FRANCE: Lawyer acting for French writer Tristane Banon, who alleges she was assaulted by Dominique Strauss-Kahn in 2003, confirms he will file an official complaint alleging attempted rape

Record ID: 561440

  • Title: FRANCE: Lawyer acting for French writer Tristane Banon, who alleges she was assaulted by Dominique Strauss-Kahn in 2003, confirms he will file an official complaint alleging attempted rape
  • Date: 6th July 2011
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (JULY 5, 2011) (REUTERS) EXTERIORS OFFICE OF DAVID KOUBBI, ACTING FOR WRITER TRISTANE BANON KOUBBI ARRIVING STREET KOUBBI SEEN THROUGH OFFICE WINDOW TAXI ARRIVING KOUBBI EMERGING KOUBBI WALKING AWAY (SOUNDBITE) (French) LAWYER DAVID KOUBBI SAYING AS HE WALKS TOWARDS TAXI "(Reporter's question: can you confirm a complaint has been filed) Tonight. (Has it been lodged) It will be tonight. I told you yesterday. It will be tonight. (And what about the complaint lodged against you?) Don't expect us to give in." TAXI PULLING AWAY
  • Embargoed: 21st July 2011 13:00
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  • Location: France, France
  • Country: France
  • Reuters ID: LVA8NLEJMEIX9C1K55O0UD0HFRP6
  • Story Text: A French writer will file a legal complaint against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Tuesday (July 5) alleging that he tried to rape her during an incident nine years ago, her lawyer confirmed.
    "Tonight," said lawyer David Koubbi. "It will be tonight. I told you yesterday. It will be tonight."
    The move comes just as a U.S. case against Strauss-Kahn on charges of attempted rape and sexual assault of a hotel maid seems close to collapse after prosecutors acknowledged she had lied under oath and changed her story.
    Lawyer David Koubbi has said the complaint by Tristane Banon would relate to an incident that took place when she went to interview Strauss-Kahn, a former French finance minister, in an apartment in Paris in 2003. She was 22 at the time.
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