Nafissatou Diallo leaves the courthouse in New York on Monday
Lawyer says he could now sue his hotel maid accuser
Lawyer says he could now sue his hotel maid accuser
Dominique Strauss-Kahn celebrated at an Italian restaurant in New York last night after prosecutors dropped the attempted rape case against him.
The former head of the International Monetary Fund headed to L'Artusi in Manhattan with his wife Anne Sinclair and daughter for a lavish dinner to mark his freedom.
He is now expected to retrieve his passport from prosecutors and could travel to Washington, where he owns a townhouse, before returning to France.www.mannastores.com
Prosecutors said the hotel maid had not been truthful with them about aspects of her life and had changed her account of what she did immediately after the alleged attack.
Mr Strauss-Kahn's lawyers have long argued that the encounter at the Sofitel, a luxurious hotel in Manhattan, was brief but consensual.
Lawyer Benhamin Brafman has now revealed his client, a former French presidential candidate, could file his own claims to counter Ms Diallo's civil suit.
He said it was 'certainly a consideration' because 'she did lie and he has suffered enormous damages as a result of those lies'.
However, Mr Brafman said Mr Strauss-Kahn does not want to explain his version of the encounter with the chamber maid.
'What happened in that room, so long as we have now confirmed that it wasn't criminal, is really not something that needs to be discussed publicly,' he said.
'You can engage in behaviour that you're not proud of, and maybe some people might consider it inappropriate - it doesn't mean that you committed a crime. And it's not something that you may want to discuss, at the end of the day.'
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