Dominique Strauss-Kahn facing rape allegations yet again!

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Imagine if the scandal hadn't come out last year and it all suddenly poured forth either just prior to the first round, or between the first and second, or even right after he had been elected President.

Reminds me of John Edwards.

That would have been interesting.

Something I've always wondered and I've expressed this on the forum, was what if he had been President of France when the NYC maid scandal and now this had come out? I wonder what the legal ramifications would have been?

DSK makes Edward's look like a saint in comparison IMO.

In most countries he would have diplomatic immunity. I assume that would have been the case in the US as well.

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I can't think of any situation in which non-consensual sex would be less heinous than consensual sex.

Neither can I.

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In most countries he would have diplomatic immunity. I assume that would have been the case in the US as well.

Really?

I think I read otherwise somewhere when all this began?

DSK's claims of diplomatic immunity have been rejected because when he came to the US on that trip, it was as a private citizen and not as the head of the IMF.

Sure. We know that. But the (hypothetical) question was, what would have happened if he had done the same thing as president of France.