A View from France

While Paille and Boutin talk of "vigor" and "weakness," the NYPD has described a violent sexual assault, during which DSK allegedly forced the woman to perform oral sex on him and tried to remove her clothes against her will. Paillé and Boutin focus on the fact that DSK may have been taken in, neglecting what he may have done to the maid at the Sofitel. The potential crime, as they see it, is all about DSK's weakness rather than his strength and the maid's weakness. Yes, we must respect that DSK is innocent until proven guilty. But to consider the case simply as a conspiracy theory or an "ambush" on a "libertine" is to transform the presumption of innocence into a presumption of guilt on the part of the accusers.
Dominique Strauss Kahn sexual assault: How conspiracy theorists assume his alleged victim is guilty. - By Johan Hufnagel and Cecile Dehesdin - Slate Magazine