Dominique Strauss-Kahn Placed on Suicide Watch: Source

[The Straight Story]

The International Monetary Fund chief accused of sexually assaulting a Manhattan hotel maid is on suicide watch in his Rikers Island cell, NBC New York has learned.

The special designation for Dominique Strauss-Kahn means he is checked every 15 to 30 minutes and has been given a special prison jumpsuit and shoes that have no laces, a source tells NBC New York.

The source says a Rikers medical official ordered the suicide watch as a precaution because of his mood and the delicate nature of the case; Strauss-Kahn has not made statements about hurting himself, the source said.

"While inmate health records are confidential under the law... the Department of Correction follows the same protocol for safety and security of all inmates and that protocol dictates that every inmate is assessed for risk of harm to himself and risk of harm to others," a correction department spokesman said.



http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Dominique-Strauss-Kahn-Placed-on-Suicide-Watch-122061809.html

[ecstatic]

1. How long before his lawyers claim he's being tortured?

:hide:

[hlthe2b]

2. Can one imagine if he manages to wrangle free of these charges...

and somehow reconstitutes his political reputation (it is France, after all, so don't reject the idea out of hand... they have a pretty high tolerance for scandal)..... Hmmm. I just hope we have our legal ducks in a row.

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. Scandal yes, rape...not so much

[hlthe2b]

14. If he manages an aquittal...... my point...

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. Several women in Paris are comming up with probably charges

Somehow I suspect this career is over.

[hlthe2b]

16. I'm having a hard time maintaining an open mind...

It certainly sounds like there is a pattern of behavior that should have come to light long before now. If so, I hope justice prevails finally.

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. So do I. Also her assistant at the IMF, a Belgian economist,

She left in 2008, and she mentioned his ahem...attentions.

[LiberalAndProud]

24. Can you source that?

I hadn't heard that he may be facing charges in France too. It would be interesting reading if you could provide a link. Thanks.

[msanthrope]

4. How long before Duers do? n/t

[msanthrope]

9. Post # 6, apparently......n/t

[seabeyond]

3. geeezus. he assault women without a thought to how they feel. now waaaa, suicide.

having to finally face repercussion of assaulting human beings. amazing

[sabrina 1]

6. So he's guilty then? Was there a trial we missed?

And I don't see anything in that statement that says he has threatened suicide. Same language used regarding Bradley Manning which turned out to be false. He was not suicidal.

However, putting someone on suicide watch means they are cut off from the world. As a man who has not been convicted, I have a feeling this will be challenged, and rightly so.

Clearly he is being kept from defending himself, from speaking to the press.

As for those who think the NYPD would never, ever do anything to help the powerful all I can do is laugh and point to Rudy's 'hero' 9/11 NY Police Chief, now residing in jail for corruption.

I assume due process will prevail and bail will be granted, as it should be.

[seabeyond]

7. now he says she wanted it. not that he didnt do it, not that he wasnt there

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/18/nyregion/strauss-kahn-may-claim-consensual-sex-as-defense.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

but she wanted it. you tell me, this woman working back breaking work, cleaning up after people, really just wanted nothing more than to suck this mans dick

defend the creep.

[sabrina 1]

8. Defend the creep? I can't do that. I wasn't there so I have no idea

what happened. You, otoh, were obviously there!

What I am defending is the US Constitution. The right to a trial. I am in favor of cases not being reported on in the press before trials. Some countries used to have such laws. And watching what happens when there is coverage of cases before trials, I am even more convinced it is a good rule.

This man has been convicted. Even if he is exonerated in a trial, it won't matter.

Ask the many, many others who were eventually exonerated after trial by press if they ever got their reputations back.

Since we do not have that rule here, and will not, I am doing the best I can, as I always do regardless of who the accused is, to temper the fury, which I find kind of scary to be honest, with a reminder that there has been no conviction yet. Not that that seems to matter, but I do what I can.

You may now proceed with your furious rage.

[msanthrope]

12. OMFG--are you comparing him to Bradley Manning????

FYI, Sabrina, I hope you are correct--I hope he is put in Rikers gen. pop.

[leftynyc]

22. Then you don't know Rikers

The last place a person accused of rape wants to reside is in general population. He's in solitary for his own protection.

[Travelman]

23. Kept from speaking to the press????

How many people hold press conferences from fucking Riker's Island?


Good grief. :eyes:



By the way, while you're busy ginning up your indignation about him being put on suicide watch, be sure to take note that part of the reason they have him on that watch is to http://www.emirates247.com/news/imf-head-on-suicide-watch-at-nyc-jail-2011-05-18-1.394259">monitor his breathing because he has sleep apnea. Those horrible, evil bastards! How dare they make sure he doesn't die in his sleep from a sleep disorder!

[angstlessk]

5. can that be used as 'proof of guilt'...

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. No. Prisons do this often in cases of this type

It comes as zero surprise

[Blasphemer]

13. Oh please

So his supporters release this to garner sympathy (afterall, this is supposed to be confidential)? It is common for rape victims to contemplate, attempt or commit suicide. I'm worried about his victim not about him.

[WinkyDink]

18. Oh, spare me, Dom Baby.

[dynasaw]

19. There are racial and class implications that no one

wants to talk about. She's African, an immigrant single mother working as a maid cleaning rooms. He's a high powered Frenchman who can afford staying at thee Sofitel. I think his attorneys and the media had better not play blame the victim in this one.

This man has history: The French public knew about him, joked about him, nicknamed him "a ladies man," "the Seducer" accompanied by the wink, wink, nudge, nudge thing. The journalist he attempted to rape several years ago described him as coming on to her like "a rutting chimpanzee." Among certain rich powerful men there still is this inability to recognize that this is not about seduction and where there is an imbalance of power between two people there is no such thing as consensual sex.

[msanthrope]

20. Don't forget the religious angle, either---

He's Jewish. She's Muslim, wearing a headscarf...

[nadinbrzezinski]

21. Oh trust me, some of us have mentioned that

he is white and powerful, and those people never rape others :sarcasm:

So the blame the victim has really gotten there, and why all the conspiracy theories are ongoing. They are part of the smear the victim... effort done by surrogates. That has started. The latest... NYPost, and she is an Aids patient.... CLASSIC smear.