Since DSK's defense appears to be a claim of consensual sex, his lawyers' only strategy for a win is to completely damage the alleged victim's credibility and put her on trial instead of the accused. Once consensual sex is claimed, it's down to a "he-said, she-said" situation; the medical report doesn't help her much. The jury has to believe that he is guilty "beyond a reasonable doubt." Leaking all sorts of damaging allegations about her makes it easier to brand her as a liar and a lowlife unworthy of sympathy. It doesn't help matters that the prosecution itself has questioned her credibility due to false statements she made when she was filing for asylum in the US, etc. The attempt to recast her image from "hardworking widow and single mother of one" to "prostitute" obviously works to the defense's benefit. A troubling insinuation in the NYPost hit piece is that a prostitute cannot possibly be raped. Even if she is telling the truth about what happened at the Sofitel, any jury will have "reasonable doubts" if she appears to be a habitual liar (based on false asylum claims, etc). DSK may well be guilty and walk because a jury has reasonable doubts. She may face deportation, no matter the outcome of the court case, given the prosecution's assertions about her asylum claims being false.
At the end of the day, I think only the two of them will ever know what truly transpired.
Lola
From: "Emeagwali, Gloria (History)" <emeagwali@mail.ccsu.edu>
To: "usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com" <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 3, 2011 6:58 PM
Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - The latest allegations in the New York Post surrounding the DSK Affair
The alleged rape victim would have to be a total idiot to engage in prostitution
under the watch of the DA.
We all know that in many African communities, when someone lost a loved one or suffered
some setback, including rape, gifts would be showered on the victim in sympathy.
The person would be visited by all and sundry in the community.
The victim could actually receive lots of gifts, including jewelry.
The New York Muslim community is very united and usually rally
around members of the community in times of disaster and tragedy,
so this would be an expected pattern of behavior.
The DSK prosecution seems to be going overboard, in an attempt to damage the woman's credibility.
It seems to me that her innocence or guilt hinges on the medical report rather than these wild
allegations.
GE
emeagwali@ccsu.edu<mailto:emeagwali@ccsu.edu>
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NewYork Post
Maid 'laid' low as DA paid for digs<http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/she_laid_low_as_da_paid_for_digs_8Udq6nhQaHaC4KOOfkctpI>
By BRAD HAMILTON and LARRY CELONA
Last Updated: 7:16 AM, July 3, 2011
Posted: 1:06 AM, July 3, 2011
She was turning tricks on the taxpayers' dime!
The Sofitel <http://www.nypost.com/t/Sofitel> maid who accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of a sex attack in his suite
wasn't just a hotel hooker -- she continued to work as a prostitute in a Brooklyn hotel
where she was stashed by prosecutors, The Post has learned.
The so-called victim, whose web of lies has crippled the Manhattan DA's case against
the former International Monetary Fund <http://www.nypost.com/t/International_Monetary_Fund> boss, played host to a parade of paying male
visitors in the weeks after Strauss-Kahn's arrest, a prosecution source said.
"While she was under our supervision, there were multiple 'dates' and encounters
at the hotel on the DA's dime," the source said of her paid hotel room.
"That's a great deal for her. She doesn't have to cover her expenses."
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/she_laid_low_as_da_paid_for_digs_8Udq6nhQaHaC4KOOfkctpI#ixzz1R5xYGP9D
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