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Friday 1 July 2011

Room Service

With the sex assault case against Dominique Strauss Khan on the verge of collapse it looks like the soul searching it invoked on how Frenchmen treat women will only be temporary.
Having been made to resign from his job as head of the International Monetary Fund after being accused of attempted rape and and forcing his victim to give him oral sex the " compelling and unwavering " victim seems to be less convincing as prosecutors and defence lawyers begin to unravel major flaws in her credibility.
What will be interesting to see is the lawsuits that would inevitably follow if the case collapsed.
The City of New York , the various police departments concerned  the State Prosecutors office and no doubt the media outlets world wide that rushed to condemn the man before he was tried will all be entangled in what would be a multi million dollar lawsuit.
No doubt he had sex with her as his lawyers argued that the sex was consensual and not forced.
Now whether he can make a political comeback as France's  leading candidate to take on Sarkozy will be interesting to see. In the meantime there will be many insurance firms quaking in their boots as they contemplate the enormous payouts should the charges be dropped.
Nice to see the universe has a way of correcting itself.

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