The arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a leading contender to be president of France, on charges that he raped a hotel housekeeper has been the most riveting crime story in New York in years, became an obsession in France and was fraught with consequences for nothing less than global finance.
You will all have to do a crime story at some point in craft during the first semester, probably not like this one.
Today’s story that the case is collapsing because the victim is not who she claimed to be, seems involved in drugs and money laundering, and has not told the truth about many issues carries a very important lesson–be skeptical. If you have read the previous stories, you will know that most reporters dismissed the claims of the defense lawyers that the victim’s credibility was suspect. The irony is that it was the prosecutors who dug up the evidence that supports that contention, not the defense.
I didn’t dismiss the claims of the defense lawyers while I was covering this story. The only mention that DSK was hoping to run for a presidency could make the audience question the victim’s credibility. Plus, it wasn’t clearly stated when DSK left the hotel after the accident. It was hard to believe that this case isn’t political. The case started to collapse only 4 days since the IMF appointed a new chief. Even if DSK is cleared, this scandal won’t let him be a successful presidential candidate.
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