New York, Oct 25(ANI): Former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn does not have diplomatic immunity from a lawsuit by the hotel maid who claims he sexually assaulted her in his room, according to New York court papers.
The papers quote the IMF and the United States State Department as saying that Strauss-Kahn was not immune in the days after the May encounter at New York's Sofitel hotel, the Daily Express reports.
"The IMF is not seeking to assert any immunities on behalf of Dominique Strauss-Kahn. But our understanding is that immunity in this particular case and with IMF officials is that it would only involve their official capacity and carrying out their duties in their official role. And that doesn't apply in this case," the papers say.
The 62-year-old Strauss-Kahn was initially charged with attempted rape and held under house arrest after the maid, Nafissatou Diallo, said he attacked her in his hotel suite on May 14, 2011.
The case was eventually dismissed when prosecutors said they had lost faith in Diallo's credibility after a series of lies she told them related to the assault allegations.
The New York civil suit, filed in August, seeks unspecified damages over a sexual assault. (ANI)
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