Civil case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn to go ahead
Published:Tuesday | May 1, 2012 | 2:56 PM
A Judge in New York has ruled that a civil lawsuit against Dominique Strauss-Kahn can proceed to trial.
The suit was filed by a hotel maid, who has alleged that Straus Khan tried to rape her.
The judge rejected the bid by the former head of the International Monetary Fund to have the case dismissed on the grounds of diplomatic immunity.
The woman, Nafissatou Diallo, said Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her in his hotel suite in May 2011.
Strauss-Kahn has denied the allegations.
In making the ruling, Bronx Supreme Court Justice Douglas McKeon said diplomatic immunity did not apply to Strauss-Kahn at the time of the May 14 encounter at a Sofitel Hotel in New York City.
Meanwhile, the woman’s lawyers have praised the judge's ruling.
In a statement, they said Strauss-Kahn's desperate plea for immunity was a tactic designed to delay the proceedings.