New news is that Dominique Strauss-Kahn may have been falsely accused. The women bringing the charges has been found to be associated with criminals, drug dealers who seem to have deposited over $100,000 in various bank accounts held by her. Not bad for a hotel maid. It will be interesting to see, if the charges are dropped, whether he can regain his former political status.

France seems to be split on that since the revelations of his possible innocence became known within the past 24 hours. Woe be unto a man who is accused of sexual misconduct or domestic violence. In general he is toast, guilty in the court of public opinion before being able to defend himself. Full disclosure, I was one who found him guilty with no trial until the women's reliability came into question.