dominic strauss kahn the former head of the i.m.f. has been cleared of criminal sexual assault charges by a new york court and our correspondent has the details. dominic strauss kahn has been cleared of all sexual assault charges that were filed more than two months ago and in a nutshell the prosecutors say that the accuser in this case thirty three year old nafissatou diallo is not a credible witness according to prosecutors they say that the accuser former cleaning lady at the self itself hotel here in new york was untruthful with investigators in virtually every interview prosecutors say she lied in matters great and small and that the problem in this circumstance is her credibility all these charges against him have been dropped however this order is on hold because the defendant. has appealed for a special special project prosecutor in this case now the judge already denied that request for a special special prosecutor but we have we do have to wait and see what the appeals court says but as we know now the judge has dropped all t

prove his innocence in the work of public opinion we did see that in just a matter of a week dominic strauss kahn lost his job as head of the i am mouth he was his reputation was was completely dissolved. and then you know he was just basically a running joke and this is a lot for the for the media in the u.s. that is always absorbed with salacious sexual scandals particularly when it comes to wealthy people or high profile politicians and at this point we do see some reports coming out from journalists themselves saying that they owe dominic strauss kahn an apology because this is a man that was not given the opportunity to even state his claim before the as you mentioned he was found guilty in the court of public opinion but at this point we should also mention there is a civil suit that has been filed by ms diallo against dominique strauss kahn and many are imagining he will settle out of order if he wants this problem to just go away and that would require probably a good sum of money but at this point he's been pretty much vindicated on all these sexual assault charges. marina thanks very mu

well bill as you mentioned dominic strauss kahn has been cleared of all sexual assault charges that were filed more than two months ago and in a nutshell the prosecutors say that the accuser in this case thirty three year old nafissatou diallo is not a credible witness according to prosecutors they say that the accuser former cleaning lady herself it's a hotel here in new york was untruthful with investigators in virtually every interview prosecutors say she lied in matters great and small and that the problem in this circumstance is her credibility those lies according to prosecutors and according to what's been reported is that in those immigration papers there was a fabricated story of rape that occurred in her homeland of guinea that she spoke about and then later said she made out there was also transcripts. that were recorded in from by prosecutors of a conversation that case accuser and c.l.o. had with an ex-boyfriend in prison after she made allegations of this sexual assault indicating that she was interested in dominique strauss kahn's money there was also reports that this is

appeal by the accuser now in his first public statement since being arrested on may fourteenth dominic strauss kahn says that in the past months have been a nightmare for him and his family and they are looking forward to returning to france dominic strauss kahn was arrested on may fourteenth shortly after paraded in front of news cameras by the new york city police department at that point he was essentially vilified by unknown most mainstream media outlets and found guilty in the court of public opinion now the new york media turned this criminal investigation into somewhat of a circus because many of the new york new york city newspaper headlines refer to dominique strauss kahn as a frog wanted to refer to him as pepe le pew and they also refer to him as a womanizer now this of course ruin the reputation for this french politician he was considered a contender for the next presidential race in france but his basically his reputation was ruined before he was convicted at all he lost his job as head of the international monetary fund and there was a lot of of a lot of vote comments and negative pr

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media jumped on dominic strauss kahn as if public enemy number one had been finally captured this was running through the wringer basically all the headlines of all the major newspapers essentially had him guilty and mocking him skits were made about him shows here in the u.s. we did see that in just a matter of a week i mean extra time lost his job as head of the i am mouth he was his reputation was was completely dissolved. and then you know he was just basically a running joke but at this point you should also mention there is a civil suit that has been filed. against him an extra on. many are imagining he will settle out of court if he wants this problem to just go away and that would require probably a good sum of money but at this point he's been pretty much been decayed in on all these sexual assault charges. and speaking to me a little. history professor at the university of houston and said the only u.s. prosecutor's office is come out of this well. i see this as just the latest the latest chapter on the probable i thought the next stross can does nothing surprising about abo

in national news, the hotel made at the and dominic strauss-kahn of sexual abuse has filed another lawsuit the lawsuit claims left her life in shambles and is asking for unspecified damages he has not commented yet. in a separate criminal matter they have discovered flat pics that has brought out to the woman's accusations. >> in all loss site a i did a said a bank of america created fraud and cause a sig millions of dollars of damages. bank of america has not yet commented >> we will take out a quick break and we will do weather and traffic coming up. and more on that story >> on friday we learned a the united states received a downgrade from one of the rating agencies >>> president barack obama the dog rating of the u.s. credit rating was due to the political wrangling that went on a a before meeting the debt crisis. >> we need to change >> the market continued with this tale span he tried to, the fears of the american people and the uncertainty on that wall street >> my kids it will fall and rise no matter what some agency says we've always been and always will be a triple a country >>

. >>> the assault charges against dominic strauss kahn could be dropped tomorrow. the former head of the international monetary fund was arrested in may when a hotel made told police he sexually sa district attorney is trying to figure out if they will retry airs. he's accused of molesting several young boys during therapy sessions. in june a jury found ayres unfit for trial due to dementia. families of alleged victims hired a private investigators that followed ayres to a lunch meeting last week. it shows ayres is not the dotterring old man that his attorneys claim he is. >>> more than 5,000 children and teens in the u.s. are injured each year in falls from windows. that is from new research released today. most children fall from first or second story windows. that was the case last month in brentwood when a five-year-old boy pushed a screen out the window and fell. the highest number of injuries happen in summer months when windows are left open. >>> every year ktvu and cox enterprises seek out people who preserve the outdoor environment in our communities. our

monetary fund chief christine legarde when she was france's finance minister she took over from dominic strauss kahn at the i.m.f. only last month after he stepped down from the post when he was charged with sexual assault in new york. coming up our documentary showing the showing how the republican has written from risen from conflict to become once again a holiday destination stay with us. ancient greeks and romans built that towns here they live side by side with local tribes in two thousand five hundred years ago. and the app has principality standish's in the eighth century and later became known as the app has king down. the modern day republican up cuz it covers an area of about nine thousand square kilometers of causes south is situated on the eastern coast of the black sea. the greater cook says mountain range towers in the republic's middle. it is a land where some tropics and lakes adjoining places. come on let's go locals remember it needs to well the tragic events in up causes modern history. through. eighteen years have passed since then has double crossed but i can talk about it witho

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the current case against dominic strauss-kahn is over, new york state supreme court justice michael obyssseveral sexual assault charges against dominic strauss-kahn, the former head of the international monetary fund. prosecutors said there was evidence of some kind of sexual encounter that had taken place, those were -- these are live pictures i should say, outside the courthouse in lower manhattan, where they are awaiting his exit. some kind of sexual encounter had taken place, but prosecutors said the maid who charged him with sexual assault turned out to be an unreliable witness, they could not ask a jury to listen to her testimony when they the prosecutors didn't believe her, dominic strauss-kahn, a free man, facing no criminal charges. back with more in a moment. medicare. it doesn't cover everything. and what it doesn't cover can cost you some money. that's why you should consider an aarp... medicare supplement insurance plan... insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. all medicare supplement insurance plans can help pay... some of what medicare doesn't, so you could save...

in the wake of the scandalous departure of its former head dominic strauss kahn the international monetary fund has been faced with the tough task of self-examination as the money lending parthenon seeks to find a new managing director that was regarding its effectiveness and commitment to internationalism have continued unabated i expect that the next president of the world bank will be an american and the next manager of the i.m.f. will be european broadly construed and that's the same path we've had since those institutions were established a pattern so ingrained in the fabric of the supranational giants and so resented by emerging economies that representatives of brazil russia india china and south africa issued a joint statement calling the process of selection and obsolete britain convention and saying that adequate representation of emerging markets and developing members and the funds management is critical to its legitimacy and effectiveness there are other reasons that should prompt the i.m.f. to revisit its record and possibly revamp some of its policies just ask latin america

christine lagarde when she was france's finance minister she took over from dominic strauss kahn at the international monetary fund last month after he stepped down from his post after he charged with sexual assault in new york. max kaiser and stacy herbert up next stay with us here on our. for the full story we've got. the biggest issues get the human voice ceased to face with the news makers on the. skies or this is the kaiser report you can sing from the scene behind me that i am in new york city not far from me is the legendary madison square garden home of many heavyweight bouts of the past and we're here in new york to witness another heavyweight bout the new york dollar versus the rest of the world are i should say the american dollar and so far that looks like the dollar in round sixteen of its post world war two epic battle with the rest of the world is about to go down stay server down the newsroom talk to me hello max yes the dollar is in the news in fact it's in my very first headline here i am s. look guard says u.s. dollar may lose privilege amid debt limit crisis so this

million euros to the business madame lagarde denies misconduct if she only took over from dominic strauss kahn of the i.m.f. last month after he stepped down following being charged with attempted rape of a hotel worker in new york your lane professor of political science at paris west university nanterre a lot of foreigners so the investigation is unlikely to affect lagarde the job because of her political ties thank you very much the debate about this case was going on in progress before she was actually wanted before she replace can she was appointed in spite of the pending case the french president's. very close this foreman used to finance in front wanted to find somebody to speak to represent problems and he's also involved in this in this case you know the reimbursement of public funds tightening the business tycoon who is one of his friends but i think both the investigation would not go very far because the investigation would be stymied in a case the french president is involved and. we can all be prosecuted included lol so you know if they want a case and he's not even sure some asp

hundred million euros to a businessman the guard denies any misconduct she took over from dominic strauss kahn at the i.m.f. last month after he stepped down being charged with attempting to rape of a hotel worker in new york here go lane a professor of political science at paris west university says that the investigation is unlikely to affect the guard's job because of her political links . the debate about this case was going on in prisons before she was actually wanted before she replaced ross can she was appointed in spite of the pending court case the french president who is very close to this former minister of finance in france wanted to find somebody to speak to represent crowds and he's also involved in this and this case you know the reimbursement of public funds to typing a business tycoon who is one of his friends but i think they both the investigation would not go very far because the investigation i suppose would be stymied in a case the french president is involved and he cannot be prosecuted in a court of law so you know if there was a case and it's not even sure some aspects

always been a big fan of the simplest explanation for any particular problem and in the case of dominic strauss kahnone doesn't need a conspiracy theory one doesn't need to look too political machinations are not the side of the of my dick to explain what is happening what happened is what happened meet people in his past and he has always admitted that there was a sexual encounter where his lloyd's had been denied that it was a sexual encounter what remains up in the air is the nature of this encounter was it consensual was it forced it vindicates anybody in this affair a very sad affair it's the new york art prosecutor's office they had the courage to do one hundred eighty degrees on the original findings they thought they had a credible case in the wake of intensive investigation they realized that their plaintive and the only witness to this alleged crime was not credible. and our talking minutes past the hour here in the russian capital with r.t. it's good to have you with us today if you stay with us for just a moment here at the business. hello and a very welcome to the business news that's c

his passport back after the collapse of the sexual assault case against him dominic strauss kahn is now free to travel once again after the core of the player if you use are unreliable john said he has a number of plans including a return to his native french. watching r.t. live from moscow now it's time for the latest in our close of series where we explore and discover parts of russia. and today we are in the care of region it's famous for its natural beauty and stunning countryside and as we explore the region are easier abroad this explains how people there are taking matters into their own hands as they tackle local problems. social logical surveys regularly show that russians are more concerned with practical problems with social issues but now with abstract freedoms in a region such as the kirov region one of the poorer regions of russia one would get subsidies from moscow these practical problems are particularly pressing problems of infrastructure problems are providing services so here with a limited budget they've come up with an innovator way of solving the most pressing iss

skits were made about him that shows here in the us we did see that in just a matter of a week dominic strauss kahn lost his job as head of the i am mouth he was his reputation was was completely dissolved. and then you know he was just basically a running joke but at this point we should also mention there is a civil suit that has been filed. against dominique strauss kahn and many are imagining he will settle out of order if he wants this problem to just go away and that would require probably a good sum of money but at this point he's been pretty much vindicated on all these sexual assault charges. well we'll keep you updated on all the latest developments in libya in less than hoffa from now. with a recap of the top stories in just a few minutes so do stay with us live here in moscow. wealthy british style. is not on. the. market why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cause or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into a report. for the full story we've got it first hand the biggest issues get the human voice face to face wi

accepting the prosecutor's request to dismiss this case, dropping all seven charges against dominic strauss-kahn, including attempted rape and sexual assault, and all but stamping the passport of the imf chief who was scheduled or at least was until an emergency appeal was filed to take off on a plane, off for france today, so then he was returned back to his townhome as he awaits word. within minutes after the ruling, strauss-kahn as you can see, escorted out of the courthouse. he had planned to fly back to france, the maid's attorney had filed an emergency appeal to appoint a special prosecutor to the case, so that it can continue, that appellate court likely to decide later today. upon hearing the news, take a look outside as protestors stood screaming all morning long on both sides of the street, holding signs, demonstrating their outrage with what they call an injustice. diolo's attorney saying a woman's right to get justice in a rape case hasin unjustly denied. >> the district attorney vance has abandoned an innocent woman and has denied an innocent woman a right to get justice in a rape c

relevance and even legitimacy as the jostling continues as you will succeed the now disgraced dominic strauss kahn at the international monetary fund many still question the usefulness of this global financial institution is the i.m.f. a political tool of the west or an unfortunate necessity. can see. cross-talk the role of the i.m.f. today i'm joined by peter chola in london he is a program manager at the bretton woods project also in london we have daniel ben-ami he is a journalist and author and in cambridge we cross to jeffrey frankel he is a professor of capital formation and growth at the harvard kennedy school ok gentlemen this is crosstalk that means you can jump in anytime one and i very much encourage it but first let's look at some of the issues surrounding this global financial institution. in the wake of the scandalous departure of its former head. of the international monetary fund has been faced with the tough task of self-examination as the money lending parthenon seeks to find a new managing director that is here guiding its effectiveness and commitment to internationalism have co