Television producer Joe Halderman, who spent four months at Rikers Island after he pleaded guilty to blackmailing David Letterman, says Dominique Strauss-Kahn's life in jail will be a far cry from his $3,000-a-night Sofitel Hotel suite.
Plus: the three women who will decide Strauss-Kahn's fate, Bernard-Henri Levy on why Strauss-Kahn is innocent until proven guilty, and Andrew Sullivan on the false moral certainty of defending the Imf chief.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Spinning Letterman's Scandal
Dominique Strauss-Kahn will not enjoy any luxuries on "The Rock." He may be treated slightly better than the run-of-the-mill rape suspect-but not much. It is jail, not the Sofitel. No croissants, no café au lait.
After Judge Melissa Jackson denied his bail, Strauss-Kahn was, effectively, no longer the managing director of the International Monetary Fund and contender for the French presidency. He became property of New York City's Department of Corrections. He...
Plus: the three women who will decide Strauss-Kahn's fate, Bernard-Henri Levy on why Strauss-Kahn is innocent until proven guilty, and Andrew Sullivan on the false moral certainty of defending the Imf chief.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Spinning Letterman's Scandal
Dominique Strauss-Kahn will not enjoy any luxuries on "The Rock." He may be treated slightly better than the run-of-the-mill rape suspect-but not much. It is jail, not the Sofitel. No croissants, no café au lait.
After Judge Melissa Jackson denied his bail, Strauss-Kahn was, effectively, no longer the managing director of the International Monetary Fund and contender for the French presidency. He became property of New York City's Department of Corrections. He...
- 5/17/2011
- by Joe Halderman
- The Daily Beast
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