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. Continue reading »
Michael Jackson
Strauss-Kahn To Cool His Heels For A While, Attorney Confident They’ll Beat This Thing
By Bess Levin
Have you gotten started on your list of treats to buy with 2010′s year-end bonus? In need of some inspiration? Why not consider the house Michael Jackson was in when he bit the big one? Continue reading »
Nobel Prize laureate and CDOs squared-social-value-seeker extraordinaire Joseph Stiglitz doesn’t know how to use his cell’s voicemail. And if Obama ever wants to reach him to say, offer him a (Geither’s) job, he can always email him. ‘Cause that’s the way Joe rolls. Voicemails are for losers.