Lawyers for Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the French economist and politician who resigned as head of the International Monetary Fund last year after he was charged with sexual assault, are now depicting his involvement in sex scandals on both sides of the Atlantic as the actions of a libertine.
“I long thought that I could lead my life as I wanted,” Mr. Strauss-Kahn, who no longer faces criminal charges in the United States but remains a suspect in an investigation into a sex ring in France, said in an interview.
To the American ear, the word libertine has an archaic ring; it’s not a term we would generally use to describe the dubious behavior of a major public figure.… Seguir leyendo »
You can probably guess why I took more than a passing interest in the news that Max Mosley faced down a vote of no confidence on Tuesday. What you think of his continued position in formula one probably depends on where you think the boundaries should be set for the private life of someone in the public eye. Unsurprisingly I welcome Tuesday's decision - but I know a lot of people don't.
It got me thinking about the whole privacy v public interest debate again. When is it justified to report on a celebrity's personal life? By accepting positions that place us in the public eye, do we accept that we will find ourselves in the heat of the media spotlight?… Seguir leyendo »
The security services can expect a full mailbag from S&M enthusiasts volunteering to be the victims of their next sting operation. This follows Sunday's extraordinary revelations that an MI5 officer's wife was one of the prostitutes involved in the infamous sado-masochistic orgy with Max Mosley, the beleaguered head of Formula One's governing body - and subsequent speculation (quickly denied) that the News of the World exposé had the official backing of the security services.
Despite the growing scale of innuendo and conspiracy theory that has materialised in cyberspace, many of us will feel inclined to believe the protestations of innocence emanating from MI5.… Seguir leyendo »
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