[lbo-talk] Case against Strauss-Kahn near collapse: report | Reuters

[// ravi]

On Jul 1, 2011, at 3:09 AM, Wendy Lyon wrote:
> On 1 July 2011 04:43, Michael Pollak <mpollak at panix.com> wrote:
>> 
>> The prosecutors say they don't believe anything she says.  But AFAICT, they
>> offer no evidence here anything she said about the incident is wrong.
>> 
>> I think they're just afraid she'll get savaged on the stand and in the press
>> for her associations.
> 
> The AP has this:
> 
> "But according to the law enforcement official, prosecutors now
> believe Strauss-Kahn's accuser lied about various details on her
> application for asylum in the U.S., including saying she had been
> raped in her native Guinea — a claim she repeated and then recanted
> during the investigation, the official said.
> 

The woman says she was raped. Why on earth are they discussing her asylum petition with her?

	—ravi