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Strauss-Kahn paid hotel maid $1.5 million: report
Disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn paid a settlement of $1.5 million (1.1 million euros) to the New York hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault, a French newspaper reported Sunday. Citing sources close to Strauss-Kahn, Le Journal du Dimanche said Nafissatou Diallo had received the payment under a…
Strauss-Kahn sex probe to continue with pimping charges
A probe into allegations that Dominique Strauss-Kahn procured prostitutes for sex parties will continue after a French court on Wednesday rejected a request for pimping charges against the former IMF chief to be dismissed. Lawyers for the disgraced politician said they would appeal the court’s decision. “Mr Strauss-Kahn’s defence is…
Negotiations underway on Strauss-Kahn sexual assault settlement
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF chief and French presidential hopeful, wants to draw a line Monday under the New York sex scandal that destroyed his stellar career. Lawyers for Strauss-Kahn were due in Bronx Supreme Court to discuss a settlement of the civil suit brought by Nafissatou Diallo, who accuses…
U.S. hearing for Strauss-Kahn set for Dec. 10
A hearing in the civil case of disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been set for December 10, after reports he will settle with the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault. “If the case is settled, this will be announced in open court on that day,” Bronx…
Strauss-Kahn settles out of court with maid in sexual assault case
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the disgraced former head of the International Monetary Fund and French politician, has reached a preliminary settlement with the Manhattan maid who accused him of sexual assault, The New York Times reported Thursday. According to the Times, quoting unidentified sources “with knowledge of the matter,” Strauss-Kahn and the…
French court to rule on Strauss-Kahn sex party probe
A French court will Wednesday rule on whether to drop pimping charges against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn in the latest sex crime case against him in France. Strauss-Kahn’s lawyers have asked the appeals court in the northern town of Douai to stop a judicial inquiry into claims that he…
Dominique Strauss-Kahn seeks damages over publication of photos with his girlfriend
Lawyers for disgraced ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and a woman named as his new girlfriend sought damages in court Tuesday from two French magazines for publishing “stolen photographs” of them together. The magazines named in the suit are VSD and Closer, which had published photographs of Strauss-Kahn and Myriam L’Aouffir…
Dominique Strauss-Kahn: ‘Leave me alone!’
Disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has pleaded to be left alone and says he is facing a “media assault” in an interview with French weekly Le Point. “I have never been convicted, not in (France) nor in any other country,” he said in the interview, due to appear on…
French prosecutors drop charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn
French prosecutors dropped a rape investigation Tuesday against former International Monetary Fund chair Dominique Strauss-Kahn. The Associated Press reports that the key witness withdrew her testimony and now says no rape was involved in a December 2010 encounter with Strauss-Kahn in Washington D.C. Strauss-Kahn and three other men were accused…
Strauss-Kahn seeks dismissal of pimping charges
Lawyers for Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Wednesday asked a French appeal court to dismiss charges that the disgraced former IMF chief helped procure prostitutes for sex parties. The court in the northern town of Douai deferred a ruling until November 28 after a closed-door hearing, lawyers said. Strauss-Kahn admits attending orgies…
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