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    Dominique Strauss-Kahn hotel video surveillance released

    French television outlet BFM-TV on Thursday broadcast excerpts of the Sofitel hotel video surveillance showing former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the hotel maid Nafissatou Diallo in the minutes and hours after she accused him of sexual assault last May.

    "The release of these images comes two days after the publication by the New York Review of Books of a correction," to the article, by journalist Edward Jay Epstein, entitled What really happened to Strauss-Kahn,'"  French online news outlet Rue89 noted Thursday, in my translation. Epstein's article suggested an alternative theory to the case, that Strauss-Kahn was set up. Among the dots Epstein used to make the thin case was his allegation that two hotel employees were seen in a back room holding what looked like a victory dance for a full three minutes after Diallo reported the assault to hotel security.

    But the NYRB  editors' note appended to Epstein's controversial article--as well as the above video--show that was false:

    Editors' note: The article entitled "What Really Happened to Strauss-Kahn," by Edward Jay Epstein, which appeared in our December 22, 2011, issue, contained a description of what "looked like" a "dance of celebration" by two employees of the Hotel Sofitel in New York City at approximately 1:35 PM on the day that Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested in connection with an alleged sexual assault. Security camera recordings have established that the episode, as described, lasted approximately thirteen seconds, not the three minutes mentioned in the article. 

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    28 comments

    • ZeeZee  •  New York, United States  •  5 mths ago
      However way you want to spin it, DSK is and always been a pervert who takes advantage of women in weaker positions.He knew what he was doing when he assaulted Diallo. . Diallo is not the first person who has accused him of rape…how conveniently we forget that. How about the French lady who brought charges against him? Was that a set-up too? He has had a reputation for years in France for his sexual aggression

      Diallo lied about circumstances in her past life because she was afraid she would be deported if she did not say she was raped in her country-that's its. DSK is a criminal who got away because he is wealthy. A similar case..Cobe was punished for having sex with a hotel worker-he paid her thousands of dollars.

      Diallo showed him for what he is…a sexual predator who preys on the weak.
    • rosefluo  •  Los Angeles, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Mr Sarkosky who has strong ties to the group ACOOR owner of the Sofitel will have to answer the too many un answered questions
    • russ7000g  •  5 mths ago
      Does it matter whether the victory dance was 13 seconds or 3 minutes??? Why on earth would they do a victory dance at all, unless they had something to celebrate. Certainly is suspicious for a set-up! The fact that Strauss-Kahn was so easily set-up, shows he has a reputation for being a sleaze, but that does not make him a rapist.
    • J P  •  Appleton, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Ummm.....thirteen seconds or three minutes the guys looked like they were celebrating something after just filing a sex crime report agains DSK. They looked to me like they were high fiving just pulling off a major coupe. Suspicious?
      • HarmyG 5 mths ago
        A Cadillac Coupe de Ville?
    • Ugochukwu  •  Lagos, Nigeria  •  5 mths ago
      It's well!
    • Walter  •  Mechelen, Belgium  •  5 mths ago
      Wow, it's stunning to hear the version of the story, as narrated in the French voice-over of this video. Then again, the media in either of both countries involved, probably paint a plausible picture of their account of what happened. I doubt we'll ever know the full truth.
    • Alan  •  Los Angeles, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Has Ms. Diallo, the illegal alien who lied about her entire life, been deported yet? If not, why not?
    • im right as usual  •  5 mths ago
      Did she like it or what ?
    • hunyak78  •  Los Angeles, United States  •  5 mths ago
      once again white europeans holding down a sister
    • smooth  •  5 mths ago
      Where are all of the RICH HATERS now that was calling him all kinds of names. Glad none of you can QUALIFY for Jury Duty.
    • Ferklempt  •  5 mths ago
      It was obvious from the beginning that he was set up. The scumbags we allow into this country are an embarrassment. As is the guilty until proven innocent way judgements are made. I know a lacrosse team that feels the same way.
      • Silly Walk 5 mths ago
        Obvious to whom? To the intellectually challenged?
      • Ferklempt 5 mths ago
        As if you could tell you #$%$ from a hole in the ground, knucklehead!
      • LeeJay 5 mths ago
        Nafissatou Diallo is an attention w h o r e if not an actual w h o r e.
    • Pat  •  Beverly Hills, United States  •  5 mths ago
      regardless if it was a set up or not, DSK is a dirty, perverted old man. Not everyone can be set up easily like him because he has contributed to his downfall with his behaviour.
    • Thomas Dixon  •  5 mths ago
      I speak French so I wonder if the Americans here understand what is said on the video?
      It is obvious he was set up.
      • Silly Walk 5 mths ago
        It is obvious this video is pure propaganda.
      • Bob 5 mths ago
        If you read English, I recommend you READ the English facts regarding the FRENCH lies from the video.
      • Loopy 5 mths ago
        Bob: If you understood French you'd know the 'lies' came from a US journalist and were corrected on the tape, & the hotel management - the news channel actually timed it.
    • .  •  Yamatokoriyama-shi, Japan  •  5 mths ago
      This is a french version, what did you expect. What counts is the result.
    • Haris  •  5 mths ago
      I always thought he was set-up. SHAME ON YOU SARKOSY!!!! He's still a cheating scoundrel though, but that's not our business I guess.
    • LeeJay  •  5 mths ago
      Nafissatou Diallo is an attention w h o r e if not an actual w h o r e.
    • LeeJay  •  5 mths ago
      Nafissatou Diallo is an attention w h o r e if not an actual w h o r e.
    • akeem  •  Irvine, United States  •  5 mths ago
      I guess he got set up
    • Gary  •  5 mths ago
      It would not be the first time a black has lied about circumstances pertaining to a crime (i.e. Obama's aunt, Obama's uncle, Charlie Rangel, Maxine Waters, Obama, Al Sharpton, Jessie Jackson and family, the Black Caucus, the Black Panthers, NAACP, ACORN, and the list goes on)
    • 2cents  •  Chico, United States  •  5 mths ago
      You are all behind the curve...of course he was set up...start asking who set him up and why. Head of all of europes monetary policy.........the powers to be want someone in place who can do what they need done..................
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