Dominique Strauss-Kahn in second sex allegation

Tristane Banon

Dominique Strauss-Kahn appears to be caught between his political ambitions and his history as an alleged womaniser. Only hours after being accused by a chamber maid that she was sexually attacked by the IMF chief, a second accuser has stepped forward. Tristane Banon, the 31-year-old god-daughter of Strauss-Kahn’s second wife Brigitte Guillemette, said he attacked her almost a decade ago. Ms Banon will now tell French detectives about the attempted rape, which took place in an anonymous studio flat in Paris in 2002. Strauss-Kahn lured the then 21-year-old trainee journalist her to the property under the promise of an interview, and then started to rip her clothes off.

‘I kicked him, I called him a rapist, he didn’t seem to care,’ said Ms Banon in earlier interviews, in which she also described Strauss-Kahn as acting like a ‘rutting chimpanzee’. Does she know what a rutting chimpanzee is like? And why did she hold off telling the police before now? Apparently because she was afraid of being 'defined by the story' of being attacked by a senior politician. Not anymore it would appear.

If Mr.Strauss-Kahn has done anything wrong, then it should be dealt with by the courts as appropriate. However, if this is some evil set-up, I'd be the first to admonish those concerned. True victims of rape need assurances that society will be supportive, non-judgmental and provide justice. Saying you were raped or sexually molested in order to gain from it is despicable. And setting others up to say things is as well. I hope nobody is telling porkies!

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