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Gonzalo Fuentes / Reuters
Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn leaves his apartment in Paris, Monday. He was not required to appear at the hearing in New York.
A New York City hotel worker has settled a civil lawsuit she filed against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, whom she accused of sexual assault, a New York judge said on Monday.
The agreement ends a legal saga that began when Nafissatou Diallo, 33, told police that Strauss-Kahn attacked her in his suite at the Sofitel Hotel in Manhattan on May 14, 2011. Her suit alleged that a naked Strauss-Kahn emerged from the bathroom in his $3,000-a-night suite and forced her to perform oral sex.
Bronx Supreme Court Justice Douglas McKeon announced the two sides had reached a deal to end the litigation, but said details of the settlement, including the amount of any damages to be paid to Diallo, will not be made public.
The scandal forced Strauss-Kahn to resign his post as head of one of the world's most influential international finance organizations and wrecked his hopes of running for president in his native France. Prosecutors initially expressed confidence in the evidence, including DNA that showed a sexual encounter. But they dropped the criminal case in August 2011 after developing concerns about Diallo's credibility, including what they said were inconsistencies in her account of what happened immediately following the incident.
Accusers in such cases often hide from the media glare, and many media outlets protect their identities by not revealing their names.
But Diallo, the daughter of an imam from Guinea, broke her silence in July 2011, while the criminal investigation was still active, revealing her identity in interviews to Newsweek and ABC News.
She filed her civil lawsuit just weeks before the charges were dismissed, claiming he forced her to perform oral sex and caused her physical and emotional damage.
Strauss-Kahn, 63, filed a countersuit earlier this year against Diallo for defamation. He has said the sexual encounter was consensual but has admitted it was a "moral error."
The resolution of the civil case brings Strauss-Kahn closer to ending his legal troubles, which have persisted since his return to France after the initial incident.
Strauss-Kahn is awaiting a decision by a French court on his request to halt an inquiry to determine whether he should stand trial on pimping charges related to sex parties attended by him and by prostitutes.
He has quietly begun to resume his career in recent months, delivering speeches at private conferences and setting up a consulting firm in Paris.
Strauss-Kahn was not required to appear personally in court in New York, but the judge ordered Diallo to be present.
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That sucks
Poor Dominick. There was nothing religiously oriented about this episode. He was caught being the sexual miscreant/predator he has always been and had no real defense, other than to accuse the woman he attacked. There were absolutely no religious references used during the entire case. You, moshe, seem to have a burr under your saddle about something, but it has nothing to do with Dominick and the fact he got caught with his pants down -- literally.
@moshe moshe
I have no doubt that he was set up for the accuser's personal gain. But give me a break, the guy is clearly a scumbag anyway.
Once again this sexual predator uses his money to avoid responsibility for his actions. If this had been the only claim of this type against him I might have bee willing to believe that it was a setup and this woman was just looking for a payoff. However, there have been far too many women, including professional women who have come forward and made accusations against him. Several have accused him of using his previous positions to extort them into having sex with him against their will. Strauss-Kahn is nothing more than a sexual predator and deviant who belongs behind bars, not making speeches to conferences for huge speaking fees. Even the fact that the judge required the woman to be present in court but not Strauss-Kahn show that there are two justice systems, one for the rich and one for everyone else. The judge had no business requiring only one party to attend the hearing, it should have been both of them or neither. Unfortunately this judge, just like Strauss-Kahn, will suffer no consequences for his actions. What he did was unacceptable in granting special dispensation to Strauss-Kahn that he not have to attend the hearing and he should be removed from the bench for demonstrating this blatant bias.
Have we all forgotten he was arrested in France for dealing with a prostitution ring soon after. So just maybe he was NOT falsely accused. He is an old ugly fat man.
The Prosecutors had sufficient knowledge of this grifter's lies to drop the charges against DSK, as well as audio tapes of her plotting and scheming with her jailed boyfriend to shake DSK down for mega Euros, and they were also well of her notorious and well-documented history of lies (for example, to U.S. immigration officials, etc.). So, it is certainly disappointing that he is settling with her to eliminate this nuisance. Malheureusement, indeed!
scam job? with all his money he can get a hell of alot better looking pro for his encounters. im not buying her story! but i quess he is.
Only those two know what went down in that room. However, a position as head of the world bank, a potential French presidency, and who knows what sum of money sound like a steep price for a blow job.
At least I hope it was the best one he's ever had and that he enjoyed it thoroughly.
In the article it states:
Apparently some of you missed it.
He was guilty but the prosecutor didn't believe the woman, so the criminal charges were dropped. So now he settled the civil suit.
JM-1992894
LOL...so do I.
I know there is some truth to the story given the history of the guy. However, I would still like to know how a grown person can be forced to perform a blow job. I would think that a threatening weapon would have to be present, otherwise, the temptation to bite the bl00dy thing would be too much to ignore.
Yes? No?
"set up?"
No one forced this pervert to engage in sex. No one forced Strauss to commit a lewd act that was wrong.
If this wealthy aberration was "Joe average," he would be in prison. Strauss walked away with his freedom. He should consider himself spared. Unless they are criminally guilty, "the accused rich" do not agree to pay out financial settlements. Thus, he is guilty in more than the court of public opinion.
Only in America can losers like this get rich framing a wealthy man.
Phil, what is your explanation for Strauss' history of sexually aggressive behavior against women?
The "loser" is Strauss. He is a "man" with significant wealth. Yet, his money has failed to keep him from becoming a pervert and a predator in society. Hopefully, his American victim received a large financial settlement. Because of his continued unwanted sexual advances, he should also be made to handsomely pay his victims in France.
Nice. For the accused...life as normal, "just go about your business, we'll handle it for you". The victim...forced to be there for someone that obviously thinks they are not even worth their time.
are you really that stupid?
At the end of the day, the so called "victim" is now gone from a street person to a rich woman overnight through no effort of her own.........and she goes on about her life, completely protected against any recompense for having ruined a man's career and reputation with no actual evidence of any kind , other than saying "oh, it wasn't consensual" (well any woman can say that any day of the week about her boyfriend or new acquantaince - if it were that easy, we'd all be rapists!)
and yet HE now has sacrificed his career, reputation and life and ALMOST his freedom, even though he was never convicted of anything and indeed, no evidence to support any accusation!
arguesforsport,
Don't you know that the "important people" should not have their time tied up in court, even when guilty of a crime? Shame on you!
Ah, the golden rule. He with the gold rules. If you are rich enough you can get away with almost anything.
If he was not guilty, why did he settle?
Why did Michael Jackson pay off a 12-year-old $25,000,000 (Yep, the amount to keep the kid's mouth shut finally was revealed) if MJ was 'INNOCENT' of any sexual misconduct?? $25 mil is an awful lot of money for someone to pay who 'believes' they did NOTHING wrong....... But, I am sure the Chambermaid did NOT receive even 10 percent of $25 mil.
That is a fault I find in many guys. A b-job is not worth your whole career. There is a girl at a bar down the street that looks enough like the girl that is cleaning your room that you can talk into doing that for you.
These people are poor not cattle you can't just spring out of the bathroom and shove your thing down their throat.
I guess the wrath of Kahn cost himself some good money.
Strauss-Kahn is 63 years old, just look at him, kind of hard to imagine how he can physically force anyone into anything. And diallo's call to her imprisoned bf about milking this thing is not helping either.
SN Dream, I am having similar thoughts. He sure does not look like the fittest 63 year old.
Why is the illegal alien still in the country? She lied to get into the country.
That's right. She lied to get into the US so she should be deported, along with Obama's illegal Aunt and illegal Uncle. DSK is a lowlife scumbag but this was a set up to get money from him.
If you paid attention the DA's office had evidence of the accuser speaking to her boyfriend on the phone and basically telling him she has DSK on the hook and she is going to take him for what she can. That is why the criminal prosecution went nowhere. Civilly he didn't want to have to come back and with his bad reputation it would have been hard for him to win a case in that court so this lying tramp ends up getting paid. Either way the guy is a piece of crap so he deserves it.
Strauss-Kahn is just another turd floating in a bucket full of them.
Have we all forgotten he was arrested in France for dealing with a prostitution ring soon after. So just maybe he was NOT falsely accused. He is an old ugly fat man
So he finally paid for the sex. This would make him a John and her a prostitute.
Have we all forgotten he was arrested in France for dealing with a prostitution ring soon after. So just maybe he was NOT falsely accused. He is an old ugly fat man
Moshe Moshe (#1): I do hope you are joking! This guy is one of the sleaziest (Jewish or not; no anti-Semitism in this case) men I have ever read about. He has had numerous females call him out due to his misogynistic manners and acts. He has been in trouble before due to them. How his wife stays with him is beyond my way of thinking. I do hope the Chambermaid made out like a bandit and is enjoying her Christmas.
Happy Chanukah, Moshe, BTW. (I just happen to be Jewish, too.)
tss,
Sorry to burst your bubble, but Moshe Moshe is laughing his butt off at your gullibility.
Normally I wouldn't interfere, but since you fell for his hoax, hook, line, and sinker. I feel compelled to inform you that "Moshe Moshe" is not a Jew, but a diehard Muslim, who gets a thrill by pretending to be a Jew, typically in the guise of an Israeli.
A more appropriate pseudonym for Moshe Moshe is the Arabic version "Mousa Mousa"
Sent to you in good faith, and also to warn other unsuspecting bloggers who have not detected this childish display of Islamic taqqiya by Moshe Moshe. (Read previous posts by Moshe Moshe and note his Freudian slips)
moshe moshe
Salam. You know very well what I'm talking about. We know you are a Muslim. Stop playing the persecuted victim and stop your puerile masquerade in pretending to be a Jew. Your cover is blown and you are fooling no one except the gullible.
If you insist on denying your Islamic beliefs by pretending to be a Jew, then repeat after me:
"I, moshe moshe the Jew, hereby testify that Allah is not God and Muhammad was a false prophet"
Common now, let's have it verbatim, loud and clear, and without equivocation. But remember Muhammad and your Allah are listening and there are severe penalties in the after-life for those who betray Islam.
moshe moshe, merci beaucoup mon ami. Alors, I notice you are still squirming and evading the issue. For the second time, prove you are not a Jew by repeating after me:
"I testify Muhammad was a false prophet"
Common coward, just repeat it, or is it too heretical for a good Muslim such as your self.
Salam, monsieur le cretin.
No matter what he paid her, he got off cheap! No criminal charges and he can blithely continue to do his nasty deeds . . .
The number of Zeros would tell us if he did it or not...we'll never know. The idea that his enemies orchestrated this so that he isn't leading France now is one of those great conspiracies that I groove on.
ah yes, the american way....the quickest and easiest way for a woman to get rich in the u.s. is to claim sexual harassment or rape.....no evidence is needed, just have sex with the target, then claim it was rape. how many of these stories do we need?
is he scum? well sure (show me a political figure who isn't!) but this is clearly a money grab. if she didn't want to perform oral on him, she could have ended it quickly with one quick bite....DONE. and if she had done that, she would have proven she didn't want such activity, her story would have been believable and she would have won MILLIONS!!!!!!
the other way u.s. women *earn* their money is to marry a poor fool, then take him for everthing he is worth but that takes too much time.....what a sad sad place in which we live.
callingitlikeitis
I just wrote similar thoughts. As a female being forced into this performance, I sure would have bitten it...if there wasn't a weapon present. Of course, it is easy to say when one has not had the experience.
or even without the dramatic 'bite' thing (which will probably earn you a lot of ludicrous comments like "oh, but you don't realize - while you're being raped you're just to shocked to think straight" (even if it's a non-violent, coersion-only situation - yeah right!!)....So, but even without that, she could have screamed, resisted, or pretty much done ANYTHING that a person against whom a crime is being commited does.
And then been more believed.
But if someone is committing a crime against me, and I just stand there grinning and saying "you're wonderful", then a week later say hey - he committed a crime against me! well won't people think I'm a bit stupid and unbelievable? And so say we here!
SO SICK of women in this country thinking its cool & trendy to say everyone in the world attacked them. now in egypt they are trying to imitate US, by saying every guy who brushes against them is "brutally attacking them" - brutal my ass, if that's the case, I'm brutally attacked every single day in my elevator! but oh, wait - i'm not a woman, so I can't claim BS like that.........
Sleezy money grabbing bitch.
Let's see if the maid will have it made? Viva Viagra!
So the Assh*le got off because he has money and power...So you all believe it was the woman...what a bunch of sh*tholes you all are.
Another bogus rape claim. It is getting truly tiresome. Women running around claiming everybody and their brother "attacked" them. Gee, I wonder if someone has a new house on order now that she won the lottery?
Only in america is this "everyone raped me, now pay me a million bucks" crap going on.
Get over yourself women! if you're raped scream, if you don't you didn't get raped. and if that sounds harsh, well, think how you would feel if a man said you grabbed his crotch - only he said it 2 weeks later after getting pi$$ed off at you - wouldn't you think it a bit ridiculous and unfair - well - apply the same fair perspective to the other sex -
I'm glad he didn't go to jail, but it stings a little just that one more money grubbing woman got what she wanted - a little bit of it, anyway. And I'm glad REASON AND LOGIC PERSISTED and people refused to rush to judgment on the man with absolutely no evidence of any kind other than "she said".
In NO country in the world should "she said" be anything other than what it is, just completely 100% unsubstantiated whining.
Ya can't accuse every guy you have sex with of rape - GET USED TO IT :)
Too bad we let this woman in the country.Then she wouldn't have had to worry about being 'preyed upon'.She's American,right?
So if Strauss-Kahn was innocent, why was there a need to settle the civil lawsuit filed by the woman he supposedly raped?
headline should have been: "UNdocumented Prostitute HITS Jackpot! (DIALLO PayDay)"
What a disappointment the District Attorney was in this matter. Who bought off the prosecutor's office? Isn't there anything that will bring down this creep? Most of his money belongs to his wife who has separated from him. Is she still supporting him and paying his lawsuits? Both are losers. Wonder if his four daughters are proud of their daddy and his sexual criminal behavior. What to tell the grandchildren? Hmmmm, interesting. Strauss-Kahn has lying down to a science. I hope the French do not let him off. He would look great in stripes with bars for windows.
DSK - just another male chauvinist pig sexual predator who basically got away with a slap on the hand! However much he paid the woman is nothing- he should have gone to prison.