Vanderbilt Television News Archive

(Studio: Anderson Cooper) The release of former International Monetary Fund director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who is charged with sexually assaulting a hotel maid, featured; scenes shown from the building where he will now live and the Bristol Plaza apartment building that refused him.

(New York: Susan Candiotti) A review of the Strauss-Kahn story presented; scenes shown from the Sofitel hotel while what he did is outlined, including grabbing the maid and assaulting her, leaving the hotel for a planned flight, the police being called, his arrest on the plane, his court appearance, his resignation from the IMF, his denials, his bail requirements, his apartment deals. [Assistant D.A. John McCONNELL†- recounts the sex charges.] [Defense attorney William TAYLOR - recounts his plane flight plans.]

(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Earlier discussion held with CNN's Eliot Spitzer and defense attorney Mark Geragos about the Strauss-Kahn case. [GERAGOS - comments on the leaking of "facts" by the prosecution, the police view of a case, the need for more facts, the phrase "Roman Polanski".] [SPITZER - says the grand jury heard the maid's testimony and indicted him; defends the detectives; comments on the significance of forensic evidence, the bail decision.]