Strauss-Kahn hearing fixed for Monday
5 Dec 2012 5:35 AM IST
Disgraced ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will face a hearing on 10 December in New York to settle with the hotel maid whose sex assault allegation triggered his downfall, a judge said.
‘If the case is settled, this will be announced in open court on that day,’ Bronx Supreme Court Justice Douglas McKeon said.
The hearing is set for 2 pm. McKeon said he expects the maid, Nafissatou Diallo, to be present, and for Strauss-Kahn to skip the proceedings. If Strauss-Kahn, 63, and Diallo, 33, agree on the still undisclosed terms of the settlement, the one-time favourite for the French presidency would put to an end his sordid 18-month legal battle in the United States. Strauss-Kahn's lawyers have refused to give details of any pay-off, reported to reach some USD million if Diallo drops her civil suit.
Until now, Strauss-Kahn's lawyers repeatedly said they would not agree to a deal and called Diallo a gold digger. Her legal team insisted equally strongly that she wanted her day in court to confront her alleged abuser.
Diallo's allegation of attempted rape in May 2011 triggered a stunning fall from grace for Strauss-Kahn, who had been seen as close to announcing he would run in an upcoming French presidential election.
‘If the case is settled, this will be announced in open court on that day,’ Bronx Supreme Court Justice Douglas McKeon said.
The hearing is set for 2 pm. McKeon said he expects the maid, Nafissatou Diallo, to be present, and for Strauss-Kahn to skip the proceedings. If Strauss-Kahn, 63, and Diallo, 33, agree on the still undisclosed terms of the settlement, the one-time favourite for the French presidency would put to an end his sordid 18-month legal battle in the United States. Strauss-Kahn's lawyers have refused to give details of any pay-off, reported to reach some USD million if Diallo drops her civil suit.
Until now, Strauss-Kahn's lawyers repeatedly said they would not agree to a deal and called Diallo a gold digger. Her legal team insisted equally strongly that she wanted her day in court to confront her alleged abuser.
Diallo's allegation of attempted rape in May 2011 triggered a stunning fall from grace for Strauss-Kahn, who had been seen as close to announcing he would run in an upcoming French presidential election.
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