PAPARAZZI, HACKERAZZI & STRAUSS-KAHN: WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?

POINT VIEW

And it has come to pass that French prosecutors dropped a sex assault investigation into former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

The dirty old man – and I’m sure he’ll proudly accept that description – was allowed to walk away with not even a slap on his balls despite admitting that he tried to kiss his victim – writer Tristane Banon.

Miss Banon claims that he had grappled with her like a “rutting chimpanzee” while attempting to pull off her jeans.

Reference: Telegraph.co.uk

Banon was, apparently, lured to a furnished apartment in Paris on the pretext of giving her an interview for a book she was researching.

The French authorities have found the whole incident “too old to prosecute”, And yet, film director Roman Polanski still cannot return to America as, after almost forty years, he is facing statutory rape charges against a minor.

The minor has written a book about the incident and has “forgiven” Polanski.

Why a minor was sent to a pool party by her Mother has always remained a bone of contention in this case along with a reneging of a deal made by the Judge in charge of the case.

This led to Polanski fleeing America.

Next to the story of Strauss-Kahn walking away a free man was the story about Christopher Chaney who has been arrested for hacking into the e-mail accounts of various celebrities and a hair stylist.

If found guilty of all charges, Chaney faces a sentence of up to 121 years.

Reference: Rickey.org

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUjsV_AzkTU&feature=relmfu

Wait: Strauss-Kahn walks out a free man for attempted rape – just as he did in New York a year earlier for assaulting a maid in a New York hotel.

But there was some dirty laundry aired by both parties in that case.

Still, isn’t a 121 years for hacking into some quasi-celebrities’ e-mails a tad over-the-top?

I mean, come on, these celebrities have publicists who feed many of these “taboo” pictures to the slew of gossip rags that have popped up online.

What’s the big difference between the paparazzi and the hackerazzi?

Not much to me.

Strauss-Kahn?

Now, there’s a pig for you.

© Hans Ebert

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