Les adjoints du procureur de Manhattan, et peut-être Cyrus Vance lui-même, rencontreront aujourd'hui les avocats de Dominique Strauss-Kahn pour discuter d'un accord sur les charges à l'encontre de l'ex-patron du FMI ou de leur abandon pur et simple, selon cet article du New York Times.
Lors d'une entrevue à CNN, l'analyste Jeffrey Toobin a déclaré hier soir que l'accusation chercherait à sauver la face en tentant de tirer «une forme d'accusation, même reclassée en délit». Le Times indique que Vance ne décidera pas aujourd'hui de l'issue de cette affaire.
En attendant, le chroniqueur du New York Times Jim Dwyer estime ici que le procureur de Manhattan serait justifié de poursuivre les accusations contre DSK malgré les doutes qui pèsent sur la crédibilité de la femme de chambre. Je cite un extrait de son article dans le texte :
After all, it's not as if the case against Mr. Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, has simply dissolved with the discovery that the woman who accused him has lied about her past, and had shady connections and a bank account with irregular cash deposits.
To begin with, there is evidence in the case that other people can provide, notably, crime lab results that show the semen of Mr. Strauss-Kahn was found on her clothing.
But that is only the beginning.
In the moments after the encounter between Mr. Strauss-Kahn and the housekeeper, four employees at the Sofitel New York each spoke to her, one after the other, and each was convinced that she was "shook up" and "in distress," according to a person involved with that part of the investigation. "You had two former police officers who didn't think she was making it up," the person said.