Dominique Strauss-Kahn is released
Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- After a scandal-like court revelation about an accuser's lack of honesty in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexual assault case the “Great Seducer” is free to go home. Prosecutors agreed to free Dominique Strauss-Kahn on own recognizance.
According to Bloomberg, "Prosecutors agreed to release former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on his own recognizance, two people familiar with the matter said."
Interest surrounding the scandal reached a fever pitch Friday when a New York judge released Strauss-Kahn from house arrest after prosecutors presented evidence questioning the credibility of his accuser.
So former IMF head and leading French politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn is freed from house arrest which costed him $50,000/month Tribeca townhouse.
The controversial maid, in addition to her cleaning duties, was allegedly "collecting cash on the side from male guests" at the Sofitel and was a part of a larger prostitution racket.
Also, less than two days after the alleged victim said the attack occurred; she spoke over the phone with a boyfriend in an Arizona immigration jail in a recorded conversation in dialect of Fulani. The translation of her words is this one "Don't worry, this guy has a lot of money. I know what I'm doing."
Despite maid’s claiming that her only source of income was the Sofitel hotel, authorities found bank records "showing deposits of thousands of dollars in Arizona, Georgia, New York, and Pennsylvania" in her name.
"She was getting deposits of several thousands of dollars at a time from people she knew, potentially involved in drug dealing," the source told CNN.
Strauss-Kahn's lawyers said the alleged victim told "substantial lies about her own background and the facts of this case."
It appears to leaves the felony case against Strauss-Kahn seriously undermined, despite DNA evidence of sexual contact recovered from the hotel suite. The indictment and charges against Strauss-Kahn, 62, still stand.
The judge said authorities will continue to withhold the French financier's passport, but that he is free to travel in the United States.
"That was true the day it happened and it is true today," said the woman's attorney, Kenneth Thompson.
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