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."

As the head of a UNited nations committe he has diplomatic immunity everywhere in the world (including France) whether on duty or not. It is not his being head of the IMF that gives him diplomatic immunity, but his being head of part of the UN.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13412092

Diplomats have had immunity from prosecution in their host country for centuries - meaning they cannot be arrested or prosecuted for any offences they commit, from minor parking violations to serious crimes of violence.

This immunity, spelt out in the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, applies both when they are carrying out their official duties, and when they are off-duty.

As the head of one of the UN's specialised agencies, the IMF managing director is just as immune from prosecution as any diplomat, says Jovan Kurbalija, director of DiploFoundation, a Geneva-based organisation researching the role of diplomacy in the modern age.

Furthermore, unlike a diplomat - who is immune from prosecution only in the country where he or she is based - the head of a UN agency is immune from prosecution in all countries.

There is a big difference between the head of the IMF, and its rank-and-file members, who are immune from prosecution only with regard to "acts performed... in their official capacity".

Mr Kurbalija says the principle establishing immunity from prosecution for the heads of UN agencies is laid down in article six of the 1947 Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies.

This states: "The executive head of each specialised agency... shall be accorded... the privileges and immunities, exemptions and facilities accorded to diplomatic envoys, in accordance with international law."

"The general principle is that heads of international organisations have full diplomatic immunity," Mr Kurbalija says.

i think d.i. is a non issue now....

IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn quits over sex charge

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-13450783

Cue several dozen no fee lawyers claiming that their clients were assaulted and need a $billion each to ameliorate the trauma

yep lawyers as ever will be the real winners here

Sordid affair.

I thought it was rape, did not know he was having an affair with her.

IMF chief faces test over HIV rape girl Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3588730/BANKER-Dominique-Strauss-Kahn-may-be-tested-for-HIV-as-he-quits-job-as-chief-executive-of-the-IMF.html#ixzz1MmSLiMGG

Breaking News

6:58am UK, Thursday May 19, 2011
IMF Chief Resigns After Sex Attack Charges

The IMF chief charged with a sex attack on a hotel maid has resigned from his post ahead of a new bail hearing in New York.

World will end.

No need to worry about bail then.

Thats Sunday lunch fecked then?

Why are these people not in a mental home.

Most of them are. It is called the US.

lol

2/1 betfred he gets bail today. OK funny punt for me 100

Breaking news.
Lord Breaks Superinjuction On Fred Goodwin now we may see what this thieving banker did.

Maybe Ryan Giggs next.

The super injunction was probably to do with the full details and value of his exit package. The Lords and Commons are immune from legal action, but they still cannot report what was said during the Lords session as the reporting of it outside is still subject to the super injunction.

BANKING boss Sir Fred "The Shred" Goodwin won a super-injunction to hide details of an alleged affair with a colleague, a senior politician revealed today.

Male or female..?

Maybe a sheep.

he could not be in a worse country a shit hole of crooks and thiefs
he has been set up