Topic: Benjamin Brafman

Strauss-Kahn lawyer says sex with maid was consensual

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn had consensual sex with the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault, his defense lawyer said on Tuesday, adding that their comparative sizes would have ruled out a forcible encounter"This encounter was ...

Ex-NY sportscaster admits child endangerment

0 . A sportscaster-turned-sports medicine doctor admitted Tuesday he inappropriately touched a 14-year-old girl during an encounter in his ...
Embattled state Sen. Carl Kruger's legal defense is not coming cheap - or at his own expense.. . Kruger (D-Brooklyn) used $710,000 in campaign cash...
Lawyers for Dominique Strauss-Kahn intend to investigate the hotel maid accusing the former IMF chief of attempted rape for evidence of behavioral problems, court documents show.In a nine-page letter to prosecutors, the defense attorneys give insight into their strategy with a ...

Fallen IMF chief pleads not guilty to sex crimes

Fallen IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn pleaded not guilty to attempted rape, setting up a fierce New York courtroom showdown with his accuser.Asked how he pleaded to seven counts of sex crimes, the former head of the world lender, once a top ...

Strauss-Kahn pleads not guilty to sex crimes

Fallen IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Monday pleaded not guilty to attempted rape, setting up a fierce New York courtroom showdown with his accuser.Asked how he pleaded to seven counts of sex crimes, the former head of the world lender, once ...
Fallen IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was to launch his fight to clear his name Monday by pleading not guilty in a New York court to charges that he tried to rape a hotel maid.Strauss-Kahn, 62, was one of the most influential ...
Brooklyn State Sen. Carl Kruger pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a sweeping corruption indictment charging him with pocketing $1 million in payoffs in...
Two Diamond District jewelers went on trial Monday, accused of staging a bogus heist in a "desperate gamble" to snatch a $7 million insurance...
A shocking number of scandal-scorched New York pols are using their campaign coffers as legal defense funds - tapping donors' dollars to battle...