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# dsk - Monday 10 December, 2012
Strauss-Kahn settles with maid over sexual assault allegation
A court in New York has heard that the former head of the IMF has reached an undisclosed financial settlement with the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault last year.
# dsk - Friday 30 November, 2012
DSK to make out-of-court settlement with maid over ‘sex assault’ – reports
A hotel maid accused the former head of the IMF of sexually assaulting her in his room at the Sofitel hotel in New York last year.
# dsk - Wednesday 28 November, 2012
French court delays Strauss-Kahn sex charge ruling
A French appeals court will delay a decision on whether to drop pimping charges against the former IMF chief until December.
# dsk - Wednesday 10 October, 2012
“Leave me alone!”: Strauss-Kahn says he is facing “media assault”
The former head of the International Monetary Fund says that he is the subject of a “media assault that some days resembles a manhunt” amid allegations of sexual assault and pimping.
# dsk - Thursday 19 July, 2012
Fizzy drink named after DSK to go on sale in France
The drink – with former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn as its namesake – is said to have aphrodisiac qualities.
# dsk - Tuesday 22 May, 2012
Prosecutor launches new Strauss-Kahn gang rape investigation
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn acknowledges being involved in “libertine” activity, but says he never used violence and was unaware of anyone being paid for sex.
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# dsk - Wednesday 16 May, 2012
Strauss-Kahn counter-suing hotel maid over rape claim
The former French politician is counter-suing a hotel maid over rape allegations she made against him last year – seeking damages of at least $1 million.
# dsk - Friday 4 May, 2012
Fresh rape claim in Strauss-Kahn case
A Belgian prostitute alleges that she was gang raped by Strauss Kahn and three friends.
# dsk - Tuesday 1 May, 2012
NYC court to rule today on Strauss-Kahn lawsuit
Judge to decide if hotel maid’s lawsuit should be dismissed.
# dsk - Saturday 28 April, 2012
Strauss-Kahn says he was set up in the aftermath of maid scandal
The former IMF boss says his political opponents orchestrated events to end his bid for the French presidency.
# dsk - Monday 26 March, 2012
DSK “charged over prostitution ring”
It is being reported that Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the IMF, has been charged over alleged involvement with a prostitution ring.
# dsk - Tuesday 21 February, 2012
Police question Dominique Strauss Kahn over prostitution ring
The former head of the IMF had requested that he be allowed to give his side of the story to police.
# dsk - Sunday 19 February, 2012
Strauss-Khan to be questioned over alleged links to ‘prostitution ring’
The former head of the IMF faces questions over his alleged links to a prostitution ring in northern France.
# dsk - Tuesday 27 December, 2011
2011: The year of resignations
Undone by sex scandals, economic failures, uprisings and other controversies, an astonishing number of high-profile figures resigned from their various posts in the past 12 months.
# dsk - Thursday 8 December, 2011
Watch: leaked Strauss-Kahn surveillance footage adds to mystery
The footage has been aired less than fortnight after suggestions that the former head of the IMF was the target of a political plot when he was accused of sexual assault in a New York hotel in May.
# dsk - Thursday 1 December, 2011
Sex with maid was consensual, says Strauss-Kahn biography
Lawyers for Nafissatou Diallo have said the new book’s account of the incident is “complete fantasy”.
# dsk - Monday 28 November, 2011
Sarkozy’s party denies new claims that Strauss-Kahn was set-up
The denial comes following the emergence of new details in the case which forced the one-time French presidential favourite to resign earlier this year.
# dsk - Friday 18 November, 2011
More revelations about Dominique Strauss-Kahn
A high-class prostitute claims to have intimate knowledge of the former head of the International Monetary Fund.
# dsk - Thursday 3 November, 2011
Obama is the world’s most powerful person again
That is according to the list-loving Forbes magazine which has released its new 70 leaders who matter index.
# dsk - Monday 17 October, 2011
Strauss-Kahn ‘will debunk’ new claims linking him to prostitution ring
The former IMF head is embroiled in further controversy days after a police probe into rape allegations was dropped.
# dsk - Thursday 13 October, 2011
French prosecutor drops Dominique Strauss-Kahn case
DSK, the man once tipped to be the next president of France, will not go on trial in relation to claims by a French novelist that he tried to rape her.
# dsk - Thursday 29 September, 2011
Strauss-Kahn comes face-to-face with French rape accuser
Investigators questioned the former IMF chief and Tristane Banon to help them decide whether to pursue charges of attempted rape brought by the 32-year-old woman.
Strauss-Kahn to meet rape accuser in Paris
Tristane Banon is to confront former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn at a Paris police station this morning.
# dsk - Tuesday 27 September, 2011
Strauss-Kahn claims diplomatic immunity from Diallo civil suit
Dominique Strauss-Kahn says his diplomatic immunity only ended when he left the US – so he can’t be sued by a hotel maid.
# dsk - Friday 23 September, 2011
Strauss-Kahn set for face-to-face meeting with rape accuser
The former IMF head will meet writer Tristane Banon before a French judge hearing their rival versions of events.
# dsk - Monday 19 September, 2011
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Strauss-Kahn on rape claim: ‘It was a failing vis-à -vis my wife’
The former IMF head has denied all allegations of sexual violence in a 20-minute interview on French television.
# dsk - Tuesday 13 September, 2011
Strauss-Kahn questioned over second rape allegation
Writer Tristine Banon has alleged that the former IMF head tried to rape her during a 2003 interview in Paris.
# dsk - Sunday 4 September, 2011
Strauss-Kahn returns to frosty reception and uncertain future
The former IMF head meets a frosty reception upon arrival in France for the first time since the Sofitel incident in May.
# dsk - Tuesday 30 August, 2011
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Strauss-Kahn applauded on return to IMF
The former head of the IMF requested to meet with members of the institution following charges against him being dropped.
# dsk - Tuesday 23 August, 2011
NY judge dismisses assault charges against Strauss-Kahn
Today’s dismissal was delayed pending an appeal court ruling regarding an application for a special prosecutor.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn expected to walk free as case collapses
The former IMF head could be set for a return to French politics after prosecutors dropped sexual assault charges.
# dsk - Monday 22 August, 2011
Prosecutors file papers asking that Strauss-Kahn charges be dropped
Filings from the Manhattan district attorney says he no longer believes a viable case can be brought against the former IMF head.
US prosecutors expected to drop Strauss-Kahn case tomorrow – report
Lawyers for the alleged victim says she feels more investigated than the former IMF chief amid concerns over her credibility.
# dsk - Sunday 21 August, 2011
Strauss-Kahn charges could be dropped ‘by Tuesday’
Prosecutors bringing charges against the former head of the IMF will ask a judge to drop the charges at a hearing this week.
# dsk - Wednesday 17 August, 2011
Lawyers clash over Strauss-Kahn “rape” report
A medical report published in a French magazine claims that hotel maid Nafi Diallo was raped. Strauss Kahn’s lawyers see it differently.
# dsk - Tuesday 9 August, 2011
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# dsk - Thursday 28 July, 2011
Strauss-Kahn accuser makes first public appearance
Natissatou Diallo said she made the decision to speak because she wanted to set the record straight.


























































