Nafissatou Diallo

'Hail Mary' Attempt To Dismiss Suit

Reuters | Posted 05.02.2012

By Joseph Ax NEW YORK, May 1 (Reuters) - A New York judge on Tuesday rejected a motion by former International Monetary Fund chief ...

New (Dance?) Video Emerges From Alleged DSK Attack

Posted 12.09.2011

by JENNY BARCHFIELD, Associated Press PARIS -- Surveillance videos publicly aired for the first time Thursday show Dominique Strauss-Kahn leisurely...

Book Claims Hotel Maid Propositioned Dominique Strauss-Kahn

AP | By JENNY BARCHFIELD | Posted 01.31.2012

PARIS -- A new book purports to give Dominique Strauss-Kahn's version of events of what happened in that New York hotel suite. In "DSK Affairs: The S...

Could This Be a French Watergate?

Pamela Sage Dodson | Posted 01.28.2012

Pamela Sage Dodson

There was apparently a lot going in the French-owned Sofitel Hotel just before and after Strauss-Kahn was arrested.

DSK Rape Case Being Made Into Porn Film

Posted 01.01.2012

According to French outlet The Local, the internationally publicized allegation of sexual assault against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn by a...

DSK Claims Diplomatic Immunity, Asks New York Court To Dismiss Hotel Maid's Lawsuit

AP | By COLLEEN LONG | Posted 11.26.2011

NEW YORK -- Dominique Strauss-Kahn claimed Monday he has diplomatic immunity and asked a New York court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the hotel maid w...

DSK Visits IMF To Say Goodbye To Staffers

AP | By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 10.29.2011

WASHINGTON -- Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, returned to the IMF's Washington headquarters Monday to say ...

When Women Are Abused: Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Shadow of Shame

SaraKay Smullens | Posted 10.27.2011

SaraKay Smullens

Hundreds of thousands of dollars later Dominique Strauss-Kahn, his wife Anne Sinclair, and his lawyers are rejoicing at what an August 24th New York T...

The V-Report

Eve Ensler | Posted 10.26.2011

Eve Ensler

How many women never spoke up or out about sexual assault? How many women were afraid to press charges? Let the DSK dismissal be our call to rise. Let so many of us speak out that it's a landslide and it turns the tide and the method of justice.

The Privilege That Dares Not Speak Its Name?

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 10.25.2011

Barbara & Shannon Kelley

When the sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn was dismissed on Tuesday, it occurred to us that what we had in front of us was a good metaphor for one of the tawdry underbellies of American life.

In the Dominique Strauss-Kahn Case, Whose Rape Is It Anyway?

Mario Almonte | Posted 10.25.2011

Mario Almonte

It's the nightmarish scene that plays out in the minds of many women who are rape victims -- that if they took their allegations to court they would end up being the ones on trial, rather than the rapist.

DSK May File Civil Charges Against Maid

AP | By JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 10.24.2011

NEW YORK -- Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn might take legal action in civil court against the hotel maid who accused...

Charges Against DSK Dropped

The New York Times | Posted 10.24.2011

The criminal case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former managing director of the International Monetary Fund, officially ended Tuesday after a Ma...

Charges Against DSK Dropped

The New York Times | Posted 10.24.2011

The criminal case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former managing director of the International Monetary Fund, officially ended Tuesday after a ...

DSK Sex Charges Dropped By Judge

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ and TOM HAYS | Posted 10.24.2011

NEW YORK — Dominique Strauss-Kahn became a free man Tuesday when a judge ended the sexual assault case against him at the request of prosecutors...

Prosecutors In DSK Case Recommend Dismissal Of Sexual Assault Charges

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ and TOM HAYS | Posted 10.22.2011

NEW YORK — Prosecutors sought on Monday to dismiss the criminal charges in a sexual-assault case against former International Monetary Fund lead...

Strauss-Kahn Accuser's Lawyer Questions DA's Motives

AP | JENNY BARCHFIELD | Posted 10.21.2011

PARIS — The hotel maid who accused former International Monetary Fund director Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault feels "abandoned" by Man...

Lawyer: Strauss-Kahn Accuser To Meet Prosecutors

AP | Posted 10.20.2011

NEW YORK — The lawyer for the woman who accused former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault said Saturday that he believes prosecut...

The Case for Prosecuting Strauss-Kahn: Or Should Prosecutors Play God?

Bennett L. Gershman | Posted 10.19.2011

Bennett L. Gershman

Will New York District Attorney Cyrus Vance allow the DSK case to proceed to trial and allow a jury to render a verdict? Or will he play God and decide the case himself? He makes his decision on Tuesday.

DSK Lawyers Dispute Report Of Hotel Maid's Medical Examination

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 10.16.2011

JENNIFER PELTZ / AP NEW YORK -- Lawyers for former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn fought back Tuesday after a media repo...

Maid Files Lawsuit Against DSK For Hotel Encounter

AP | By LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 10.08.2011

NEW YORK -- A hotel maid who accuses ex-International Monetary Fund boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault sued him Monday over what she calls ...

The Maid and the Millionaire

Rep. Bobby Rush | Posted 10.04.2011

Rep. Bobby Rush

I have to say it, even if nobody else wants to. I think we need to have a national conversation about how "we the people" have reacted to the alleged sexual assault of Nafissatou Diallo by Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

What's Wrong With "Nafi" Diallo Wanting Money From DSK?

Joel Cohen | Posted 10.02.2011

Joel Cohen

It is ethically correct for prosecutors to proceed to trial even with a weak case. That's what a prosecutor's duty to justice really means, and prosecutors more than any other government officials are sworn to serve justice.

The Chilling Effect

Taina Bien-Aime | Posted 09.28.2011

Taina Bien-Aime

At the heels of the NYPD rape case that shockingly led to an acquittal, there could be yet another chilling effect on reporting sex crimes if the DSK case is dismissed.

Strauss-Kahn Case Becomes a Circus

Bob Barr | Posted 09.27.2011

Bob Barr

Nafissatou Diallo and her lead lawyer, Kenneth Thompson, have thrown all normal rules of professional conduct to the wind and decided instead to conduct their case in the manner of the famous showman, P.T. Barnum.