FRANCE/FILE: Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn comes face to face with the French writer who accuses him of trying to rape her nearly a decade ago

Record ID: 562529

  • Title: FRANCE/FILE: Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn comes face to face with the French writer who accuses him of trying to rape her nearly a decade ago
  • Date: 30th September 2011
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (SEPTEMBER 29, 2011) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF EXTERIORS OF PARIS POLICE STATION VARIOUS OF STREET ACTIVITY IN FRONT OF POLICE STATION POLICE VAN AND CAMERAMAN ENTRANCE TO PARKING VARIOUS OF POLICE STANDING POLICE OFFICERS TELLING JOURNALISTS TO MOVE BACK CAR ENTERING GARAGE IN POLICE STATION BELIEVED BY FRENCH MEDIA TO BE CARRYING TRISTANE BANON VARIOUS OF SECOND CAR CARRYING FORMER INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND CHIEF DOMINIQUE STRAUSS-KAHN ENTERING POLICE STATION FOLLOWED BY MOTORBIKES
  • Embargoed: 15th October 2011 13:00
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  • Location: France
  • Country: France
  • Reuters ID: LVA8HCUIH9LLI4SF4MYGJCFYWZ4V
  • Story Text: Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn arrived at a Paris police station on Thursday (September 29) for a face-to-face confrontation with writer Tristane Banon, who accuses him of trying to rape her when she interviewed him for a book in an empty flat in the capital nearly a decade ago.
    Extra security was laid on outside the police station to keep a heavy media contingent away from both plaintiff and defendent away from the cameras.
    Face-to-face confrontations between plaintiff and defendent are a regular feature in criminal investigations in France and do not imply innnocence or guilt. Strauss Kahn vehemently denies any wrongdoing but Banon has repeated her allegations with increasing force.
    Strauss-Kahn arrived in a vehicle as news media strained to get a shot of the former presidential frontrunner whose hopes were dashed when he was arrested in New York last May.
    A Manhattan court dropped criminal charges against Strauss Kahn last month after the prosecution said his accuser was an unreliable witness. Strauss Kahn promptly returned to France.
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