Dominique Strauss-Kahn's immunity claims 'baseless', maid's lawyers argue
Source: The Guardian
Dominique Strauss-Kahn's claim to immunity from being sued are "completely baseless", lawyers for the hotel chambermaid he is alleged to have sexually assaulted said on Wednesday.
Attorneys for the former head of the International Monetary Fund asked a court in New York to dismiss the lawsuit, citing an international convention that the sitting judge noted had not been ratified by the US, with terms not backed by the IMF itself.
At the end of a two-hour hearing at Bronx supreme court, lawyers said alleged victim Nafissatou Diallo would not be denied her day in court and vowed that Strauss-Kahn would have to face justice.
The session came just hours after lurid details relating to Strauss-Kahn's alleged links to a prostitution ring in Lille were leaked to the press.
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