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Strauss-Kahn Accuser to Take the Stand

Housekeeper will 'tell the world' her story, says lawyer

(Newser) - As Dominique Strauss-Kahn pleaded not guilty yesterday, the lawyer for the hotel housekeeper accusing him of sexual assault announced his client would take the witness stand. “She is going to come into this courthouse, get on that witness stand, and tell the world what Dominique Strauss-Kahn did to her,...

Hotel Maids to Get Panic Buttons

Second high-profile assault allegation prompts safety move

(Newser) - We'll call them DSK buttons: Maids at two ritzy Manhattan hotels will soon carry panic buttons so they can alert others when they're in danger, the Wall Street Journal reports. The move comes after a second high-profile assault case, this one involving 74-year-old Egyptian business executive Mahmoud Abdel...

Egyptian Banker Arrested in Attack on NYC Hotel Maid

Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar charged with sex abuse, unlawful imprisonment

(Newser) - The high-profile arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn apparently wasn't enough to convince one exec that he should keep his hands off New York City's maids. Prominent Egyptian banker Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar was arrested yesterday and charged with sexually abusing a maid at a Manhattan hotel, barely 2 weeks...

Strauss-Kahn Case Spurs Women to Report Minister

French politician accused of assault

(Newser) - A French minister resigned today after two women, one of whom was spurred to action by the sexual assault charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, accused him of sexual assault, the AP reports. The two alleged victims, 34 and 36, claim former junior civil service minister George Tron, 53, attacked them between...

Congo's Rape Crisis Isn't What You Think

Weapon of war? That's not the full picture: Laura Seay

(Newser) - News that 48 women are raped in the Congo every hour has led to understandable condemnation of how rape has become a weapon of war, writes Laura Seay in the Atlantic . The problem is that "a growing body of literature suggests that the prevailing journalistic and activist accounts of...

Strauss-Kahn Leans Toward Risky 'Consent' Defense

His legal team says evidence will not prove a forcible encounter

(Newser) - Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has shed little public light on his account of what happened between him and the hotel housekeeper who accused him of sexually attacking her , but his legal team appears intent on making the case that it was not a forcible encounter. That's a common...

Oscar-Winning Songwriter Dead in Apparent Suicide

Joseph Brooks was awaiting trial for rape

(Newser) - Joseph Brooks, the Academy Award-winning songwriter of "You Light Up My Life" who was awaiting trial for rape, was found dead today of an apparent suicide in his Manhattan apartment, police said. Brooks, 73, was discovered in his Upper East Side apartment around 12:30pm by a friend with...

Anne Sinclair, Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Wife, Is a Formidable Force Standing By Her Man
 Behind Strauss-Kahn, 
 a Formidable Wife 
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May 21, 2011 9:12 AM CDT

Behind Strauss-Kahn, a Formidable Wife

Anne Sinclair is all but French royalty

(Newser) - She's a former journalistic powerhouse, the dazzling daughter of a renowned and moneyed family, and the driving force behind her husband's political career who is now mired in his staggering downfall: And she's not Maria Shriver. Anne Sinclair was all but French royalty when she married Dominque...

Strauss-Kahn Has Nowhere to Sleep

Wife rushing to find New York apartment

(Newser) - Dominique Strauss-Kahn is expected to leave prison today —but only if he finds a place to sleep first, NBC New York reports. His wife, Anne Sinclair, is scrambling to find a New York apartment for his home-confinement, after her initial rental in Manhattan didn’t work out, said an...

Stewart Smacks Ben Stein on Strauss-Kahn

Ben Stein? 'Ferris Bueller? Commercials for beach ball moisturizer?'

(Newser) - On last night’s Daily Show , Jon Stewart made short work of Ben Stein’s defense of Dominique Strauss-Kahn. The first tier of Stein’s argument: The alleged sex criminal is a “short, fat old man.” Said Stewart: “Yes, he’s not nearly in the kind of...

France Reacts to Strauss-Kahn: Blame America

French slam American legal system, media, and, of course, food

(Newser) - The arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn on sexual assault charges initially dazed the French. But by day three, their focus returned to a more familiar place—America bashing. "Today, thanks to Strauss-Kahn, the French who choose to criticize the US have a fresh reason to shake their heads and...

Dominique Strauss-Kahn Resigns as IMF Head
 Strauss-Kahn Resigns 
May 19, 2011 5:50 AM CDT

Strauss-Kahn Resigns

Jailed IMF chief steps down with immediate effect

(Newser) - Dominique Strauss-Kahn has stepped down as director of the International Monetary Fund. Strauss-Kahn, who is being held in New York's Rikers Island prison on sexual assault charges, denied the charges against him but said he wanted to protect his family and the IMF, reports the New York Times . The...

Lawyer: Strauss-Kahn Maid Devastated, Has No Agenda

Victim 'had no idea who IMF chief was when she reported attack'

(Newser) - Dominique Strauss-Kahn's alleged attack on a hotel maid has had a "cataclysmic effect" on the 32-year-old immigrant's life, her lawyer tells the AP , and she's now in hiding from the media. And signs point to a life that hadn't been easy before she crossed paths...

IMF Chief On Suicide Watch
 IMF Chief On Suicide Watch 
May 18, 2011 1:40 AM CDT

IMF Chief On Suicide Watch

Dominique Strauss-Kahn has wing of Rikers Island to himself

(Newser) - It's a long way from the hotel suites he's used to, but Dominique Strauss-Kahn still has plenty of space to himself. The IMF chief is being held at Rikers Island on sexual assault charges in an empty 14-cell wing of the massive jail, reports AP . He has been...

Sobbing IMF Maid: Someone Did Something Bad to Me

Plus: Defense may argue sex was consensual

(Newser) - About an hour after her alleged sexual assault at the hands of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the hotel maid involved in the case called her brother sobbing uncontrollably, he says, telling him: “Somebody did something really bad to me." Now, her older brother says, the 32-year-old west African immigrant, reportedly...

Strauss-Kahn Lover Felt Coerced Into Having Affair

Strauss-Kahn's 2008 fling with subordinate Piroska Nagy under fresh scrutiny

(Newser) - Dominique Strauss-Kahn's arrest on sexual assault charges has put an old affair under new scrutiny. The IMF chief had a fling at the height of the financial crisis with Piroska Nagy, a married, Hungarian-born economist. The IMF's board concluded that the 2008 affair was consensual and cleared its...

Dominique Strauss-Kahn Moved to Rikers Island
 IMF Chief Sent to Rikers Island 
May 17, 2011 12:03 AM CDT

IMF Chief Sent to Rikers Island

Dominique Strauss-Kahn denied bail

(Newser) - Accused sex attacker Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been denied bail and is now being held in New York City's notorious Rikers Island prison. The IMF chief, accused of sexually assaulting a hotel employee , will be in protective custody at the prison complex until his next court appearance on Friday, reports...

IMF Boss Picked in Sex Attack Lineup

DNA evidence collected from 'great seducer' Dominique Strauss-Kahn

(Newser) - The Manhattan hotel maid accusing IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault picked him out of a police lineup yesterday, reports the New York Times . Strauss-Kahn was taken to the Manhattan Special Victims Unit in East Harlem where DNA evidence was collected from his skin and beneath his fingernails, authorities...

IMF Head Charged in Hotel Sex Attack

Dominique Strauss-Kahn charged with attempted rape, unlawful imprisonment

(Newser) - IMF chief/would-be French presidential contender Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested and charged with criminal sexual act, attempted rape, and unlawful imprisonment today following yesterday's alleged attack on a maid in the $3,000-a-night NYC hotel suite Strauss-Kahn had been staying in. An NYPD rep says the 32-year-old maid "told...

Head of IMF in Custody for Alleged Sexual Assault

Dominique Strauss-Kahn removed from Air France flight to Paris

(Newser) - The head of the IMF has been taken into custody by New York City police and is being questioned in connection with the sexual assault of a hotel maid. An NYPD rep says Dominique Strauss-Kahn was pulled off an Air France flight to Paris this afternoon at JFK after he...

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