Two days ago on May 6th, Francois Hollande won the French Presidential election for the Socialist Party. Once a Presidential hopeful for the very same party, Dominique Strauss Kahn watched the victory from the sidelines, alienated from his previous grand social and political standing, plagued by scandal after scandal and new accusations of sexual violence. On Friday, according to French newspaper Liberation, the judges in charge of the ongoing investigation of his link to the Carlton Lille Hotel prostitution ring announced that they are now investigating reports of a “gang rape” at the W hotel in Washington DC.
“Vague Crimes”: Dominique Strauss Kahn and Protecting Predators in France
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