[speeder]

I read the article yesterday in the NYT about the case against him falling apart and the problems are all related to the veracity of the accuser. As MRM so correctly pointed out, the police and prosecutors handling this case are the best in the business and nearly impossible to scam.

In their vetting of the accuser to prepare for prosecution, they found that she has numerous criminal associations, she lied to them about her asylum application for residency in the U.S., (claiming a previous rape was on application when it was not), she has changed her story several times regarding the DSK incident, (lying), etc., etc... They have made the discovery that she is a pathological liar and about as unsavory a "victim" as they come. The integrity and veracity of the victim is everything in a rape prosecution. As a prosecutor, if you do not have a credible victim, you have nothing.

Unless you believe that the entire major crimes unit of the NYPD + the top people in the city attorney's office are all part of a conspiracy to absolve the "French socialist" from rape charges, I'd say that this case has completely fallen apart based on the untruthfulness of the accuser. Also, I got the impression that the unexplained bank deposits are being looked at as money-laundering for drug dealers that she is now known to associate with, not connected to the DSK case in any way. Just some unsavory schit that turned up in their investigation of her. That plus (5) cell phones that she is paying for every month when she told investigators that she had one phone. Just little problems like that...

Is DSK a POS as a person? Irrelevant. He is accused of an extremely serious crime that could lock him up for life. If he's innocent, he needs to be cleared. If guilty, fry him. That's my opinion.