[Dottore]

The NYT reports today that the case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn is about to fall apart because the alleged victim is no longer credible.

Apparently shortly after the alleged rape she called a male friend of hers in prison to discuss how best to extort money from DSK. That call was recorded. Also large sums of money have been transferred to her bank account without any explanation as to where these are from. In addition, much of her testimony itself is self-contradictory. And of course it now appears there are also “inconsistencies” in her original visa application.

I hope that heads roll in the wake of this.

This case really focused world attention on the manner in which the presumption of innocence is ignored when zealots rush to “justice”. All the cynical European commentators on “US frontier justice” will feel rightly vindicated. DSK’s career and run at the French presidency is probably irreparable. And the alleged victim has set the cause of real rape victims in these situations back years. Tragic really.