Dominique Strauss-Kahn: 'Doubts' on maid's credibility

[alexa]

He has been released from house arrest because the maid's credibility is now doubted by the prosecution.

In earlier court hearings, prosecutors had spoken of the strength of their case. One attorney said the proof against him was "substantial".

But US media now report that prosecutors plan to outline their concerns about the 32-year-old maid's credibility to the judge in Friday's unscheduled court hearing.

Although forensic tests found unambiguous evidence of a sexual encounter between Mr Strauss-Kahn and the woman, prosecutors now do not believe much of what the accuser has told them about the circumstances or about herself, the The New York Times reports.

BBC News - Dominique Strauss-Kahn: 'Doubts' on maid's credibility

This has to be one of the most potentially conspiracy riddled cases ever. He has lost his possibility of being President of France - was it a conspiracy for that ...or is the maids lack of credibility a conspiracy?

Allegations of rape always have a devastating effect on the accused's life. I have some feeling for keeping the accused identity secret till he is found guilty

 

[alexa]

hmmm well France is going to be extremely angry. The people wanted him for President.

 

[waltky]

Uncle Ferd always says a woman'll lie to get a guy in trouble...

Lies torpedo case in Strauss-Kahn maid rape scandal
Wed, Aug 24, 2011 - The sexual assault case against former IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who hoped to be the next French president, collapsed because what prosecutors believed was strong testimony deteriorated into a fabric of lies.

Manhattan prosecutors, who arrested Strauss-Kahn, 62, on the word of 32-year-old Nafissatou Diallo, said on Monday she told them lie after lie, leading them to urge the judge overseeing the case to dismiss all charges against the former head of the IMF. “The complainant has been persistently, and at times inexplicably, untruthful in describing matters of both great and small significance,” prosecutors said in a detailed 25-page filing to New York state Supreme Court Judge Michael Obus. “In our repeated interviews with her, the complete truth about the charged incident and her background has, for that reason, remained elusive.”

Strauss-Kahn was seen as a leading contender for the French presidency until his arrest on May 14 on attempted rape and sexual abuse charges, throwing the French political scene into chaos and forcing him to resign from the IMF days later. On Monday, prosecutors said that because they could not believe beyond a reasonable doubt that the Guinean maid was telling the truth, “we cannot ask a jury to do so.” The document said the sexual encounter at the center of case, which generated lurid headlines on both sides of the Atlantic, likely lasted no more than nine minutes.

In the hours after Strauss-Kahn was first detained, a forensic team and prosecutors established a sexual encounter had indeed taken place, and that it had been very brief, suggesting to investigators that it had not been consensual. Based on her account of the attack and that “no red flags” in her background had been immediately obvious, prosecutors brought the case to a grand jury to formally indict Strauss-Kahn, the filing said. However, the case soon fell apart. In one instance, forensics swabs picked up no trace of Diallo’s DNA in a sink where she told prosecutors she had spit after the encounter. Doctors also concluded that “redness” on Diallo’s genitals could not conclusively be attributed to an attack, as her attorneys have claimed.

France’s Socialists are hailing the move to drop the case. Socialist Party leader Martine Aubry called it “an immense relief” that the prosecutors asked a judge to put an end to the case based on concerns about the accuser’s credibility. “We were all waiting for this ... for him to finally be able to get out of this nightmare,” Aubry said on France-Info radio yesterday.

Lies torpedo case in Strauss-Kahn maid rape scandal - Taipei Times

 

[lilbug]

Yeah, I just heard this. The case should have gone to trial so the issue of credibility could have been based on evidence. If we are going to start throwing out cases based on the credibility of the plaintiff/defendant then the Casey Anthony case should never have been tried. Either the DA's credibility needs some investigating, or Strauss-Kahn had something big on someone in the DA's office.

 

[KissMy]

Obama had his SEIU footsoldier Nafissatou Diallo set-up DSK. Because DSK was downgrading the US credit rating at the IMF so Obama had him replaced with Christine LaGarde. The day after Christine LaGarde took control of the IMF the NY prosecutor announced that the case against DSK fell apart & let DSK go.

Obama did the same thing to S&P for downgrading the US credit rating. Obama has the Justice Department Investigating Standard & Poor's for downgrading the US credit rating & Standard & Poor's president Deven Sharma was forced to step down.

 

[chanel]

Shouldn't the maid be deported? Why waste more money on another stupid trial?

Dominique Strauss-Kahn's struggles with New York City justice may have ended, but his accuser's battle may just be beginning.

Chambermaid Nafissatou Diallo could be on the hook for state and federal perjury charges, legal experts warn.

Read more: DSK accuser may face perjury rape for lies, experts say - NYPOST.com

She admitted lying on her asylum application. If Obama is serious about deporting criminals, why don't they bump her to the top of the list?

 

[KissMy]

Shouldn't the maid be deported? Why waste more money on another stupid trial?

Dominique Strauss-Kahn's struggles with New York City justice may have ended, but his accuser's battle may just be beginning.

Chambermaid Nafissatou Diallo could be on the hook for state and federal perjury charges, legal experts warn.

Read more: DSK accuser may face perjury rape for lies, experts say - NYPOST.com

She admitted lying on her asylum application. If Obama is serious about deporting criminals, why don't they bump her to the top of the list?

DSK's accuser Nafissatou Diallo committed tax fraud by claiming a fictitious daughter as a dependent on her tax returns. She lied on her asylum application & lied to a grand jury under oath. Why is she not in jail?

She is a criminal yet Obama is protecting her!!!

The family explained that Nafissatou Diallo is in hiding with NYPD protection to protect her from the media. She presently has a lawyer. The attorney general’s office in Manhattan, contacted by SlateAfrique, refused to confirm the identity of Nafissatou Diallo.