Miss Diallo Speaks
Click here for the interview with Nafissatou Diallo, that many of you have probably seen. Embedding has been disallowed.
And this one is a follow-up, with Robin Roberts interviewing Christopher Dickey of Newsweek and legal analyst Dan Abrams.
As Christopher Dickey points out, when she talks about the alleged assault, she is convincing. I found her almost likable. However, she may be a skilled actress, playing for high stakes. Even though we all have our own opinions of her, the case is far from over, and our opinions are subject to change (again).
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posted by tiberge @ 5:22 AM
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Nafissatou Diallo now has the whole Black Society behind her
Subject at C dans l'air Thursday
http://www.france5.fr/c-dans-l-air/index-fr.php?page=resume&id_rubrique=1754
Excellent video. To all those who understand French, I recommend it. It's an hour long, but worth the effort. They discuss the quagmire Cyrus Vance has gotten himself into, the reasons for the latest postponement of the trial (August 23), the political stakes for the District Attorney who will lose the next election in 2012 if he forces the taxpayers of New York to pay millions in damages to Nafi Diallo, as the result of a civil suit. They are surprised at Vance's poor handling of the phone call in African dialect which was mistranslated the first time. They also wonder what he could have said to Diallo during an 8-hour interview today, and they wonder as well why he didn't interview her at length in the beginning.
They discuss Tristane Banon, and we finally learn that she did NOT go to a hospital following the alleged attack by DSK in 2002 (or 2003, not sure). Hence, when her lawyer says he has proof, it seems certain that he has NO physical evidence of injuries. We see (at about 45 minutes into the video) the gathering of the African National Congress and the tearful speech Diallo gave. But I noticed that her speech was much less buoyant, much more difficult to understand than it had been in her interview with Robin Roberts. Probably because it was less well rehearsed (another point the guests make).
There is much in this video of value and I only wish I had time to translate it. As I write this the video is not available, but I think it may become available again tomorrow. This site (C dans l'air) functions until 22:00 (10:00 p.m.)
All of the guests contributed valuable information, including the female guest, who though a feminist, said that feminist groups had abandoned her completely in her support of Tristane Banon. She even said one such group had threatened her life.
All in all, fascinating and VERY clear.
Note:
I made an error when I wrote "African National Congress" in the above comment. It is "United African Congress", an African group headquartered in the United States. I know nothing about it.
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