'False' rape claims hit DSK's global mission

Submitted by anthony on Wed, 2011-09-28 17:44

Article here. Excerpt:

'ALLEGING "false" sexual assault claims had hampered his efforts to right the global economy, former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn yesterday claimed immunity from prosecution.

Criminal charges were dropped last month when prosecutors lost faith in the credibility of the hotel maid alleging assault, Nafissatou Diallo, but she is pursuing her civil case for undisclosed monetary damages from Mr Strauss-Kahn, once a presidential hopeful in France.

Mr Strauss-Kahn's lawyers claim it is irrelevant that he was no longer head of the IMF when Ms Diallo filed her civil case on August 8, saying: "Mr Strauss-Kahn's absolute immunity persisted until he was able to leave the United States."

Mr Strauss-Kahn went on the attack, accusing Ms Diallo of imperilling his efforts, at the helm of the IMF, to rescue the world economy at a crucial time after the financial crisis.

"As a direct result of (the) plaintiff's false charge of sexual assault, the IMF's ability to serve its critical function in the international economy was significantly impaired at a time of worldwide financial crisis and instability."'

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The media is so afraid to look unsympathetic even to a woman whose every word has been shown to be at least questionable and at most fabricated about the topic at hand that they are still putting quotes around the word 'false' in headlines when referring to the false claims she made. Why can't they just accept it? The claims of rape she made were false. Did they have sex? Looks like it-- the evidence was there. Was it forcible rape? No. Just that. Period, end of sentence.

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Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2011-09-29 00:45

And yet, they have no problem skipping the "alleged" when they said in the last line "that he tried to rape her in 2003."

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Submitted by Kratch on Thu, 2011-09-29 03:17