Deep seems to be the recent sexual assault case of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the lately resigned MD of IMF. It may be a smear campaign, it may not.

"Strauss-Kahn had been expected to be a leading candidate for the 2012 French Presidency under the Socialist Party. Preliminary polling suggested he was favored to defeat the incumbent, Nicolas Sarkozy." (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique_Strauss-Kahn_sexual_assault_case#Political .)

On another note, the family name "Kahn", which he for one possesses, is an interesting and widespread one.