Describing former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn as a "brilliant economic mind", his lawyers said the "momentary lapse of judgement" should no longer come in the way of the "wonderfully wide" options he has to resurrect his political career.
Fresh from winning a sexual assault case for their high-profile client, his lawyers Benjamin Brafman and William Taylor said Strauss-Kahn has "a lot to offer the world, and I hope the offers are wide and interesting...he paid a heavy price for a momentary lapse of judgement that was not criminal."
"At the end of the day, now that the charges are dismissed, I think it is a statement to the world that in these cases, including the media... that rushing to judgement is not a good idea and let the system play itself out.
"The presumption of innocence is an important concept in our country," the lawyers said in an interview on NBC's Today Show.
On Strauss-Kahn's prospects of getting back into public life in France, his lawyers said he has "a lot of options."
"I think he is probably best suited to talk about public life in France. But I think his options are wonderfully wide. He is a brilliant man and a brilliant economic mind when we need that most.
"We should not make moral judgements about people. The moral judgement I have made about this man is that he is quite a remarkable individual. I am very impressed by him on balance and the momentary lapse of judgement does not make the man," one of the lawyers said.
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