Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who’s been in a bit of hot water since Saturday, when he allegedly sexually assaulted a maid at his hotel, is being held without bail. DSK’s lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, had requested his client be granted permission to post $1 million, but the judge sided with the prosecution, based on the accused’s “resources, the lack of an extradition treaty between the United States and France and the defendant’s history.” Brafman, who has defended Michael Jackson, P. Diddy, Jay-Z, and Plaxico Burress, may however have some news that could turn that frown, left, upside down, as he’s claiming DSK has an airtight alibi.

France’s RMC radio said the lawyers had pieced together Strauss-Kahn’s movements and found that he left the hotel at midday, after paying his bill and handing in his key, then went to eat with his daughter and took a taxi to the airport. The schedule meant he had already left the hotel at the time the maid alleged he chased her down a corridor, forced her into a room and assaulted her, RMC reported on its website, adding that the lawyers had material evidence and witnesses.

In related news, a spokesman for the NYPD has clarified: “We said initially that [the attacks] was around 1PM, but in fact it was closer to noon.”

Strauss-Kahn Lawyers See Alibi in Sex Case [Reuters]
Judge Denies Bail to I.M.F. Chief in Sexual Assault Case [NYT]
Dominique Strauss-Kahn Has Alibi, French Media Report [Forbes]

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Comments (31)

  1. Posted by Homosaurus | May 16, 2011 at 8:36 PM

     Poppin Dom and running up on the bitches…

  2. Posted by I'mShortEVERYTHING | May 16, 2011 at 8:43 PM

    U-G-L-Y You ain’t got no alibi…you ugly, you, you, you ugly…

  3. Posted by Guest | May 16, 2011 at 8:50 PM

    Good thing. I heard Angela Merkel was very worried that he was going to show up to the IMF meeting and try the same thing on her. 

  4. Posted by Guest | May 16, 2011 at 8:51 PM

    He’s being moved to a $3000 a night room at Rikers. 

  5. Posted by Dr. Rosenrose | May 16, 2011 at 9:03 PM

    Every pic I’ve seen of this guy could easily include a thought bubble that says “Fuck You. Fuck You. Fuck You.”

  6. Posted by early hominid | May 16, 2011 at 9:09 PM

    Or it could say “Go away, I don’ wanna talk to you no more you tiny-brained wiper of other people’s bottoms.  Your father was a hamster and your mother smelled of elderberries.”  

    On second thought, “Fuck you” is probably right. 

  7. Posted by Guest | May 16, 2011 at 9:12 PM

    That picture is priceless.

  8. Posted by Guest | May 16, 2011 at 9:14 PM

    Where sex after shower is all but assured …

  9. Posted by Misanthropic Fucker | May 16, 2011 at 9:22 PM

    I love the smell of bummed-out French folk in the afternoon.

  10. Posted by Anonymous | May 16, 2011 at 9:34 PM

    Or “Go and boil your bottom, you son of a silly person. I blow my nose at you.”

  11. Posted by VonSloneker | May 16, 2011 at 9:59 PM

    Michael Jackson, P. Diddy, Jay-Z, and Plaxico Burress…

    Isn’t being on the same list as these guys punishment enough?

  12. Posted by Anonymous | May 16, 2011 at 10:01 PM

    “Those men tried to have sex with me!” 

  13. Posted by VonSloneker | May 16, 2011 at 10:02 PM

    She’s no pushover.  Dubya got the brushback when he tried the ol’ unsolicited shoulder massage…

  14. Posted by VonSloneker | May 16, 2011 at 10:03 PM

    It’s called La Boheme…it’s an opera 

  15. Posted by Guest | May 16, 2011 at 10:09 PM

    Guilty!…..of being an arrogant French douchebag.  

  16. Posted by Anonymous | May 16, 2011 at 10:13 PM

    I know. I had to restrain myself from doing a caption contest.

  17. Posted by Call Center in India | May 16, 2011 at 10:15 PM

     Press #1 for English, press #2 for French… Press #5 if you have a lost or stolen phone with the personal cell numbers for all G-20 world leaders. 

  18. Posted by Ray Lewis | May 16, 2011 at 10:22 PM

     Based on the attorney chosen, is he a Rapist or Rappist? 

  19. Posted by SP Trader | May 16, 2011 at 10:34 PM

     I used to want to make a boatload of money in finance, how naive, now all I want is to become known by my initials alone.  SAC, PTJ, DSK………then I will have made it.

  20. Posted by InsiderorPonzi | May 16, 2011 at 10:46 PM

    Unlike Kobe, his first 8 inches were not rape…. 

  21. Posted by West Texas Gas Trader | May 16, 2011 at 10:55 PM

    In Texas and Oklahoma, the unsolicited shoulder rub is “de rigeur” –as we say in Monahans, TX,– among socializing energy mavens, male or female.

  22. Posted by early hominid | May 16, 2011 at 10:58 PM

    . . . and napalm in the morning 

  23. Posted by Your Nickel Hickey | May 16, 2011 at 11:14 PM

     I used to know a Louisiana crude oil company treasurer with the initials “RAT”.  And he acted like one.

  24. Posted by Anonymous | May 16, 2011 at 11:30 PM

    He’s probably bummed out because it’s past noon and he’s still at an office so it’s been the longest day of his life.

  25. Posted by Cv | May 16, 2011 at 11:37 PM

    American jails are very safe and the food is 3 stars.
    -sir alan

  26. Posted by Anon | May 16, 2011 at 11:50 PM

     hurr?  durr?  ruuuuhhhhhhhh

  27. Posted by JPM | May 17, 2011 at 12:25 AM

    “and it ain’t for one night, I’m shinin’ all week, ho”

    Can’t tell me nuthin…

    DSK

  28. Posted by Shawn | May 17, 2011 at 12:46 AM

     IMF no longer rapig nations on macro scale, but going micro scale and going after one person at a time 

  29. Posted by MooseFister | May 17, 2011 at 2:00 AM

    “I fart in your general direction”

  30. Posted by Hedgehog | May 19, 2011 at 12:10 AM

    DSK: “I rape countries all the f*ckin’ time. What’s a chamber maid?!?!?!? Sacre Bleu!”

  31. Posted by SEO | April 18, 2012 at 12:13 PM

    d1vIyb I cannot thank you enough for the blog post.Thanks Again. Really Great.

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