i want to welcome benjamin brafman, and cocounsel, william w. taylor. mr. brafman, i'll start with you. a great day for and you your team and mr. strauss-khan. were you confident this day would come? >> yes. i didn't think would come so quickly. i think both mr. taylor and i believed from the very beginning that dominique strauss-khan was innocent and if pushed to a trial he would be acquitted, but to have the case dismissed after indictment on motion of the district attorney's office, i don't think we expected that. but we certainly appreciate that decision and believe it was the right thing to do. >> obviously, the sexual assault charges were dropped. does your client, for example, concede that he behaved inappropriately, if not in any criminal way, but inappropriately? >> i think what we said from the beginning, there was an act in that room that was consensual, not forcible and we'll leave it at that. i don't think it's appropriate to discuss exactly what happen. and i don't think there's any point to it. >> mr. taylor, obviously a huge up roar in franc