Is the Head of the IMF a Sex Criminal?

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I find that surprising

What, you were naive enough to expect justice? Our system works on the principle that we make an example out of some men, with the expectation that the rest will eventually be scared enough of the law to never even seriously consider trying to have their way with women.

I have read no mention of any prior behavior being raised in court today. Can you document your assertion that the prosecutors did that

NEW YORK: IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn , who has been charged with sexual assault and attempted rape, had been involved in similar incidents "at least once," a New York court was told Monday.

There were "reports that he has engaged in conduct similar to this on at least one other occasion," the prosecutor told a New York court, just before the judge denied bail to the powerful head of the International Monetary Fund .

Usually the examples are men viewed as being of little importance and of few resources. Men with lots of perceived importance and lot of resources often walk away unscathed.

Strauss-Kahn's legal team had argued Strauss-Kahn's bail be $1 million, but the Manhattan DA's office argued, “He has almost no incentive to stay in this country and every incentive to leave. If he went to France, we would have no legal mechanism to guarantee his return to this country.“ Brafman had argued, "The defendant has an interest to clear his name. Life before the arrest will not be the same as after the arrest." ADA John McConnell, though, said, "Some of this information include reports that he has in fact engaged in conduct similar to the conduct alleged in this complaint on at least one other occasion," referring to an incident that occurred outside of the U.S.

The judge sided with the DA's office—"When I hear that your client was at J.F.K. Airport about to board a flight, that raises some concern"—and remanded the 62-year-old to police custody,
http://gothamist.com/2011/05/16/imf_head_denied_bail_lawyers_sugges.php#photo-1

IMF chief to remain jailed, defense says alleged sex assault 'not consistent with a forcible encounter'
By LAURA ITALIANO
May 16, 2011

A Manhattan judge denied IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn bail today on charges he attempted to rape a hotel maid after his lawyers said during a court hearing that the alleged encounter was not "consistent with a forcible encounter."

"The evidence we believe will not be consistent with a forcible encounter," said defense lawyer Benjamin Brafman before a judge remanded his client to no bail.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/alleged_chief_lawyers_assault_proof_9TiXo7IQvMagjDE7PNFd7L

Another troubling point is the obligatory American "perp walk" which was conducted last night as DSK was taken from the Special Vicitims Unit for the night. There was not any neccesity for handcuffs to be used, it was done for the cameras

The term perp walk is an American slang term which refers to the police practice of intentionally parading an arrested suspect (or "perp", short for "perpetrator") through a public place so that the media may observe and record the event. The suspect is typically handcuffed or otherwise restrained, and is often dressed in prison garb.

In many countries, including the United States, it is common for arrested suspects to be concealed from public view while in police custody, so that the suspects' privacy and reputation is preserved prior to guilt being proved. However, transportation of an individual in police custody through a public place is often unavoidable in the normal course of police work.
A perp walk can be used with intentional disregard for the privacy of a suspect for the purpose of bolstering the image of law enforcement or to humiliate a suspect. Perp walks are often done to politicians or businesspeople accused of white-collar crimes (whose reputations may be susceptible to damage by public spectacle).

Strauss-Kahn does the 'perp walk' in handcuffs: this sort of thing doesn't happen in France

If anyone was in any doubt about the enormous gulf that exists between how the French and American republics conduct their politics, then they need look no further than the harrowing image of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the IMF chief and putative presidential candidate, being led away in handcuffs by a bunch of New York cops after being subjected to the indignity of a DNA test. In America this is called the “perp walk”, and it’s supposed to be humiliating.
This sort of thing simply doesn’t happen in France, where the sexual peccadilloes of its leading politicians are simply taken for granted. As my colleague Anne-Elisabeth Moutet wrote this morning, it was an open secret in France that Mr Strauss-Kahn had an eye for the ladies, and at one point tore off a young journalist’s bra when she took his fancy. No one ever thought to contact the police because this is the type of behaviour everyone in France expects of their politicians.
But if, as is now alleged by the Manhattan police authorities, Mr Strauss-Kahn sought to inflict his sexual urges on an unsuspecting chambermaid during a stay at an upmarket New York hotel, he has badly underestimated America’s brutal intolerance of what the French like to call crimes of passion.
Any attempt by a French policeman to handcuff a prominent politician would be tantamount to committing an act of treason. In America it doesn’t matter whether you are OJ Simpson or an international statesman of the stature of Mr Strauss Kahn: if the cops believe you’ve broken the law, you’ll soon find yourself paraded in public in handcuffs before being thrown in the slammer.
Clearly, so far as New York’s cops are concerned, there is no such thing as the entente cordial.

We had a very one sided law where a male is name at first arrest or even before for that matter and the woman name is protected at all cost.

Wouldn't people wonder where he was?

In America it doesn’t matter whether you are OJ Simpson or an international statesman of the stature of Mr Strauss Kahn: if the cops believe you’ve broken the law, you’ll soon find yourself paraded in public in handcuffs before being thrown in the slammer.

You're certainly providing commentary that's making him sound worse and worse.

In America it doesn’t matter whether you are OJ Simpson or an international statesman of the stature of Mr Strauss Kahn: if the cops believe you’ve broken the law, you’ll soon find yourself paraded in public in handcuffs before being thrown in the slammer.

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In America it doesn’t matter whether you are OJ Simpson or an international statesman of the stature of Mr Strauss Kahn: if the cops believe you’ve broken the law, you’ll soon find yourself paraded in public in handcuffs before being thrown in the slammer.

Except for really serious crimes like genocide/mass murder/torture/the rape that goes with mass murder and torture.

Those folks are given pensions and have things named after them. Strange sense of "justice" indeed!

The name of the hotel maid will eventually leak out because of the intense interest in this case. That's why I feel sorry for her--her privacy, and her life, and her child's life, will be completely invaded and upended--and she's not the one accused of any wrong doing.

So, what's your point? Are you upset they are treating him no differently than everyone else?

interesting question. would the general public have known or cared that he was missing if he had just disappeared from view quietly?