The sexual assault case against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has reportedly been in a near collapse.
From the Wall Street Journal,
The sexual-assault case against former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn appeared to be weakening Thursday as prosecutors and his defense team prepared to raise questions about the credibility of the maid who accused him, people close to the case said.
Problems with the prosecution's main witness are expected to be made public at a last-minute court hearing scheduled for Friday morning before State Supreme Court Justice Michael Obus. Defense lawyers are likely to ask the judge to end house arrest and electronic monitoring, two restrictive conditions of Mr. Strauss-Kahn's bail.
"There will be serious issues raised by the district attorney's office and us concerning the credibility of the complaining witness," said Benjamin Brafman, a lawyer for Mr. Strauss-Kahn.
Mr. Strauss-Kahn, 62 years old, has pleaded not guilty to charges of sexually assaulting the maid in his suite May 14 at the Sofitel hotel in Manhattan…
Prosecutors aren't expected to immediately ask for dismissal of the charges against Mr. Strauss-Kahn, who faces a seven-count indictment, people familiar with the matter said.
Prosecutors are expected to reveal in court that the maid told them she had been the victim of a gang rape in her home country of Guinea, and later admitted that she had made the story up, a person familiar with the matter said.
The revelations about the witness also involve her interaction with a man jailed on drug charges with whom she was taped in a telephone call, one person familiar with the situation said. Prosecutors and defense lawyers met Thursday to discuss the issues.
DSK has reportedly been released on recognizance and seem on path to absolution.
The unfolding events manifest even more signs of a demolition job.
Could it be because DSK had questioned about the disappearance of gold reserves in the US, or his anti-US dollar stance where he has called for an alternative currency or because DSK argued for a default of Greece?
Obviously it has been about politics, where powerful vested interest groups wanted him out and knew exactly how to exploit DSK’s vulnerabilities.
As earlier said the DSK episode epitomizes how frictions in politics are dealt with—guiltism, covetism, envyism angerism and villainism—which leads to conflicts and consequently demolition jobs, if not, outright violence.
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