Posted on 05/17/2011 6:42:50 AM PDT by Second Amendment First
France's broadcasting watchdog called Tuesday on the country's television channels to be extremely cautious in showing footage of International Monetary Fund managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn in handcuffs, a practice that contravenes French law.
In the days since New York City police said Mr. Strauss-Kahn had been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a cleaning woman in his room at the Sofitel Hotel near Times Square, images of the International Monetary Fund chief have flooded airwaves and the pages of newspapers and magazines in France.
The footage has transfixed the nation, not least because French law prohibits cameras inside French courtrooms, as well as any footage of people in handcuffs unless they have been convicted by a court.
In a statement, the broadcasting authority called on "television channels to show the utmost restraint in the broadcasting of images regarding a person involved in criminal proceedings. "The principle of freedom of expression and right to information shouldn't ignore the fact that such images can harm a person's dignity."
The agency couldn't immediately be reached for further comment.
It's unclear whether the broadcasting agency can actually stop television channels from showing the images. Any fines would have to be approved by a court and in any case, the law allows for a maximum fine of 15,000 euros ($21,273).
"We've been watching Strauss-Kahn on prime-time TV shows and on the front page of all newspapers handcuffed, being forcibly pushed into a car by policemen, and this is contrary to the spirit of the law," said Dominique de Leusse, a lawyer for Mr. Strauss-Kahn who is representing him in a separate controversy with French daily newspaper France Soir. "Even if the handcuffs weren't apparent, it was obvious that he was being coerced," he said.
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Since this case is being tried in the NY media I doubt France can control their own coverage to any extent.
We certainly wouldn't want to harm the dignity of a rapist.
That’s OK, we are always reminded that the Europeans have a different attitude about sex scandals than we do.
They can’t control images on the internet from US websites. I hope this socialist’s dignity is trashed.
That’s my favorite image. He really looks like a pervert.
As if this profligate, high-flying, low-living, serial womanizer had any "dignity" to begin with.
The barn door is already open, mon amis.
Leni
I hope French will come to their senses and vote for Marine Le Pen !
Who knew that Frogs were so sensitive?
They don’t like the term “frog marched”.
“We certainly wouldn’t want to harm the dignity of a rapist.”
He is a rapist? How do you know it? Tell us please
IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, aka DSK, did have sex with the maid he is alleged to have assaulted, according to the New York Post.
In a story this morning, the Post says DSK’s defense is going to claim that he did have sex with the maid and that it was consensual.
Other points worth noting from the Post’s story:
Reportedly, the maid is a devout Muslim with a family, and was a well-regarded employee until then. Not exactly who you’d expect to be a “honey trap”, as DSK had feared for a setup.
DSK did have lunch with his daughter, but after checking out of the hotel. So it’s not an alibi as his defense team at first thought/said, but it’s not exactly indicative of a man on the run either. He also made several phone calls “conducting business as usual” according to a Post “source close to the defense.”
http://www.businessinsider.com/imf-chief-had-sex-with-the-maid-post-2011-5
Can’t remembe the name of the formerFrench Prime Minister who died a while back..Both his wife AND his long-time mistress attended his state funeral.
Positive rape kit, check. Bloody evidence of violence, check. History of sexual assault, check. Feel free to use the work “alleged” if your sensibilities are offended.
Since he is a top dog Socialist the MSM will use the opposite tactics they used on the Duke case.
Add to that his rather sloppy shifting defense of....
“I was having lunch with my daughter at the time” to “It was consensual” as soon as he heard they had DNA.
Yeah! Sounds as innocent as a newborn shark!
Rape kit and ‘blood evidence’ shows that they had sex, that’s all. You just show your ignorance on the presumption of innocence, and parading him in cuffs serves no purpose but to humiliate him before he was even formally charged.
Get it through your skull: INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY.
The same works for me, you, him and everyone else.
And you don't need pictures.
Just imagine a fat, old French guy charging out of a bathroom stark naked looking for sex. Now, is that dignified or what?
Anyway, this filthy rich, big money man is a hardcore lefty. The left hates the little guy. The left hates women.
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