South African judge Sirajuddin Desai accused of raping WSF delegate

The true content of the WSF was eclipsed by a very odd rape case. Fifty-three-year-old South African judge Sirajuddin Desai, accused of raping a fellow delegate, is now in custody in Mumbai, while the 26-year-old victim has returned to South Africa. Curious circumstances lace the story. The woman went to the judge's room well past midnight to discuss the following day's agenda.

She ended up crying rape in the morning. Her husband told the South African press that despite his wife's confession that she shared a couple of drinks and jokes with Desai, he believes she was raped.

The judge denies the allegations. He told the media that all they shared were a few drinks. The hurdle to his defence is a condom that the woman says she insisted he use when she realized rape was inevitable.