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Hotel housekeeper sues alleged attacker Dominique Strauss-Kahn

Tuesday, August 9, 2011 by testike

Hotel housekeeper Nafissatou Diallo filed a civil lawsuit Monday against her alleged attacker Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

The former head of the International Monetary Fund stands indicted on charges that he sexually assaulted Diallo in his luxury New York City hotel suite in May.

The lawsuit asks for a jury trial to determine unspecified monetary damages for inflicting physical, emotional and psychological harm, as well as damage to her personal and professional reputation.

"Ms. Diallo now brings this lawsuit to vindicate her rights, to assert her dignity as a woman, to hold Dominique Strauss-Kahn accountable for the violent and deplorable acts he committed ... to teach her young daughter that no man -- regardless of how much money, power and influence he may have...
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