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Forgive me for starting a new thread, but the latest update has raised the stakes significantly.
The accuser is a 32 year old African Immigrant. The Judge who denied bail or even an ankle bracelet is a woman who is the supervising judge of the Manhattan Criminal Court.
Prosecutor argued that France has no extradition treaty with the US so no bail should be granted. (Could the US not find a French Peter Phillips to do a deal with?)
Even if there is no extradition treaty, how could he continue to do his job, which is headquartered in Washington, and for which frequent international travel is required, if he just went into hiding in France? I think they need to work something out on this one, even if the evidence looks damning.
If he is guilty, someone in the background is probably working a deal for this woman, her family and home country to get some huge financial benefits. Indeed some countries, who are benefitting from his decisions, and who dont want to take the risk that a replacement would not be as kind to them, might be willing to facilitate deals. Also, business and political enemies of his might be willing to pay the woman as well and provide her with legal resources.
If he is found to be innocent, to have been set up, or if the woman drops the charges, this whole thing could blow up in a huge way for New York and the US. Even if he is found to be guilty, should the US and France not have worked something out so that he is afforded, as talk show hosts in NYC say, some sort of bail where he has GPS devices that monitor his movement until trial?
What a movie will follow! At the very least, they are already scripting the SVU episode.
The accuser is a 32 year old African Immigrant. The Judge who denied bail or even an ankle bracelet is a woman who is the supervising judge of the Manhattan Criminal Court.
Prosecutor argued that France has no extradition treaty with the US so no bail should be granted. (Could the US not find a French Peter Phillips to do a deal with?)
Even if there is no extradition treaty, how could he continue to do his job, which is headquartered in Washington, and for which frequent international travel is required, if he just went into hiding in France? I think they need to work something out on this one, even if the evidence looks damning.
If he is guilty, someone in the background is probably working a deal for this woman, her family and home country to get some huge financial benefits. Indeed some countries, who are benefitting from his decisions, and who dont want to take the risk that a replacement would not be as kind to them, might be willing to facilitate deals. Also, business and political enemies of his might be willing to pay the woman as well and provide her with legal resources.
If he is found to be innocent, to have been set up, or if the woman drops the charges, this whole thing could blow up in a huge way for New York and the US. Even if he is found to be guilty, should the US and France not have worked something out so that he is afforded, as talk show hosts in NYC say, some sort of bail where he has GPS devices that monitor his movement until trial?
What a movie will follow! At the very least, they are already scripting the SVU episode.
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