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New York maid files civil suit against Strauss-Kahn
The New York hotel housekeeper who accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempted rape in May filed a civil lawsuit against him on Monday, describing the alleged crime as a “violent and sadistic attack”.
By News Wires (text)
AP - A hotel maid who accuses ex-International Monetary Fund boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault sued him Monday, seeking unspecified damages as a result of what she calls the “violent and sadistic” attack in a room at the upscale Sofitel hotel.
Lawyers for the maid, Guinean immigrant Nafissatou Diallo, wrote in the lawsuit that Strauss-Kahn “intentionally, brutally and violently sexually assaulted Ms. Diallo and in the process humiliated, degraded, violated and robbed Ms. Diallo of her dignity as a woman.”
The lawsuit says Strauss-Kahn injured her shoulder, bruised her vagina, tore her pantyhose and violently grabbed the back of her head during the attack.
The lawsuit, filed in state court in the Bronx, accuses Strauss-Kahn of acting like a common criminal afterward, fleeing the midtown Manhattan hotel so quickly that he left behind traces of his semen, along with bloody tissues.
“In his haste to flee the scene of a crime, he rushed out of the hotel with toothpaste smeared on the outside of his mouth and was looking over his shoulders,” the lawsuit said.
Strauss-Kahn, widely seen as a potentially successful French presidential candidate before his May 14 arrest, was pulled off a plane and detained hours after Diallo reported she was attacked. He has pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted rape and other crimes. He and his lawyers have called a series of interviews Diallo conducted in recent weeks “an unseemly circus” designed to inflame public opinion.
Strauss-Kahn, who’s 65 and married, resigned his IMF post after his arrest. He was freed from house arrest last month after prosecutors said publicly that they had discovered facts that cast doubt on his 32-year-old accuser’s credibility.
Prosecutors have said Diallo lied about her background – including telling them an emotional story of being gang-raped in her homeland. She says now she was raped but not in the manner she described as part of an application for U.S. asylum.
Strauss-Kahn, who isn’t permitted to leave the United States, is due back in criminal court Aug. 23.
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Comments (6)
"The real color comes out"MONEY"
The real picture of this case comes out now!" "MONEY", Just wish Dominique Strauss Kahn was not a high profiled man, famous, and rich , because if not of his money. Naifissatou Diallo will never file a complaint againts him. Since at the start, money was the motive and its clear now with that civil suit lodge by her lawyer . I hope the DA will set the man free . The whole world were behind you "DSK". You deserved to be set free!.. God bless!- The truth will always sets you free!
Straus Kahn's accuser
From her body language and demeanor when she last spoke of the accused rape, I am still convinced it is false and frivolous. Her lawyer's effort to stir up public emotion is a pathetic.
GOODLOOK
I'm not raciste!
So is she a greedy
So is she a greedy opportunist or not?
Civil suit!
Civil suit seems to be much more lenient toward the burden of the proof in US. That may haven been the strategy well in mind by the lawyers for that maid. It's hard for Strauss-Kahn to overcome such punch particularly aiming at his pocketbook more than his guilt. It's inescapable that he has to pay some price for the consequence of his own stupid action.
WOW THINGS ARE GETTING MORE
WOW THINGS ARE GETTING MORE INTERESTING..!!
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