Strauss Kahn Case

• Strauss-Kahn claims immunity in US sex case

  Allegations in the civil suit are much the same as the criminal charges initially lodged against Mr Strauss-Kahn: that Ms Diallo went to clean his luxury hotel suite and found herself being chased, then assaulted by its naked occupant.

• Writer sues Strauss-Kahn, says he grabbed her, ripped off her clothes

  A young French author has formally accused former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempted rape, breaking her long public silence with a dramatic account of fending off an attacker who ripped at her clothes as they fought on his apartment floor.Tristane Banon's criminal complaint, which was filed Tuesday, was already sp...

• Now, French writer accuses Strauss-Kahn of attempted rape

  A French novelist will file a criminal complaint on Tuesday accusing Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempted rape, her lawyer said, throwing fresh uncertainty into a fierce national debate about whether the former International Monetary Fund chief can return to his country's presidential race. The political world was hit by a new shock when the lawyer ...

• IMF chief to defend himself against sex charges

  Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has agreed to face scientific and forensic tests while intending to "vigorously" defend himself against charges that he sexually assaulted a hotel maid, said lawyers.His court hearing was delayed and he remained in jail on Sunday night after consenting to a medical examinatio...