Is the Head of the IMF a Sex Criminal?

Here is a high power lawyer saying the same thing I neen saying this case will not go to trial for the very reasons I already gave.

The problem is the high-wire dance is going to be very hard to orchestrate here. Because nobody can say: “I will give you a million dollars, $2 million, $3 million, and you have to not testify.” That’s obstruction of justice, that’s a crime.

What do you think about the Strauss-Kahn case so far?

This case is going to be resolved outside the courtroom. There are three distinctive parties in this case, all of whom have different interests. There is the prosecution, Cy Vance; he wants to go to trial and he wants to get a conviction. Clearly the defendant wants to avoid trial and wants to see if he can work out a deal that’s acceptable to him. And my sense is that the victim would like a big payday. Why does she want to make a deal now? Why not wait until the conviction, and then sue? [Because] the defendant doesn’t have much money. All the money is his wife’s money. And if you win a suit—let’s assume she wins a $10 million judgment against him. She’s not going to collect it. He’ll go bankrupt. Whereas if she settles the case, the wife pays up...
The problem is the high-wire dance is going to be very hard to orchestrate here. Because nobody can say: “I will give you a million dollars, $2 million, $3 million, and you have to not testify.” That’s obstruction of justice, that’s a crime. So the request essentially has to come from the victim.... [The defense lawyer]... needs somebody who will understand that he can’t ask for something that he wants. And what he wants is for this witness to go away.

What would you suggest if you were on the defense team?

Make a deal. Other than that, they have to come up with a consistent defense. I think their big mistake is they first suggested that maybe he had an alibi [but] the timeline didn’t work. Then he said it was consensual. So they have to come up with a consistent, coherent defense theory that explains to the jury why this woman would have consented to having a sexual encounter with a much older man. And if he makes the consent defense, he almost certainly will have to testify. And if he testifies, he can then be asked about his prior encounters.

Say he gets convicted. What’s he looking at in terms of time?

A couple years in a very un-nice place. He’d have been much better off doing this in the District of Columbia.
http://www.newsweek.com/2011/06/12/alan-dershowitz-why-dsk-will-settle.html

Where? When? I don't recall posting on any rape thread. I have no interest in that sort of thing.

So one giant slanderous lie about me plus an admission that you haven't read the thread with any sort of care and attention...

Your reasons have revolved around the hotel maid lying about a sexual assault and then blackmailing DSK for money in order to agree not to testify against him. That's not what Dershowitz is saying.

Here is a high power lawyer saying the same thing I neen saying this case will not go to trial for the very reasons I already gave.

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Incorrect. The warning was not about flirting.

Try watching it again.

So you are hanging you hat on the rantings of Frances version of Gilbert Gottfried.....great.

If she forgoes the opportunity to tell the world what he did to her in that hotel suite at a criminal trial, and thereby helps him to avoid legal punishment for his acts, why shouldn't she expect a big payday?

Why shouldn't she be compensated for the life-altering damages done to her by his actions?

DSK goes to jail, the maid gets no money.

What about the damage inflicted on him and the IMF at such a critical juncture in its history

Her good name what a joke the only person who good name is being ruin is DSK as most people unless they work at it does not even know her name.

The same $$$$$$$ and more $$$$$$$ his guess being 3 millions dollars not bad for a claimed minute of so blow job!!!!!!!!!!

I was mistaken that you were posting in the rape thread, although I hardly think it's a "slanderous" to say that someone posted in that thread.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the French politician who heads the International Monetary Fund, said on Thursday he might cut short his mandate, stoking speculation that he wants to run in France's 2012 presidential election.

His term as managing director of the IMF expires in October 2012, several months after the election, which means the Socialist veteran would have to quit ahead of time if he wanted to challenge President Nicolas Sarkozy at the ballot box.

Strauss-Kahn usually sidesteps the issue but in a radio interview on Thursday, asked specifically about politics, he said he could imagine a scenario in which he left the IMF early.

if this goes to trial. DSK goes to jail,

IMF Concludes Staff Visit to Guinea-Bissau

BISSAU, Guinea Bissau, June 10, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Mr. Paulo Drummond visited Bissau June 6–10, 2011. The mission met with President Malam Bacaí Sanhá, Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior, Minister of Finance José Mario Vaz, Minister of Public Services Fernando Gomes, other government ministers and representatives of the private sector, the donor community, and other development partners.

At the conclusion of the visit, the mission issued the following statement:

“The near term economic growth outlook remains generally positive. The economy is benefitting from a good cashew harvest and high prices for cashew exports, and real GDP growth is projected at 4.3 percent in 2011. Although prices for imported fuel and food have risen, core inflation remained subdued, and headline inflation should come back within the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) target range in 2012 once the one-off effect of rising import prices subsides.

“Performance under the Fund-supported program has been broadly satisfactory, and economic reforms have advanced as expected. Strong fiscal revenues should help the government restore its investments and other priority spending while keeping domestic financing of the budget within agreed limits. In the second half of the year, it will be critical that the authorities contain spending within available resources and sustain efforts to raise government’s own revenue.

“The authorities are advancing in completing the remaining debt relief process. Following the recent agreement with Paris Club creditors, the authorities are moving to finalize the relevant bilateral agreements and reaching out to non-Paris Club creditors seeking comparable treatment.

“An IMF mission will return to Bissau later in the year to evaluate performance under the ECF through the first half of the year and to agree with the authorities on the budget and other macroeconomic policies for 2012. Mr. Alfredo Torrez, the new IMF Resident Representative in Guinea-Bissau, will ensure our continued presence on the ground.

“The IMF Executive Board completed on May 24 the second review under Guinea-Bissau’s Extended Credit Facility (ECF)1 arrangement. The Board’s decision enabled the authorities to draw an additional SDR 2.414 million (about US$ 3.85 million), bringing total disbursements under the arrangement to an amount equivalent to SDR 12.709 million (about US$ 20.27 million).”

1 The ECF is a concessional IMF facility for low-income countries. ECF-supported programs are based on country-owned poverty reduction strategies adopted in a participatory process involving civil society and development partners and articulated in the country’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper. ECF loans carry a zero interest rate until end-2011 and an annual interest rate of no more than 0.5 percent thereafter. The loans are repayable over 10 years with a 5½ -year grace period on principal payments.

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International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Here we go again--

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if this goes to trial. DSK goes to jail,

That's obviously a pre-trial guilty verdict from Beth.

Wait a minute ff. Who says he did anything to her?

So, as far as we know now, she would be getting a "big pay-day" for having made the accusation and being believed by parties which, at the very least, have a "big pay-day" coming themselves for so believing.

a person cannot profit from a crime and false accusations are a crime..

Have you not noticed yet that you are not the only one who avoids commenting on what I have said about Professor Greer's ideas about all men being rapists for the reasons I have given?

So, you would have been willing to let DSK force a blow job on you, and have him forcibly try to rape you anally, and then have the whole world know about these these things, and wonder if you were lying, in exchange for $3 million? Well, everyone has their price, BillRM, don't they, and now we know yours. You'll apparently do just about anything for money, but that doesn't mean that hotel maid is anything like you. DSK may have gotten her involved in a nightmare she just wants to see come to an end, and she now has an attorney who will make sure DSK pays substantially and financially for that nightmare, which is what civil suits are all about--punitive damages.

Her ability to get a "big pay day" from a civil suit hinges on the very strong possibly that a jury would believe her testimony at trial--and the jury has no vested financial interest in this case.

nice effort by an old man, but your goofy edit doesn't pass Go.

Her ability to get a big payday is for removing any threat that DSK might be found guilty at a criminal trial.

Well it nice that you feel the need to add to it anally rape as even to you a blow job does not sound like it worth 3 millions.