Strauss-Kahn guilty or not?

[Ben]

I doubt that this is a conspiracy, but people do indeed engage in conspiracies for various reasons, and to cast all conspiracy theories as being without merit would be to do a disservice to the truth.

I agree.
I wasn't entirely sure before. But it seems doubtful that it was a setup. He had a similar incident in 2002.
He could be, by all accounts, a serial rapist. I know. Don't rush to judgment. But: there will be a trial. As there should be --
And we'll see what happens.
Leave it to a court of law to decide on his innocence or guilt. I mean, the Justice System works. I mean, it, correctly, found OJ Simpson NOT guilty. Because he didn't do it. Everyone knows that --

[hippifried]

It was either yesterday or the day before that Jon Stewart pointed out the irony that the head of the IMF got busted for trying to fuck another African. This is some of the best comedy fodder to come around in decades. Now they have him on suicide watch? Oh boy!

[Prospero]

I think Cameron and co have already made it clear that Brown will be unnacceptable to run the IMF.

[robertlouis]

I think Cameron and co have already made it clear that Brown will be unnacceptable to run the IMF.

Fuck them. "Call me Dave" is quite a spiteful bastard, isn't he?

And whatever other faults he may have, Gordon Brown would never be caught in flagrante with a chambermaid. He's a true son of the manse.

And having socialised with him quite a few years ago now, I can assure you that the only things he is dour about are politics and economics. He's really good fun and a very nice guy. And the deadliest one-eyed tennis player I've ever come up against!

[Prospero]

The press reports today that DSK' defence is consensual sex - which to me - indicates that the event did take place, so I withdraw my suggestion that it might be a conspiracy. It's not a defence you' use if you were totally innocent . Why would a young chambermaid agree to have sex with a fat middle aged french guy who he'd just met while "doing" his room!

[Yvonne183]

Maybe she thought he was this fat middle aged Frenchman.


Wait a minute, I believe this guy is Belgium,, eh? same thing.

[hippifried]

I always thought Flemish had something to do with a runny nose.

[Stavros]

But he is Walloon, not Flemish...

[Ben]

How did they know he was at the airport? Well, apparently, he'd misplaced his cell phone and phoned the hotel and told them where he was.
Now why would a man who is "fleeing" a crime scene phone the hotel to tell them where he was?
Right. The conspiracy theory is rearing its ugly head again -- ha! ha! ha!

[hippifried]

So, instead of being Phlegmish, he's a Waloonatic? Okay, that still works.

Ben,
There's no conspiracy. He's already copped to the sex. He's claiming it was consentual because... Well... Who wouldn't want to get fucked by him? He wasn't worried about any kind of criminal problems because he's just so damn important, nobody'd dare complain. Oops! I guess that attitude only works if somebody knows who you are & cares.