Dominique Strauss Kahn

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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...

Strauss-Kahn Expected to Attack Maid's Character

Defense team says it has info that discredits accuser

(Newser) - A merciless attack on the character of his accuser is likely to be the centerpiece of Dominique Strauss-Kahn's defense against sexual assault charges, legal experts tell the Wall Street Journal. His lawyers—who are expected to launch a consensual sex defense —will be looking at everything the 32-year-old...

IMF Has Many Ethics Rules ... for the Little Guys Only

Guidelines really don't apply to top brass

(Newser) - The IMF has gotten tough on ethics over the last four years—well, ethics as they apply to the little guys. In a look at its ethics policy in the wake of Dominique Strauss-Kahn's arrest, the New York Times reports that the fund has tightened the internal methods it...

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...

Christine Lagarde, Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Likely Successor, Is Also His Antithesis: Maureen Dowd
 DSK's Likely 
 Successor Is 
 His Antithesis 
MAUREEN DOWD
May 29, 2011 11:30 AM CDT

DSK's Likely Successor Is His Antithesis

Christine Lagarde would signal a new era at the IMF

(Newser) - If Dominique Strauss-Kahn presided over a testosterone-fueled, gray-suit clad world of international finance, then it is perhaps no small irony that it's poised to get a zebra-print breath of fresh air in the form of his likely successor. New York Times scribe Maureen Dowd writes a glowing profile of...

Take a Tour of DSK's Über-Luxe 'Jail'

Could Dominique Strauss-Kahn's house arrest be any more splendiferous?

(Newser) - You have to see it to believe it. Former IMF boss and accused sex attacker Dominique Strauss-Kahn is doing "confinement" the way only a fallen world leader could— under house arrest with a spa, movie theater, granite-countered kitchen, and a giant terrace with a spectacular view of Manhattan. As...

IMF Chief Wannabe: I'm 'Firm When People Are Bastards'

Christine Lagarde aims to take over for Strauss-Kahn

(Newser) - With Dominique Strauss-Kahn otherwise engaged , the IMF needs a new boss—and France’s finance minister is planning a world tour to prove she’s best for the job. Christine Lagarde will stop in China, India, and Brazil to offer her platform, which focuses on giving emerging countries more say...

Strauss-Kahn Moves to Fancy Tribeca Townhouse

'Not much he can do' ... except hang out in private theater, gym, spa

(Newser) - If it weren’t for that pesky electronic bracelet, Dominique Strauss-Kahn would be living the good life: The Tribeca townhouse he just moved into has its own theater, gym, and spa, sources tell the Guardian . The former IMF boss landed at the 6,800-square-foot red brick house yesterday after a...

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...

France's Finance Minister Announces Bid to Head IMF

Christine Lagarde will seek to replace Dominique Strauss-Kahn

(Newser) - French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, considered the frontrunner to replace Dominique Strauss-Kahn as head of the IMF, announced today she does in fact want the job. Lagarde is backed by many European countries including Germany and Britain . Yesterday, developing nations issued a statement urging the IMF to abandon its longtime...

Strauss-Kahn Pals Offered to Pay Off Accuser's Kin

Plus: IMF head allegedly told victim: 'Don't you know who I am?'

(Newser) - Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s friends are reportedly hoping enough money can convince the maid he allegedly raped to drop the case—but because she’s in protective custody, they’ve instead made the pitch to her extended family, who live in an impoverished West African village, a French businesswoman close to...

Strauss-Kahn's DNA on Maid's Clothes

Lawyers have no comment as yet

(Newser) - Dominique Strauss-Kahn's semen has been found on the clothing worn by the New York City hotel maid who accuses him of sexual assault, reports the New York Post. The finding wouldn't necessarily refute Strauss-Kahn's claim that the sexual contact was consensual, but his attorneys have not yet...

Strauss-Kahn Saga Would Make Great Movie

Would tell the tale of 'crisis of European dream': Ross Douthat

(Newser) - Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s story might seem like Law & Order fodder, but it would actually make for a “sprawling, complex, kaleidoscope-of-globalization” movie—something along the lines of Traffic or Babel, writes Ross Douthat, who summarizes the plot as he sees it in the New York Times . It would tell...

Strauss-Kahn Hit On Hotel Receptionist

The next morning, sobbing maid tells of alleged rape

(Newser) - Accused sex attacker and former IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn was apparently a man on a mission the week he was charged with the attempted rape of a New York hotel maid . Just after he checked into his $3,000-a-night Sofitel suite he called the hotel receptionist and asked her to...

Britain, Germany Back Lagarde as New IMF Boss

French finance minister appears to be the frontrunner

(Newser) - When it comes to replacing Dominique Strauss-Kahn at the IMF, French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde appears to be the leading candidate. Britain and Germany are the latest in the chorus of countries calling for her to replace fellow Frenchman Strauss-Kahn, who resigned last week amid charges of sexual assault. German...

Anne Sinclair, Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Wife, Is a Formidable Force Standing By Her Man
 Behind Strauss-Kahn, 
 a Formidable Wife 
PROFILE
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...

Dominique Strauss-Kahn Is Released From Rikers on $1M Bail
Strauss-Kahn Released
From Rikers
May 20, 2011 5:43 PM CDT

Strauss-Kahn Released From Rikers

Also: He invited hotel receptionist to his room before alleged assault

(Newser) - It took a little longer than expected , but Dominique Strauss-Kahn is free on bail. The former IMF chief left Rikers this afternoon, reports CNN . He will stay in one location in New York City for a few days, then move to a longer-term site. Strauss-Kahn put up $1 million cash...

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...

Harassment Rampant at IMF, Say Female Employees

Strauss-Kahn arrest dredges up more grievances

(Newser) - Dominique Strauss-Kahn wasn’t the only womanizer at the IMF. The bank’s executives are so notorious around the office that many female employees avoid wearing skirts lest they attract undue attention, the New York Times reports. IMF rules specifically allowed romance between employees until earlier this month, and employees...

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...

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