The former International Monetary Fund chief was met outside the court by dozens of maids chanting "shame on you".
Smiling and swaggering in a crisp blue suit and tie, the 62-year-old, out on $1 million (£600,000) bail, was transformed from the haggard figure who first stumbled into court last month.
He was flanked by his multimillionaire wife, Anne Sinclair, 62, who wore a dark blazer and skirt and looked refreshed by her stay at the $14 million (£8.5 million) townhouse where her husband is under house arrest and armed guard.
In a seven-minute hearing at New York Supreme Court, Mr Strauss-Kahn was read the seven charges relating to his alleged attack of the 32-year-old maid.
He is accused of attempting to rape the Guinean mother-of-one, before forcing her to perform oral sex, after she arrived to clean his suite at the Sofitel, near Times Square, on May 14. » | Jon Swaine, New York | Monday, June 06, 2011
My comment:
What a bloody circus! And they call this justice! They splattered DSK's visage all over the Web, but nobody has had the balls to show a photo of the woman who has supposedly been raped. In my opinion, if she has the courage to come forward and claim "rape," then she should also have the courage to allow her photo to be shown to the world. Otherwise, don't show the photograph of either party. Why should one side have all the privileges? If this is what the Americans call justice, then it's a bad show! – © Mark
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