Dominique (Strauss-Kahn) & the Domestique
Earl is correct that the forces for Strauss-Kahn are in full attack and smear mode. They will throw every possible offensive defense at the wall to see what sticks: He didn't do it and it was consensual. He thought she was a hired "escort," and it was a game of rough sex (thus explaining scratches and skin under finger nails). She was "asking" for it. It was a set up ad nauseum.
However the bottom line to this disgusting and appalling story is the likelihood that there will be a Kobe-style resolution. You'll remember that Kobe was charged with rape, and his people went into full smear mode. Soon, it became apparent that if the victim got lawyer and launched a civil suit for damages, that this would effect her credibility on the witness stand. The settling of the civil suit for big bucks made the criminal case effectively go away. The money doesn't buy silence but it tends to make complainants unsteady witnesses.
Were I offered the chance to get criminal justice and get this guy off the street, while being pursued and smeared, but with nothing to gain but some justice or a multi-million dollar settlement that would completely change both my present and my future, what would I do? The same as you and the same as this victim.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn doesn't get off free. It will be expensive, but he will get off. The inequality of power between the wealthy and the poor distorts any ideal of true justice. Justice will not be done for our society.
©2011 Jonathan Dobrer
www.Dobrer.com
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