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New York Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s reputation with women earned him the nickname “the great seducer,” and not even an affair with a subordinate could knock the International Monetary Fund leader off a political path pointed in the direction of the French presidency. All that changed with charges that he sexually assaulted a maid in his hotel room, a case that generated shock and revulsion, especially in his home country. Police said the maid picked Strauss-Kahn out of a lineup. Unless the charges are quickly dropped, they could destroy his chances in a presidential race that is just starting to heat up. An arraignment expected Sunday night was postponed until today. Strauss-Kahn’s lawyer William Taylor said testing for evidence delayed the arraignment. “Our client willingly consented to a scientific and forensic examination,” Taylor said. Strauss-Kahn is “tired, but he’s fine.” The IMF, which plays a key role in efforts to control the European debt crisis, named an acting leader and said it remains “fully functioning and operational” despite Saturday’s arrest of its managing director. A second lawyer for Strauss-Kahn, Benjamin Brafman, told The Associated Press that his client will plead not guilty. He and another lawyer went in and out of the Harlem police precinct where Strauss-Kahn was being held early Sunday afternoon and declined to answer reporters’ questions until the arraignment. “He intends to vigorously defend these charges and he denies any wrongdoing,” Brafman said Sunday night. Brafman is one of the city’s most high-profile defense attorneys. His clients have included mobsters and such celebrities as Sean “P. Diddy” Combs and ex-New York Giants star Plaxico Burress. Strauss-Kahn, 62, was arrested less than four hours after the alleged assault, plucked from first class on a Paris-bound Air France flight that was just about to leave the gate at John F. Kennedy International Airport. The white-haired, well-dressed, thrice-married father of four was alone when he checked into the luxury Sofitel hotel, not far from Manhattan’s Times Square, on Friday afternoon, police said. It wasn’t clear why he was in New York. The IMF is based in Washington, and he had been due in Germany on Sunday to meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel. The 32-year-old maid told authorities that when she entered his spacious, $3,000-a-night suite early Saturday afternoon, she thought it was unoccupied. Instead, Strauss-Kahn emerged from the bathroom naked, chased her down a hallway and pulled her into a bedroom, where he sexually assaulted her, New York Police Department spokesman Paul J. Browne said. The woman told police she fought him off, but then he dragged her into the bathroom, where he forced her to perform oral sex on him and tried to remove her underwear. The woman was able to break free again, escaped the room and told hotel staff what had happened, authorities said. Strauss-Kahn was gone by the time detectives arrived moments later. He left his cellphone behind. “It looked like he got out of there in a hurry,” Browne said. The NYPD discovered he was at JFK and contacted officials at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs the airport. Port Authority police officers arrested him. The maid was taken by police to a hospital and was treated for minor injuries. Stacy Royal, a spokeswoman for Sofitel, said the hotel’s staff was cooperating in the investigation and that the maid “has been a satisfactory employee of the hotel for the past three years.” Strauss-Kahn was arrested on charges of a criminal sex act, attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment. Authorities were looking for any forensic evidence and DNA.
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Optužbe koje je tužitelj u New Yorku u ponedjeljak podigao protiv Dominiquea Strauss-Kahna krajnje su ozbiljne i mogu voditi do velike zatvorske kazne za čelnika Međunarodnog monetarnog fonda (MMF) bude li proglašen krivim za jednu od glavnih optužbi, izvijestio je u utorak dnevnik The Wall Street Journal 'Tužitelji su sastavili optužbe najteže što je moguće', rekao je za WSJ Daniel Horwitz, kazneni odvjetnik i bivši tužitelj u New Yorku. 'To je stvarno najgori mogući scenarij' za optuženog, dodao je. U ponedjeljak je državno odvjetništvo u New Yorku podnijelo optužnicu sa sedam točaka protiv Strauss-Kahna, slijedom navodnog subotnjeg pokušaja silovanja 32-godišnje sobarice hotela Sofitela na Manhattanu. Optužbe uključuju dvije točke za prvi stupanj kažnjivog seksualnog djela. Ta optužba, u New Yorku poznata kao 'nasilan zločin B klase', nosi obaveznu zatvorsku kaznu do 25 godina. Strauss-Kahnov odvjetnik Benjamin Brafman najavio je da će se njegov klijent izjasniti da nije kriv. U ponedjeljak je sutkinja newyorškog kaznenog suda Melissa Jackson odbila prijedlog obrane da Strauss-Kahna osobodi uz jamčevinu od milijun dolara, te ga vratila natrag u pritvor gdje će ostati najmanje do kraja tjedna. U ponedjeljak popodne Strauss-Kahn je premješten u zatvor na otoku Rikers u New Yorku. 'Jedino što je ovdje razmatram ... postoji li kod vašeg klijenta stvarna opasnost od bijega', rekla je Jackson tijekom rasprave. 'Kada sam čula da je vaš klijent bio u zračnoj luci JFK, da se ukrcao na let, to otvara neka pitanja', dodala je. Čelnik MMF-a u subotu je uhićen u zrakoplovu koji je trebao poletjeti iz New Yorka za Pariz. Brafman je rekao na tiskovnoj konferenciji da razmatra mogućnost žalbe na rješenje o jamčevini. Tužitelji sada imaju nekoliko dana da se sazove velika porota i donese formalnu optužnicu protiv Strauss-Kahna. Ako ga optuži velika porota, predmet će se premjestiti drugome sucu u New Yorku, a Strauss-Kahn i njegovi odvjetnici dobit će još jednu priliku tražiti da se brani sa slobode. Odvjetnici su u ponedjeljak ocijenili neobičnim za suca u New Yorku da odbije jamčevinu. 'Ali to ne čudi s obzirom na okolnosti', izjavio je za WSJ Paul Shechtman, kazneni odvjetnik u New Yorku. 'On je imućna i utjecajna osoba, a ako ga izgubite odlaskom natrag u Francusku, možda ga nikad nećete vratiti', dodao je, pozivajući se na opću nesklonost Francuske da izručuje svoje državljane. 'To je recept da se nekoga zadrži'. Ipak, odvjetnici kažu da mogu zamisliti situaciju u kojoj bi Strauss-Kahnu bilo dozvoljeno da ostane u stanu na Manhattanu pod strogim nadzorom, koji bi možda sam plaćao. 'Mislim da će tražiti način za kućni pritvor', rekao je Shechtman. Nakon toga bit će određen datum suđenja, a prema newyorškim zakonima većina kaznenih suđenja mora se održati u roku od šest mjeseci od dana uhićenja. Do sada se prema Strauss-Kahnu ponašalo prilično čvrsto, rekli su odvjetnici, dodajući kako to nije neobično s obzirom na optužbe. 'Državno odvjetništvo uzima seksualne zločine vrlo ozbiljno', rekao je Horwitz, koji se osvrnuo i na prilično stroge kazne za najteže optužbe protiv Strauss-Kahna. 'Sve nose obavezne kazne zatvora', rekao je, dodajući da bi kaznu u slučaju osude vjerojatno služio u zatvorskom objektu srednje ili maksimalne sigurnosti. To je sustav države New York, u njemu nema zatvora poluotovorenog tipa, kazao je Horowitz. - Sviđa vam se članak? Preporučite ga prijateljima putem ovih servisa: Pošaljite mailom