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| Dominique Strauss-Kahn faces further claim of sexual assault |
| 2011-05-16 |
| By this time next year, Dominique Strauss-Kahn might well have been president of France. The 62-year-old was by far the most popular choice to be the Socialist presidential candidate, and he was the only contender seen as capable of unseating Nicolas Sarkozy. But now his plan to run for the Elysée Palace appears to be in ruins, even without resolution of the New York case, after further allegations against him were broadcast on French television on Sunday night. A local official of the Socialist party claimed that Strauss-Kahn had attacked her daughter, who is goddaughter to Strauss-Kahn's second wife, in 2002. Tristane Banon was in her 20s and writing a book when she approached Strauss-Kahn for an interview in 2002. In a TV programme in 2007, in which Strauss-Kahn's name had been bleeped out, Banon allegedly described him as a "rutting chimpanzee" and described how she was forced to fight him off. "It finished badly … very violently … I kicked him," Banon said. "When we were fighting, I mentioned the word 'rape' to make him afraid, but it didn't have any effect. I managed to get out." Banon consulted a lawyer, but did not press charges. "I didn't want to be known to the end of my days as the girl who had a problem with the politician." |
| Posted by:Zebulon Thranter9685 |
| #3 Gotta wonder where she kicked him. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-05-16 13:48 |
| #2 Droit de siegneur? That's so Marriage of Figaro! I have another custom in mind. |
| Posted by: Perfesser 2011-05-16 10:48 |
| #1 I guess the custom of droit de seigneur is alive and well among EUro elites. |
| Posted by: gr(o)mgoru 2011-05-16 02:11 |
