Posted on 18 May 2011. Tags: consensual, contagious diseases, couple of days, defendant, hotel maid, inmates, international monetary fund, managing director, prisoners, young woman
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, chief of IMF, is feared to be contemplating suicide after the pressure for him to resign from his office grows and the hotel maid he allegedly raped said that she did not have any idea who he was when she reported him. Strauss-Kahn is now under suicide watch said the police on Tuesday.
Jail officials made it clear that Strauss-Kahn has not attempted suicide or harm himself in any possible way. However, they are still keeping an eye on him in case the pressure gets the better of him and tries to kill himself.
On the other hand, information regarding the complainant has started to surface. She is an immigrant from Guinea, a West African nation. She is 32 years old and has a 15-year old daughter.
Her lawyer, Jeffrey Shapiro, holds firm that what happened between his client and Strauss-Kahn was in no way consensual and it was clear that the defendant sexually abused a young woman. He further said that the complainant insists that she has no idea who Strauss-Kahn was until a couple of days after she filed the complaint.
62-year old Strauss-Kahn, the International Monetary Fund’s managing director, was arrested on Saturday after a complaint was filed against him. He is now being held in the Riker’s island jail without bail. He is in a unit separate from other prisoners; a cell usually reserved for inmates with contagious diseases.
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Posted on 22 April 2011. Tags: breaking dawn, couple of days, ellen degeneres, good friend, karaoke songs, lubbock texas, memorable time, robert pattinson, washing machine, water for elephants
24-year old Twilight star Robert Pattinson is everywhere the last couple of days to promote his latest project “Water for Elephants”. Yes, the young actor has gone a long way since the Twilight series and this recent romantic drama is another proof of his versatility as an actor. But no one can explore his bizarre territories like Ellen deGeneres does.
In Pattinson’s appearance in Ellen, they talked about practically everything – from Robert’s choice of underwear to the best days of his life.
The actor said that one of the happiest moments of his life came last fall wherein he belted karaoke songs like “I Belive I Can Fly” in a bar in Lubbock, Texas. Naturally, a mob gathered outside the bar to take a glimpse of the young actor but the police immediately locked down the place giving Pattinson and a good friend a chance to sing their hearts out for 4 long hours.
Another memorable time in his life happened while shooting for “Breaking Dawn.” Robert, who confessed he does not have a clue how to use a washing machine, ran out of underwear except for one – Ellen underwear. For some reason, his ass was constantly hanging out while they were doing this huge fight scene, the actor said. Every shot showed his “Ellen” underpants that the producers had to call his agent’s attention.
Pattinson can now laugh about what he called an awkward day on the set. To celebrate what he said is one of the happiest days of his life; Ellen deGeneres gave him a basket full of Ellen underwear so he will never run out again.
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