Epstein Secrets

air: One Year Later By Edward Jay Epstein When Dominique Strauss-Kahn stepped out of the shower in his $3,000 a night suite at the Sofitel Hotel in New York one year ago May 14, he was fully on track to become the next President of France. As head of the International Monetary Fund he was now on his way

vidence not only did not "prove or corroborate that their encounter was forcible or non-consensual," but it fails to corroborate certain aspects of [Diallo' s] account." In an almost unprecedented move in a high profile case, the district attorney dropped all the charges. When, I met with DSK in Paris

ly destroyed. Only one month after this spectacle, in late June, after the prosecutors got the key swipe records , did it become clear to them that Diallo, the only witness against DSK, had given false testimony under oath to the Grand Jury about the case itself. So the Grand Jury had indicted him on t

levant to Count Three because it tended to establish the existence of a conspiracy and of the Defendant and Epstein's intent to abuse the victims in New York. In sum, the same locations—particularly Florida—were part of the Government's case for both counts. And over time, a conspiracy's "shifting emphasi

rk law. This response ensured that the jury focused on the correct instruction and, in turn, reminded the jury that the only state law at issue was New York's, even if sexual abuse in New Mexico was relevant evidence of intent. See United States v. Rommy, 506 F.3d 108, 126 (2d Cir. 2007) ("[A] trial court

es, 482 F.3d at 72. Rather, the parties agree that the Court's inquiry is guided by the Second Circuit's Kmfant factors. See, e.g., United States v. Diallo, 507 F. App'x 89, 91 (2d Cir. 2013) 5 EFTA00156404 Case 1:20-cr-00330-AJN Document 657 Filed 04/29/22 Page 6 of 45 (summary order) (citing Unite

which is a part of the French-based Accor Group. He also had a similar position and office at the Sofitel (which is the Accor Group's only hotel in New York.) He was off that day at his home in Washingtonville, New York. Nevertheless, he had EFTA_R1_00222268 EFTA01839070 been in frequent touch with th

ccording to hotel records the guest had checked out at 11:36 AM She then left the suite and the door locked behind her. The third entry was also by Diallo. It was recorded at 12:06 PM, so she had spent very little time in the hall. We do not know why she returned but when she did she still lacked her

rds show that by 12:13 PM he was speaking to his daughter on his IMF BlackBerry— a call lasting for thirty-six seconds. Since it was not a call that Diallo witnessed, according to her own EFTA_R1_00222266 EFTA01839068 account, she must have already left the room. If so, the sexual encounter had laste