Les avocats de DSK prétendent détenir des informations sur la présumée victime et ces informations la discréditeraient. Ils reprochent également aux autorités les "fuites" dans les médias... Réponse du bureau du procureur: si vous détenez des informations aussi explosives que vous le prétendez, il faut les fournir le plus rapidement possible aux autorités policières.
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Benjamin Brafman, Mr Strauss-Kahn’s lead attorney, wrote to prosecutors on Wednesday to complain about alleged police leaks that he said could compromise the chances of a fair trial.
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He added that if he wanted to feed the “media frenzy”, he could release information that would “gravely undermine the credibility of the complainant in this case”.
That riled the prosecutor, who wrote back on Thursday to say she too was concerned to discourage leaks, before hitting out at the reference to information that could undermine the alleged victim.
“We were troubled that you chose to inject into the public record your claim,” she wrote. “We are aware of no such information.”
As a celebrity defence lawyer who has represented pop star Michael Jackson as well as rappers Sean “P Diddy” Combs and Jay-Z, Mr Brafman is no stranger to the hysteria that grips the media when public figures collide with the law.
He is not alone in suggesting it can prejudice juries – and even judges. But the media are such an important part of the pre-trial process in the US that it is often hard for defence lawyers not to join in.
Sur le site du Financial Times:
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/99e6475e-87bb-11e0-a6de-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1NV6NjvOe
Sur le site du NY Times:
"The lawyers for Dominique Strauss-Kahn have suggested that they possess information that would undermine the credibility of the hotel housekeeper who has accused their client of sexual assault.
The suggestion was made in a letter sent by Mr. Strauss-Kahn’s lawyers to Cyrus R. Vance Jr., the Manhattan district attorney, that asked him to do whatever he could to stop law enforcement officials from leaking information in the case."
Plus loin:
"Indeed, Mr. Vance’s office responded with its own letter, noting that it was dismayed that Mr. Strauss-Kahn’s lawyers “chose to inject in the public record your claim that you possess information that might negatively impact the case and ‘gravely’ undermine the credibility of the victim.”
The letter, which was signed by Joan Illuzzi-Orbon, the chief of the hate crimes unit, who was just appointed to the case, indicated that prosecutors knew of no such information.
“If you really do possess the kind of information you suggest that you do, we trust you will forward it immediately to the district attorney’s office,” Ms. Illuzzi-Orbon wrote."
Et le procès n'est même pas commencé!
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