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The Gambler: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, A Psychological Profile
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Strauss-Kahn Pleads ‘Not Guilty’
In a packed courtroom on the 13th floor of 100 Centre Street, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, dressed in a black suit, stood before Judge Michael J. Orbus and calmly said “not guilty.” Although he didn’t say much else, the defense that the former director of the IMF and his lawyers — who proclaimed his plea a “powerful statement” of his innocence — will now most likely begin building is that his encounter with the Sofitel employee was consensual.
Cue the Conspiracy Theories: The Strauss-Kahn Reaction and French Democracy
Sarkozy vs. Strauss-Kahn: Sex as a Weapon?
Nicolas Sarkozy and Dominique Stauss-Kahn were never friends — one conservative, the other Socialist, their political ambitions setting them on a collision course. Yet, soon after Sarkozy’s 2007 election as President of France, he surprised most people by nominating Strauss-Kahn to be Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, a heartening reach across party lines
IMF’s Dominique Strauss-Kahn Defended by French Press
Dominique Strauss-Kahn has not been convicted of any crime.