speaking. there was an attack. for the rest of your life, you would have on your resume you know tristan bannon, that's the girl, who, well? >> french tv reporter and polean demo layer who wrote a profile of strauss-kahn in the washingtonian magazine says this about his wife, a popular tv figure in wife, american born ann sinclair. >> she is always beside him. she's really taking his arm wherever he goes. so yes, there have been probably some ups and downs but she has been by his side. >> even during affair he had a few years ago. strauss-kahn was investigated for what he later acknowledged was an improper relationship with a female employee. an independent investigation found that the relationship was consensual and there was no harassment, favoritism or any other abuse of power by him but he did later apologize to the imf, to his family and to the employee. i asked harassment attorney