Also in the news: another woman suddenly decides she was raped by Strauss-Kahn! Wow, what a coincidence: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jOmEISncSgdJYKR86MQJ8-gDVTaA?docId=CNG.af29a41eca1e4ad2ba4ea4f694697e6f.f1
I sure am glad this isn't just another attention-seeker with her hand out!
It's cool now being in my late 40s with my guy friends ranging from about 40-60 years old. We're all increasingly getting onto the same page when it comes to our attitudes and views about women, government, and society. Do to bad experiences and biology none of us are so needing women sexually anymore. We now just focus on hanging out, being there for each other, and doing fun guy stuff.
Frenchwoman to sue Strauss-Kahn for attempted rape
Tristane Banon wiki: "Her first book, a long essay entitled Erreurs avouées… (au masculin) about the biggest mistakes in the lives of political figures, was published in November 2003 by Anne Carrière."
A hotel housekeeper from Guinea, is a former prostitute,…. The tipping point, which led to Strauss-Kahn’s July 1 release from home confinement, may have been an interview with the accuser on June 9 in which she admitted that she had falsely claimed she had been gang-raped by solders in Guinea, prosecutors said. The woman had “cried and appeared markedly distraught” in two interviews when recounting the rape, according to a court filing. Then she admitted that the rape she had spoken of so emotionally had never occurred. Prosecutors said the woman’s attorney cut off questioning. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-04/strauss-kahn-prosecutors-to-decide-responsible-thing-to-do-in-sex-case.html According to a letter dated June 30 and filed in court July 1 by prosecutors, the housekeeper lied to a grand jury about her actions right after the alleged attack, as well as on her tax returns and in an application for asylum. The housekeeper stated in a 2004 application for asylum that she had been raped by Guinean soldiers, prosecutors said in the letter. She also had stated that she and her husband had been persecuted and harassed by the dictatorial regime then in power in Guinea. She said her house was burned and her husband died while in jail. By June 28, the district attorney’s office had discovered $50,000 to $100,000 had been deposited in the woman’s bank account over less than two years, according to a person who declined to be identified because the matter is still under investigation. The deposits were made from at least two states, Arizona and Georgia, the person said. The housekeeper claimed the deposits were the result of someone else using her account, the person said. The man using the account was a friend who is jailed in Arizona in connection with the possession of 100 pounds… The woman told the grand jury that after the assault in suite 2806 of the Sofitel in Manhattan, she fled to an area of the main hallway of the hotel’s 28th floor and waited until she saw Strauss-Kahn leave the suite, according to the June 30 letter. She said she then reported the incident to her supervisor, who arrived a short time later, according to the letter. The following day, on June 29, prosecutors obtained a translated summary of a recorded phone call in which the housekeeper discussed the incident with a friend incarcerated in Arizona, said the person familiar with the matter. The accuser is quoted as saying, “Don’t worry, this guy has a lot of money. I know what I’m doing,” according to another person, who declined to be identified because the person was not authorized to speak publicly. The housekeeper on June 28 “admitted that this account was false and that after the incident in suite 2806 she proceeded to clean a nearby room and then returned to suite 2806 and began to clean it before she reported the incident to her supervisor,” according to the letter.
Every civilized society must strive to (1) eradicate heinous crimes by punishing the offenders, and (2) insure that the innocent aren't punished along with the offenders. Too often, the second half of that balance is omitted from the public discourse. Accusations of serious criminality, especially murder and sexual wrongdoing, too often are their own convictions in the high court of public opinion because the stigma is so severe. It is our mission to raise awareness about the injustices suffered by persons wrongly accused of serious criminality. Protecting the innocent from unjust harm as a result of a wrongful accusation is a hallmark of a civilized society.
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and stay far away from women
Also in the news: another woman suddenly decides she was raped by Strauss-Kahn! Wow, what a coincidence: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jOmEISncSgdJYKR86MQJ8-gDVTaA?docId=CNG.af29a41eca1e4ad2ba4ea4f694697e6f.f1
I sure am glad this isn't just another attention-seeker with her hand out!
Thanks Pierce. The same to you.
It's cool now being in my late 40s with my guy friends ranging from about 40-60 years old. We're all increasingly getting onto the same page when it comes to our attitudes and views about women, government, and society. Do to bad experiences and biology none of us are so needing women sexually anymore. We now just focus on hanging out, being there for each other, and doing fun guy stuff.
Atlas
Frenchwoman to sue Strauss-Kahn for attempted rape
Tristane Banon
wiki:
"Her first book, a long essay entitled Erreurs avouées… (au masculin) about the biggest mistakes in the lives of political figures, was published in November 2003 by Anne Carrière."
Does the word opportunist fit her?
Atlas
A hotel housekeeper from Guinea, is a former prostitute,…. The tipping point, which led to Strauss-Kahn’s July 1 release from home confinement, may have been an interview with the accuser on June 9 in which she admitted that she had falsely claimed she had been gang-raped by solders in Guinea, prosecutors said. The woman had “cried and appeared markedly distraught” in two interviews when recounting the rape, according to a court filing. Then she admitted that the rape she had spoken of so emotionally had never occurred. Prosecutors said the woman’s attorney cut off questioning.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-04/strauss-kahn-prosecutors-to-decide-responsible-thing-to-do-in-sex-case.html
According to a letter dated June 30 and filed in court July 1 by prosecutors, the housekeeper lied to a grand jury about her actions right after the alleged attack, as well as on her tax returns and in an application for asylum. The housekeeper stated in a 2004 application for asylum that she had been raped by Guinean soldiers, prosecutors said in the letter. She also had stated that she and her husband had been persecuted and harassed by the dictatorial regime then in power in Guinea. She said her house was burned and her husband died while in jail.
By June 28, the district attorney’s office had discovered $50,000 to $100,000 had been deposited in the woman’s bank account over less than two years, according to a person who declined to be identified because the matter is still under investigation. The deposits were made from at least two states, Arizona and Georgia, the person said. The housekeeper claimed the deposits were the result of someone else using her account, the person said. The man using the account was a friend who is jailed in Arizona in connection with the possession of 100 pounds…
The woman told the grand jury that after the assault in suite 2806 of the Sofitel in Manhattan, she fled to an area of the main hallway of the hotel’s 28th floor and waited until she saw Strauss-Kahn leave the suite, according to the June 30 letter. She said she then reported the incident to her supervisor, who arrived a short time later, according to the letter. The following day, on June 29, prosecutors obtained a translated summary of a recorded phone call in which the housekeeper discussed the incident with a friend incarcerated in Arizona, said the person familiar with the matter.
The accuser is quoted as saying, “Don’t worry, this guy has a lot of money. I know what I’m doing,” according to another person, who declined to be identified because the person was not authorized to speak publicly. The housekeeper on June 28 “admitted that this account was false and that after the incident in suite 2806 she proceeded to clean a nearby room and then returned to suite 2806 and began to clean it before she reported the incident to her supervisor,” according to the letter.
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