French Novelist to File Suit Accusing DSK of Rape

Tristane Banon has described him as a 'rutting chimpanzee'
Posted Jul 4, 2011 8:49 AM CDT
Tristane Banon to File Suit Accusing Dominique Strauss-Kahn of Rape
A file picture taken on September 28, 2004 shows French journalist and novelist Tristane Banon in Paris, France.   (Getty Images)

After good news for Dominique Strauss-Kahn, bad: French novelist Tristane Banon will file a lawsuit tomorrow accusing the former IMF chief of attempted rape, according to her lawyer. Banon, who is is Strauss-Kahn's second wife's goddaughter, previously described an encounter nine years ago in which Strauss-Kahn allegedly assaulted her. Her lawyer had said in the past that they would not file a lawsuit until the US trial was finished, but today he announced they had decided to move forward now instead of waiting. Click for more on the alleged encounter. (More Tristane Banon stories.)

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