year sentence for Wall Streets biggest fraud.

lol maybe bernie ebbers / ex worldcom ceo / US scandal fraud could join them! last time i saw him he was being escorted in chains by the fbi!! nothing serious! lol

At least the could all pray together.

On suiside watch now, what's he going to do swallow his skull cap.

There have been a couple of legal experts that have said that as the head of a United Nations committe he has diplomatic immunity.

No I heard it on bloomberg no Diplomatic immunity

Strauss-Kahn has no diplomatic immunity, IMF says

May 17, 2011, 16:49 GMT

Washington - Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund charged with sexual assault in New York, does not have diplomatic immunity against prosecution in this case, the organization said Tuesday.

'The MD's immunities are limited and are not applicable to this case,' said IMF spokesman William Murray in an e-mailed

Kahn was on a non diplomatic trip paying for his own room so he cannot hide behind immunity on this one. At least his in denial wife thinks the accusation is in her posh words "unthinkable". With his form she should commence a standup career toute suite.....

Does not matter who paid for his trip he has no diplomatic immunity

people like him tend to be given a very less than warm reception in jail -;
i mean someone who abuses his powerful position against a scared poor woman on her own - oh yes he will get a welcome he will not forget one would imagine - most likely on a daily basis - i am sure the warders wont forget to lock his cell at night!!

oh - and all the other times he has abused his position....

his wife - yes it is UNTHINKABLE she did not know - lust & power crazed woman - what a pair!

lol!

he can shove his diplomatic bag where........

this time!