he was in a courtroom today as the terms of his bail were revealed. and they are stiff. he must put up $1 million in cash and post bond of $5 million, he had to surrender his travel documents, which his lawyer said he had already done. and he has to agree to home detention here in manhattan. he lives in washington. his lawyer argues he s not a flight risk. even though he was arrested on a flight about to leave for paris, the lawyer said it was a prescheduled flight, not a last-minute booking to try to escape the law. it s undisputed that the police knew his whereabouts is because he called the hotel, which is the scene of this incident, from jfk airport, to inquire if the hotel had located his cell phone or the hotel advised it had and asked him his whereabouts, which he promptly told them. indeed, he called the hotel a second time, called security a second time to advise that the plane was boarding and to urge
to approach this. he s not going to jump to any conclusions on this idea that the prosecutor announced that it was not consensual and it s a serious crime. you know, it seems like they re already in a position where they re doing pushback. i don t know why. if they have such a strong case, i don t know why they re so defensive. i would expect that ben will be circumspect until he sees everything the prosecutor has before he reveals anything. the defense though, mark, has tried to kind of get out the details that this flight was prearranged, that the notion that he suddenly booked this flight and went to the airport is not accurate. well, they have to do that, because of the bail hearing and what the grounds are for granting the bail. whether he s a flight risk. the prosecution tried to paint a portrait that this was somebody grabbing the first plane to france. they invoked the two words that every french defendant fears most, roman polanski, and then argued this person is never
is that what you found with clients? in this case, given the stakes here, there s no question. he s going to spend 24-7 on this case. there s no way that he would have been able to retain his position, even if released on bail. so this is something where he s going to have to dedicate his life to getting out of this. for all intents and purposes, he s facing a tantmount to a life sentence here. he needs to defend this case and meet with his lawyers and do everything possible. this is going to be an all consuming case for both him and frankly for the lawyers. what do we know about his visitors? it s interesting, the prosecution was arguing he should only be allowed one visitor aside from immediate family, but the defense lawyer said no, he has a lot of friends that want to see him. one interesting thing, anderson, watching him in court, he seemed much more relaxed when he saw
revealed. he must put up $1 million in cash and post bond of $5 million, he had to surrender his travel documents and agree to home detention here in manhattan. he lives in washington. his lawyer argues he s not a flight risk. even though he was arrested on a flight about to leave for paris, the lawyer said it was a prescheduled flight, not a last-minute booking. it s indisputed that the police knew his wants is because he called the hotel, the scene of this incident, from jfk airport, to inquire if the hotel had located his cell phone or the hotel advised it had and asked him his whereabouts, which he promptly told them. indeed, he called the hotel a second time, called security a second time to advise that the plane was boarding and to urge the hotel delivery people to please promptly bring his cell phone. before the hearing got under way, he was indicted observe charges. he s accused of attacking a maid on saturday. the prosecutor argued that the evidence is strong.
he lives in washington. his lawyer argues he s not a flight risk. even though he was arrested on a flight about to leave for paris, the lawyer said it was a prescheduled flight, not a last-minute booking to try to escape the law. it s undisputed that the police knew his whereabouts is because he called the hotel, which is the scene of this incident, from jfk airport, to inquire if the hotel had located his cell phone or the hotel advised it had and asked him his whereabouts, which he promptly told them. indeed, he called the hotel a second time, called security a second time to advise that the plane was boarding and to urge the hotel delivery people to please promptly bring his cell phone. before the hearing got under way, he was indicted on several charges, including attempt to commit rape. he s accused of attacking a maid on saturday. the prosecutor opposed bail, arguing that the evidence against dominique strauss-kahn is strong. the complainant in this case has offer