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| Dominique Strauss-Kahn and housemaid look to settle out of court | Dominique Strauss-Kahn and housemaid look to settle out of court |
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| Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former International Monetary Fund chief, is said to have reached a settlement with the hotel maid who accused him of trying to rape her. | Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former International Monetary Fund chief, is said to have reached a settlement with the hotel maid who accused him of trying to rape her. |
| Details of the deal, which comes after prosecutors dropped related criminal charges in 2011, were not immediately known on Thursday and may be subject to a confidentiality agreement. | Details of the deal, which comes after prosecutors dropped related criminal charges in 2011, were not immediately known on Thursday and may be subject to a confidentiality agreement. |
| Lawyers for Strauss-Kahn and the housekeeper, Nafissatou Diallo, made the as-yet-unsigned agreement within recent days, with the Bronx supreme court justice Douglas McKeon facilitating that and a separate agreement to end another lawsuit Diallo filed against the New York Post, said a person familiar with the case. A court date was expected next week. | Lawyers for Strauss-Kahn and the housekeeper, Nafissatou Diallo, made the as-yet-unsigned agreement within recent days, with the Bronx supreme court justice Douglas McKeon facilitating that and a separate agreement to end another lawsuit Diallo filed against the New York Post, said a person familiar with the case. A court date was expected next week. |
| Lawyers for both sides did not comment. | Lawyers for both sides did not comment. |
| Diallo, 33, and Strauss-Kahn, 63, crossed paths when she arrived to clean his luxury Manhattan hotel suite. She told police he chased her down, tried to yank down her pantyhose and forced her to perform oral sex. | Diallo, 33, and Strauss-Kahn, 63, crossed paths when she arrived to clean his luxury Manhattan hotel suite. She told police he chased her down, tried to yank down her pantyhose and forced her to perform oral sex. |
| The allegation let loose a spiral of accusations about the sexual conduct of Strauss-Kahn, a married diplomat and economist who had long been dubbed the "great seducer". He faces separate charges linking him to a suspected prostitution ring in his home country. | The allegation let loose a spiral of accusations about the sexual conduct of Strauss-Kahn, a married diplomat and economist who had long been dubbed the "great seducer". He faces separate charges linking him to a suspected prostitution ring in his home country. |
| With DNA evidence showing a sexual encounter and Diallo providing a description of an attack, the Manhattan district attorney's office initially said it had a strong and compelling case. But within six weeks prosecutors' confidence began to ebb as they said Diallo had lied about her past including a false account of a rape and her actions after leaving Strauss-Kahn's room. | With DNA evidence showing a sexual encounter and Diallo providing a description of an attack, the Manhattan district attorney's office initially said it had a strong and compelling case. But within six weeks prosecutors' confidence began to ebb as they said Diallo had lied about her past including a false account of a rape and her actions after leaving Strauss-Kahn's room. |
| The district attorney's office dropped the charges in August 2011, saying prosecutors could no longer ask a jury to believe her. | The district attorney's office dropped the charges in August 2011, saying prosecutors could no longer ask a jury to believe her. |
| Diallo had sued Strauss-Kahn in the meantime. Strauss-Kahn called the lawsuit defamatory and countersued her for $1m. | Diallo had sued Strauss-Kahn in the meantime. Strauss-Kahn called the lawsuit defamatory and countersued her for $1m. |
| Her lawsuit against the Post concerned a series of articles that called her a prostitute and said she sold sex at a hotel where the Manhattan DA's office had housed her during the criminal case. The News Corp newspaper has said it stands by its reporting; a spokeswoman declined to comment on Thursday. | Her lawsuit against the Post concerned a series of articles that called her a prostitute and said she sold sex at a hotel where the Manhattan DA's office had housed her during the criminal case. The News Corp newspaper has said it stands by its reporting; a spokeswoman declined to comment on Thursday. |
| In France, judges are to decide by 19 December whether charges linking Strauss-Kahn to a suspected prostitution ring run out of a luxury hotel in Lille can go ahead. He acknowledges attending "libertine" gatherings but denies knowing that some women present were paid. | In France, judges are to decide by 19 December whether charges linking Strauss-Kahn to a suspected prostitution ring run out of a luxury hotel in Lille can go ahead. He acknowledges attending "libertine" gatherings but denies knowing that some women present were paid. |
| In August a separate case against Strauss-Kahn, centred on allegations of rape in a Washington DC hotel, was dropped after French prosecutors said the accuser, an escort, changed her account to say she wasn't raped. | In August a separate case against Strauss-Kahn, centred on allegations of rape in a Washington DC hotel, was dropped after French prosecutors said the accuser, an escort, changed her account to say she wasn't raped. |
| Soon after Strauss-Kahn's arrest in New York last year, the French writer Tristane Banon accused him of attempting to rape her during an interview in 2003, a claim he called imaginary and slanderous. Prosecutors said they believed the encounter qualified as a sexual assault but the legal timeframe to pursue her complaint had elapsed. | Soon after Strauss-Kahn's arrest in New York last year, the French writer Tristane Banon accused him of attempting to rape her during an interview in 2003, a claim he called imaginary and slanderous. Prosecutors said they believed the encounter qualified as a sexual assault but the legal timeframe to pursue her complaint had elapsed. |
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