YBR (sorry to bring the topic here)

“One might credibly ask if the wife loves (loved??) the husband as a proxy for power – a proxy that comes wrapped in an acceptable, possibly attractive, human form? If the answer is yes, that bodes ill for women who have professional aspirations, and, for a species that some of us, at least, thought capable of far more than relationships dominated by pirates, barbarians and ‘suggested guidelines’ of behavior.”

Well she is the one that has wealthiness (several ten millions of euros)and it’s probably true that she wanted more power, but couldn’t assume her will by herself, and need to find the right “horse”. She is intelligent, a good communicator, and organisator, DSK was her extension.

if you want to understand DSK psychology, these two articles are very “explicit”
(in french that you can read)

http://www.lefigaro.fr/sante/2011/05/21/01004-20110521ARTFIG00002-certains-seducteurs-n-acceptent-pas-la-resistance.php

DSK, la PS et le bûcher des vanités http://t.co/lqOZGuY

In resumé, they say that DSK was a tired man, that he didn’t want to become president of France, but couldn’t exteriorise it, and his “sex” assault in Sofitel manifested of his fed up to play a part in a play that he didn’t want to, and doing so liberated him, and now he can become a serene man, like in Tom wolfe book: “The Bonfire of the Vanities”