PARIS (AP) — Supporters of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn are calling on French authorities to investigate new allegations that President Nicolas Sarkozy’s party may have improperly accessed his personal e-mail.
The call Sunday by support group “Club DSK” follows a report published in The New York Review of Books that revived speculation of a conspiracy aimed at damaging Strauss-Kahn.
The report, citing unidentified sources close to Strauss-Kahn, alleged that at least one private e-mail sent from his mobile phone had been read at Sarkozy’s UMP party offices. UMP officials have denied claims of a plot.
Strauss-Kahn was seen as Sarkozy’s top rival for France’s 2012 presidential race until his career came crashing down over revelations about a sexual encounter he had with a New York hotel maid on May 14.
