金庸视频:卡恩案原告女服务员起诉《纽约邮报》诽谤

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控前国际货币基金组织(International Monetary Fund)总裁卡恩(Dominique Strauss-Kahn)性侵犯的酒店女服务员周二起诉《纽约邮报》(New York Post)和五名记者诽谤；最近该报曾报导说，这名女服务员做过妓女。
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诉讼是在位于纽约市布朗克斯区的州最高法院提起的，仅使用了女服务员的名字缩写。这名女服务员就住在布朗克斯区。据起诉书说，这家报纸及其记者明确地说原告是一名“妓女”、“鸡”、“性工作者”和／或“经常与曼哈顿索菲特酒店(Sofitel hotel)的男客人进行钱色交易”，而这些报导是不实的、恶意的、无视事实的。
起诉书说，所有这些说法都是不实的，使原告在全世界受到了羞辱、嘲笑和奚落。
《纽约邮报》发言人说，我们坚持自己的报导。《纽约邮报》是新闻集团(News Corp.)的子公司。新闻集团也拥有《华尔街日报》。
《纽约邮报》在7月2日的一篇报导中，援引“一位了解辩护调查的消息人士”的话说，她曾接受“额外小费”，以及曾由与其无关的男性为其付款。报导没有明确援引消息人士的话说这名妇女是妓女，而是说该报“了解到”她做过妓女。卡恩的律师布拉夫曼(Benjamin Brafman)拒绝置评。
检方和警方说，他们对这名妇女在受雇于索菲亚酒店之际是否从事过卖春活动进行了调查，但没有发现证据。索菲亚酒店的母公司暂时没有回复记者的置评请求。
调查人员说，有法庭证据显示女服务员曾与卡恩有过性接触。卡恩的律师说，没有付钱，性接触是双方自愿的。检方拒绝就案件置评，女服务员的律师没有回复记者的置评请求。
诽谤诉讼提到的报导刊登于7月2日至4日，是在检方披露说这名32岁的几内亚移民向他们和大陪审团做出了虚假陈述后几天内报导的，包括在所称的性侵犯之后她的去向以及她来美国前在几内亚的经历。
女服务员的律师汤普森(Kenneth Thompson)上周说，尽管她犯了错，但从一开始她对性侵犯的很多次描述都是前后一致的。
对有关性侵犯的刑事指控，现年62岁的卡恩一直做出无罪供述。由于原告的可信度受到质疑，上周五卡恩被解除软禁。
Strauss-Kahn Accuser Sues New York Post
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The hotel maid who accused former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault filed a libel lawsuit Tuesday against the New York Post and five reporters over recent articles that said she had worked as a prostitute.
The lawsuit was filed in the State Supreme Court in the Bronx, where the woman lives, and uses only her initials. According to the suit, the newspaper and its reporters 'falsely, maliciously, and with reckless disregard for the truth stated as a fact that the Plaintiff is a 'prostitute,' 'hooker,' 'working girl' and/or 'routinely traded sex for money with male guests' of the Sofitel hotel located in Manhattan.'
'All of these statements are false [and] have subjected the Plaintiff to humiliation, scorn and ridicule throughout the world,' the lawsuit says.
A spokesman for the Post said, 'We stand by our reporting.' The Post is a division of News Corp., which also owns the The Wall Street Journal.
The Post cited 'a source close to the defense investigation' in a July 2 article saying she received 'extraordinary tips' and had expenses 'paid for by men not related to her.' The article didn't explicitly quote the source saying the woman was a prostitute, instead reporting that the newspaper 'has learned' she worked as one. Benjamin Brafman, a lawyer for Mr. Strauss-Kahn, declined to comment.
Prosecutors and police have said they investigated whether the woman engaged in prostitution while employed at the Sofitel and found no evidence of it. The parent company of the Sofitel didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
Investigators have said there is forensic evidence that the maid had a sexual encounter with Mr. Strauss-Kahn. Lawyers for Mr. Strauss-Kahn have said no money was exchanged and the encounter was consensual. Prosecutors declined to comment on the lawsuit, and the maid's lawyers haven't responded to requests for comment.
The articles in question, from July 2 through July 4, were published within days of disclosures by prosecutors that the woman, a 32-year-old Guinean immigrant, had given them and grand jurors false statements, including about her whereabouts after the alleged attack, experiences she had in her country before she came to the U.S., and other issues.
Kenneth Thompson, a lawyer for the maid, said last week that her mistakes notwithstanding, she 'from day one has described that sexual assault many times,' and consistently.
Mr. Strauss-Kahn, 62 years old, who has pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in connection with her allegations, was released from house arrest Friday based on the revelations of his accuser's damaged credibility.
Michael Rothfeld