Thursday, May 19, 2011

DSK affair: the relatives of the complainant defend its reputation

His only appearance since the arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Saturday, May 14, for "attempted rape", "sexual assault" and "sequestration", dates back to Sunday. Landed an unmarked police van, the maid of the Sofitel New York on the basis of the complaint against the IMF chief, entered the police station in Harlem, his face hidden by a blanket.

Placed under the protection of the NYPD, the complainant is from a secret location. While his identity was not released by U.S. authorities, the name of Ophelia is soon to appear in the international media. This is the name used by the complainant on her work. Thus, the deputy of Paris, Bernard Debre, interviewed by L'Express.

fr, diamanche means the alleged victim. He mentions "Ophelia - a charming woman of 32 who worked very well." Tuesday SlateAfrique reveals the real name of the employee's Sofitel: This is Nafissatou Diallo, according to a "family member" who wishes to remain anonymous. Asked Tuesday by CNN, the lawyer for the girl, Jeff Shapiro, said his client is a widow of 32 years, mother of a 15 year old girl.

Originally from Guinea, it reached the United States in 2004, in "difficult circumstances" that allowed him to obtain political asylum. Factors contradicted by the testimony collected by SlateAfrique: from the region of Labe in central Guinea, Diallo was Nafissatou entry in 1998 in the United States, have divorced and would raise her daughter alone for 15 years in the Bronx.

Another relative of the alleged victim, his brother, Blake Diallo lifted the veil on the personality of her sister. It is "a woman working hard, good Muslim (...), not the type to attack a man." He also said that her sister spoke French. Originally from Guinea and 42 years old, the man works in a cafe in Harlem.

Guests of the hotel, as cited by Le Monde, are unanimous on one that is also a veteran of the place: "It's a very sweet girl, very respectable." In the Bronx, the neighborhood where the alleged victim resides, neighbors describe a quiet woman. "I live in an apartment right next to hers," said to a neighbor, Amanda Borgeson.

"It is discreet, I never hear anything, not even on TV or anything." Pedro Gomes, superintendent, speaks of "a great and beautiful woman who has her thirties" and comes from Africa. "It's really pretty, like many women Fulani," abounds Mamadou Cherif Diallo, another relative of the complainant, who also lives in New York.

A description which does not fit with what the lawyers DSK, reported for a time by RMC, which evoked a woman unattractive. On his workplace, Jorge Tito, CEO Sofitel, portrayed a model employee Monday, which gave "full satisfaction both in terms of quality of his work that his behavior." She worked at this hotel for three years and was excellently noted by his superiors.

His brother as his lawyer pointed out that she worked hard. According to Mr. Shapiro, when asked by The New York Times, the complainant was proud of her work and she could not do without to provide for his needs. In the course of events on Sunday, Blake Diallo, brother, ensures that was the first person contacted by his sister and denies any plot to harm the reputation of a favorite at the French presidential election: "She did not know which was not Strauss-Kahn at the time.

It was I who told him who he was when she called me, "he said. The European media who doubt this case, it annoys me." However, a colleague of Ophelia, interviewed by Le Figaro, says that a photo of Dominique Strauss-Kahn had been posted in the locker room for women to report the presence of an important person.

Counsel for the complainant said Wednesday that she categorically denied having had sexual intercourse with her consent. According to his brother, the complainant "is recovering" from this story. She could not return to work and has found his daughter on Tuesday. His lawyer described the Wall Street Journal newspaper upset: "She is sitting in a room, she watches television and everything she sees is him [Mr Strauss-Kahn]." Le Monde.

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