Second Woman Accuses IMF Chief Of Assault
LatestIMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was examined yesterday for physical evidence that he sexually assaulted a Manhattan hotel maid. And now, another woman has come forward to accuse him of assault.
According to the Times, detectives from Manhattan’s Special Victims Unit searched Strauss-Kahn for signs of a struggle — in one official’s words, “things like getting things from under the fingernails, the classic things you get in association with a sex assault.” The alleged victim, who has not been named, also picked him out of a lineup. Now, back in France, another woman is filing a complaint alleging that Strauss-Kahn assaulted her in 2002. According to to the AFP, writer Tristiane Banon actually went public with her allegations in a 2007 TV segment, but Strauss-Kahn’s name was bleeped out. She said that during an interview, a politician had asked to hold her hand, then tried to rape her. Banon elaborated,