The move is based on testimony by a Belgian sex worker, who told police she was paid to attend a party at a Washington hotel at which Strauss-Kahn and two of his associates allegedly subjected her to a violent sexual assault.
"[D]efendant DSK conveniently ignores the strict standards for application of customary international law entirely, attempting to simply dupe the court," wrote Kenneth Thompson, the plaintiff's attorney.
Former IMF chief, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, was released from prison in the northern French city of Lille during questioning by police over alleged involvement in a prostitution ring
The extra security provision equips employees with “devices to be carried on their persons at work that they can quickly and easily activate to effectively summon prompt assistance to their location,” The Times reported.
You knew it would happen sooner rather than later but there are reports of a film in the works on the downfall of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss Kahn
Dominique Strauss-Kahn on a recent visit to China. Is Gerard Depardieu the right actor to play him in a film about the sex scandal that cost him his career? (ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images)
You knew it would happen sooner rather than later but there are reports of a film in the works on the downfall of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss Kahn
Anne Sinclair, the wife of disgraced former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has been voted Woman of the Year in a poll by a french women's magazine.
Meanwhile, CNN reports that Banon published a book Thursday that looks at how her life changed after Strauss-Kahn was arrested in New York. She refers to Strauss-Kahn throughout the book not by his name but as "the baboon man" and "the pig."
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