Toobin: Evidence against Strauss-Kahn 'looks awful,' but case has long way to go
CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin, speaking Monday on CNN's "AC360°," said International Monetary Fund chief Dominque Strauss-Kahn has retained one of New York's most famous lawyers, Ben Brafman, who has successfully defended high-profile clients including hip-hop mogul Sean "Puffy" Combs and rapper Jay-Z.
Combs was acquitted of gun possession charges stemming from a 1999 shooting in a Manhattan nightclub.
"[Brafman] prepares like a boring sort of old-school lawyer, but he's got the flash and dash of a sort of a courtroom performer," Toobin said.
"Certainly, the evidence [against Strauss-Kahn] looks awful so far," the legal analyst said. "Why would a maid make this accusation against someone she apparently had never met before, didn't know who he was?"
But Toobin cautioned that the case has a long way to go.
"It's important to remember the Duke lacrosse case, because that sounded bad initially, too," Toobin said.
In that case, charges against three lacrosse players at Duke University were dropped in 2007 after the North Carolina attorney general found no credible evidence to support sexual assault allegations leveled by a stripper who performed at a team party.
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CNN's Jeffrey Toobin: "It's important to remember the Duke lacrosse case, because that sounded bad initially, too." CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin, speaking Monday on CNN's "AC360°," said International Monetary Fund chief Dominque Strauss-Kahn
Duke is younger than usual. Last year's NCAA championship squad included a slew of fifth-year players given an extra year after the 2006 season was cut short after the rape case against several Duke lacrosse players later proven innocent.
The lacrosse case, though, continued to impact their initial Duke experience. The Duke Summer Reading Program unanimously chose “The Best of Enemies: Race and Redemption in the New South,” a nonfiction account of race relations in Durham by Osha Gray
DURHAM -- The city of Durham will appeal a March ruling by a federal judge allowing portions of former Duke lacrosse players' lawsuits against the city and Duke University to go forward. In three separate lawsuits,
One need only think back to the case of the Duke lacrosse players. In 2006 a woman falsely alleged to have been raped by members of the Duke University lacrosse team. The charges were dropped a year later. The North Carolina Attorney General at the
Toobin: Evidence against Strauss-Kahn 'looks awful,' but case has ...
CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin, speaking Monday on CNN's "AC360°," said International Monetary Fund chief Dominque Strauss-Kahn has retained one of New York's most famous lawyers, Ben Brafman, who has successfully defended high-profile clients including hip-hop mogul Sean "Puffy" Combs and rapper Jay-Z.
Combs was acquitted of gun possession charges stemming from a 1999 shooting in a Manhattan nightclub.
"[Brafman] prepares like a boring sort of old-school lawyer, but he's got the flash and dash of a sort of a courtroom performer," Toobin said.
"Certainly, the evidence [against Strauss-Kahn] looks awful so far," the legal analyst said. "Why would a maid make this accusation against someone she apparently had never met before, didn't know who he was?"
But Toobin cautioned that the case has a long way to go.
"It's important to remember the Duke lacrosse case, because that sounded bad initially, too," Toobin said.
In that case, charges against three lacrosse players at Duke University were dropped in 2007 after the North Carolina attorney general found no credible evidence to support sexual assault allegations leveled by a stripper who performed at a team party.
âThis Just Inâ is CNN's news blog . This is where you will find the latest news and information from CNNâs correspondents and sources around the world. Weâll cover fresh stories big and small – stories that are breaking, developing or otherwise driving the collective daily conversation, along with some items we find interesting and worth sharing.
remember Duke Lacrosse case!
RT : Then there was the case of the woman who said she was raped by members of the duke lacrosse team. Another hoax.
Then there was the case of the woman who said she was raped by members of the duke lacrosse team. Another hoax.
RT : I actually heard someone on this morning bring up the Duke Lacrosse Rape case, when referring to Strauss-Kahn.
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