New details on the Strauss-Kahn case
Posted Jul 3, 2011 08:29:25 AM.
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New details have emerged about the concerns prosecutors had about the hotel maid who accused former International Monetary Fund Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault.
CNN’s Susan Candiotti reports part of it involves money. The hotel maid had a number of bank accounts in her name in several different states. Deposits were made into these accounts, several thousands of dollars at a time, possibly by people known to her with criminal backgrounds possibly drug dealing.
CNN also reports that a source reveals knowledge of a phone call the maid made to her boyfriend less than two days after she claims she was attacked. She told her boyfriend she was “fine”, “don’t worry about me” and “there is a lot of money to be made”
A judge freed former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn without bail or home confinement in the sexual assault case against him on Friday.
The move came after prosecutors said an extensive background investigation of the accuser caused them to reassess the case.
The agreement OK’d by State Supreme Court Justice Michael Obus in Manhattan does not give Strauss-Kahn his passport back, meaning he can’t head to France anytime soon. The criminal case against him stands.
Strauss-Kahn was held without bail for nearly a week after his May arrest. He has since posted a total of $6 million in cash bail and bond and has been confined to a Manhattan town house.
He denies allegations of trying to rape a hotel housekeeper. He left the courtroom smiling, holding hands with his wife.
