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Strauss-Kahn Going To Trial Charged With 6 Counts Of Sexual AssaultKatya Wachtel | May 19, 2011, 4:02 PM | 743 | commentHere's the official indictment against former IMF Chief, Dominique Strauss-Kahn.You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginYou are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginYou are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginYou are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginHe will now face trial.He's been charged with 7 counts: 1. COUNTS ONE AND TWO: 2 criminal sexual acts in the first degree 2. COUNT THREE: An attempt to commit the crime of rape in the first degree 3. COUNT FOUR: Sexual abuse in the first degree 4. COUNT FIVE: Unlawful imprisonment in the second degree 5. COUNT SIX: Sexual abuse in the third degree 6. COUNT SEVEN: Forcible touching
Ex-CIA PR Firm Crafts Strauss-Kahn's Comeback StrategyCourtney Comstock | May 23, 2011, 5:10 PM | 891 | comment 7Dominique Strauss-Kahn's defense strategy is being intensely speculated about now that he is out on bail.Of course through his lawyer, he is denying all charges of attempted rape, but now there are some more specifics detailing how he might back up those claims.A Yahoo blog, the Envoy, heard from a source a French source involved in past French Socialist campaigns that DSK's new PR strategy might include methods such as: * Attacking the credibility of the 32-year-old West African-born hotel maid * Contending that any sexual activity was consensual * Playing up Muslim and Jewish tensions (the maid is reportedly Muslim, and Strauss-Kahn is Jewish)And the former IMF chief is now informally working with a Washington-based PR firm founded by former CIA officers, says Reuters.The fact that he's consulting with former CIA agents might ignite speculation that DSK believes there is a plot against him (like he suggested to the French magazine Liberation a month ago). However Reuters says that DSK's dealings with the PR firm are informal.The company, TD International, has done business with DSK in the past. It is the same PR company that DSK hired in 2007 when he made a push to become head of the IMF. It was founded by William Green, a former CIA agent. DSK's representatives are said to have contacted the firm after his arrest last weekend, merely to ask for advice.
DSK Will Get At Least $250,000 Per Year For Life From The IMF*Courtney Comstock | May 19, 2011, 4:52 PM | 1,466 | comment 13UPDATE: A spokesman for the IMF says we have grossly over-exaggerated the amount Kahn will receive. The number looks about right to us (assuming that DSK doesn't work again), based on his contract with the IMF. FYI, we got $250,000 from CNBC, which cited something said in court yesterday.Add this to the reasons DSK life was fabulous:He will get at least $250,000 per year as part of his contract. The details of his IMF compensation contract emerged in DSK's court hearing today, where he was indicted and granted bail (he will be released tomorrow).These pay terms were in his original contract.The IMF says it is contractually obliged to pay the pension now that he is resigned.
The Fabulous Life Of Dominique Strauss-Kahn (Before He Was Arrested) DSK's riches come from a couple of places: * A series of well-paying jobs: Deputy Commissioner of the Economic Planning Agency; Deputy (Member of Parliament) to the National Assembly; Minister of Industry and International Trade; corporate lawyer; economics professor at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris; member of the French National Assembly; visiting professor at Stanford; personal advisor to the Secretary General of the OECD; Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry of France (he managed the launch of the Euro). * The IMF: $420,930 in tax free salary from the IMF. (Plus $75,350 as a "cost of living" supplement from the IMF.) * His wife: Anne Sinclair is the granddaughter of Paul Rosenberg, a famous art dealer who had represented Picasso, for example. His (now part of it is Sinclair's) collection is rumored to have paintings stolen by the Nazis.
Former IMF Worker Describes The Situation For Women At The IMF: "It's Sort Of Like Pirates Of The Caribbean"Katya Wachtel | May 20, 2011, 2:41 PM | 1,363 | comment 2A former IMF economists compared the sitation to Pirates of the Caribbean. Eek.With the arrest of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn this week, it's not just the man himself that's been thrown under a very uncomplimentary spotlight.The IMF as an organization is now being harshly scrutinized.Does it ignore complaints about sexual intimidation?If DSK is guilty of the sex crimes of which he's accused, can the IMF's (alleged) laissez-faire attitude to harassment be blamed at all?According to the New York Times, women who have worked for the IMF said it's a place "whose sexual norms and customs are markedly different from those of Washington, leaving its female employees vulnerable to harassment." One of the IMF's former economists, a woman called Carmen Reinhart compared the situation to everyone's favorite buccaneer flick, 'Pirates of the Caribbean.'"The IMF is "sort of like ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’; the rules are more like guidelines. That sets the stage, I think, for more risk-taking," she said.MiniskirtImage: Michael Mulvey via FlickrAnd apparently,Some women avoid wearing skirts for fear of attracting unwanted attention. Others trade whispered tips about overly forward bosses.A 2008 internal review found few restraints on the conduct of senior managers, concluding that “the absence of public ethics scandals seems to be more a consequence of luck than good planning and action."(We thought we should point out that we believe that the IMF isn't the only institution in which women wouldn't wear tight clothing to avoid wolf-whistling and the like. Not that that makes it excusable, we're just saying -- that would be a widespread practice across the corporate world).The examples of overlooking harassment were: * In 2007 the IMF refused to look into a complaint by an administrative assistant who'd slept with her supervisor. She said he'd given her bad performance reviews to "pressure her to continue the relationship." * In 2009, the IMF didn't take action after a woman complained that a senior manager had been sending her sexually explicit emails.The IMF said that that type of negligence doesn't happen anymore and they've changed their policies to make sure of that.In an email, IMF spokesman, William Murray, said of the Times' portrayal, "This is not the Fund we know and work in. Is it a perfect place? No. But this report creates an impression of institutionalized harassment and disrespect. That is not the case. Harassment is not tolerated in the institution."That was backed up by the former director of the fiscal affairs department, Teresa Ter-Minassian, who had worked there for almost 40 years. She said she'd never once experienced harassment.
Strauss Kahn isn't the "good guy". This is just the evil ones destoying each other for power...and they will do everything for that.