Dominique Strauss-Kahn May Have Been Set-Up

Dominique Strauss-Kahn is a man with a lot of problems who has fallen from being the head of the IMF and leading candidate to be President of France instantly as a result of allegations of sexual misconduct and attempted rape.

The circumstances are so extraordinarily that anybody needs to ask whether he was set up. First, we need to assume that Strauss-Kahn did not rise to be where he is without one iota of common sense. Someone who has traveled the world would understand that the US – and New York especially – is not a place where unsolicited sexual intercourse with the hotel maid is going to be tolerated. Strauss-Kahn would also know not to call the hotel seeking the return of his cell phone if he believed that he had committed a crime.

Targeting Strauss-Kahn with these allegations would be easy. Any adversary would need to know what hotel the guy is staying in - apparently Dominique Strauss-Kahn routinely stays not just in this hotel and in this room. They would then need to make contact with a hotel maid with access to the room and offer her $2000 (Euro 1300) to go into the room unannounced until she finds the target in a compromising position (such as coming out of a shower naked). The maid would then need to be instructed to scream and draw attention to the situation and then to file a false police report afterwards alleging impropriety. It is that easy!

Anybody looking to set-up the IMF head and French Presidential candidate would obviously choose the US – and New York City - as the location if they could over anywhere else in the world. Unlike the rest of the world, the US is a “shoot first, ask questions” later place when it comes to allegations by a woman – any woman – against a man – any man. Most US detectives, no matter how well trained and skilled, lack discretion to dismiss a case and must turn it over to a District Attorney where any allegation that could possibly involve sexual impropriety is involved. Many District Attorneys’ Offices are charged with pressing forward with a case and trying to get a conviction regardless of the nature of the evidence or circumstances as long as there is any possibility of the allegations being true.

There is no lack of Strauss-Kahn adversaries – from opponents to his efforts to remediate the Greek situation to President Sarkozy of France – who would have the motive to set-up Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the means. They would also have had the knowledge that with very little money, this guy could be destroyed and his political agenda silenced.