The Motion To Dismiss

Note: I had intended to post the Prosecutor's Report explaining why the charges had to be dropped as an appendix to the previous article, but the hurricane appears to have arrived early. Right now it is pouring, although they say the storm itself is still off the North Carolina coast. Since electricity and other necessities may be affected, I will probably not be posting until it is all over.

Here is a link to the report:

You will note that they affirm that a sexual encounter took place - there is no doubt of that; that they feel the brevity of the encounter implies that it was NOT CONSENSUAL; that Diallo gave three different versions of the various events alleged to have taken place; that she was not injured enough to prove a rape had been committed - the "redness" in the genital area was not conclusive. The shoulder injuries were insignificant and could have been caused by anything.

My own opinion, since early July, has been that she had agreed to the encounter in exchange for money (this has been the point of view of DSK's partisans, i.e., the leaders of the Socialist Party). The report does not go into that. Nor does the report say anything about her being a prostitute. The report only implies, very cautiously at that, that the sexual encounter was most likely not consensual. But of course there is no proof beyond a reasonable doubt. So the New York Post story from early July about her life as a prostitute is still not elucidated. Who gave that information to Rupert Murdoch's paper? Obviously someone close to the defense, an associate of Benjamin Brafman?, who was in turn paid by Anne Sinclair?

We may know eventually the true nature of her personal morality if the reporters follow her life and her conduct in the days and months to come. It does not appear that she will be tried for perjury. We already know the true nature of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, but he was lucky to have picked a woman who cannot tell truth from fantasy.

Note: You will have an easier time reading the report if you click TEXT at the top.