His lawyers hope to convince the jury that the sight of his porcine naked body emerging from the bathroom of his suite inflamed the loins of the 32 year old woman so much that she threw down her dust cloth and agreed (or offered) to have relations with him. When he refused to pay her afterwards, he says, she cried rape.
Hmm.
Let's imagine he is telling the truth (I know it's hard, but try to go with it) and the woman offered or allowed herself to be used by the man known in France as "the seducer." Suppose she did indeed ask for money afterwards. Why wouldn't a man known to frequent escort services just go ahead and pay her?
He wants the jury to believe this woman who didn't even know his name knew he was the head of the International Monetary Fund and possibly the next president of France, and therefore attempted to blackmail him.
Maybe his version of events would convince some people if he had not also tried to attack journalist Tristane Banon, the goddaughter of his second wife, several years ago (she described him as behaving "like a rutting chimpanzee"). Or if a few hired escorts had not described him as "very aggressive." Or if two receptionists at the Sofitel had not claimed he invited them to his room for a drink. Or if he had not left the hotel in such a hurry that he forgot his cell phone. You know how we all depend on those.
The French were incensed that he was pictured in handcuffs after his arrest. It was not dignified for a man of his stature, they cried. Personally, I found it more dignified than imagining him naked, chasing a traumatized chambermaid around his suite. Don't you agree? But the French do have a different view of these things.
France and Italy have a long- standing rivalry about which country has the better cuisine, lovers, women. An Italian friend compared French Strauss-Kahn to Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, also involved in a sex scandal (see Bunga-Bunga and Other Village News, April 23, 2011):
"At least Berlusconi does not force himself on women! If he wants to make boom-boom with a woman he seduces her or he pays her!"
Hmm.
He wants the jury to believe this woman who didn't even know his name knew he was the head of the International Monetary Fund and possibly the next president of France, and therefore attempted to blackmail him.
Maybe his version of events would convince some people if he had not also tried to attack journalist Tristane Banon, the goddaughter of his second wife, several years ago (she described him as behaving "like a rutting chimpanzee"). Or if a few hired escorts had not described him as "very aggressive." Or if two receptionists at the Sofitel had not claimed he invited them to his room for a drink. Or if he had not left the hotel in such a hurry that he forgot his cell phone. You know how we all depend on those.
The French were incensed that he was pictured in handcuffs after his arrest. It was not dignified for a man of his stature, they cried. Personally, I found it more dignified than imagining him naked, chasing a traumatized chambermaid around his suite. Don't you agree? But the French do have a different view of these things.
France and Italy have a long- standing rivalry about which country has the better cuisine, lovers, women. An Italian friend compared French Strauss-Kahn to Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, also involved in a sex scandal (see Bunga-Bunga and Other Village News, April 23, 2011):
"At least Berlusconi does not force himself on women! If he wants to make boom-boom with a woman he seduces her or he pays her!"
Hmm.
