Douglas Wigdor

Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Friday accused his political enemies linked to French President Nicolas Sarkozy of destroying his bid for the presidency.

Lawyers for Dominique Strauss-Kahn told a US court that a maid's lawsuit alleging sexual assault should be thrown out because the French politician had diplomatic immunity at the time.

The fate of a New York maid's lawsuit alleging sexual assault by Dominique Strauss-Kahn rested in the hands of a US judge Wednesday after the French politician's lawyers claimed he had diplomatic immunity.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn's lawyer asked a US judge Wednesday to dismiss a civil suit brought by a New York hotel maid, saying the disgraced French politician had diplomatic immunity when he allegedly assaulted her.

Scuffles broke out Friday at Cambridge University as about 200 protesters demonstrated against a speech by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF chief accused of sexual assault.

Students at Cambridge University defended inviting Dominique Strauss-Kahn to speak on Friday, as the disgraced ex-IMF chief faced angry protests.

Students at Cambridge University angry that disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been asked to address students have invited his accuser's lawyer to speak on the same day.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawyers for former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique-Strauss-Kahn will appear before a New York judge in March to defend against a civil lawsuit filed by the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault.

Disgraced ex-IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn's lawyer on Friday suggested that a political plot could have been behind sex assault charges that brought down his client.

PARIS (Reuters) - French public prosecutors dropped an investigation on Thursday into a writer's accusation of attempted rape against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn due to lack of evidence.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - On the afternoon of May 14, moments after authorities pulled Dominique Strauss-Kahn off an Air France flight on suspicion that he had tried to rape a hotel maid, the former International Monetary Fund chief pulled rank.

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn sought dismissal of a US civil case on Monday, claiming immunity from prosecution and saying the hotel maid's "false" sexual assault claims had hampered his efforts to right the global economy.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn's assertion that his encounter with a New York hotel maid was "a moral failing" rather than attempted rape has not persuaded her lawyers to drop civil action against the former IMF chief.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York judge dropped all criminal sexual assault charges against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Tuesday, leaving him free to return to France and rebuild a shattered career.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York judge dropped all criminal sexual assault charges against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Tuesday, leaving him free to return to France and rebuild a shattered career.

The lawyer for the woman accusing former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault has said he believes all or some of the charges will be dropped, in the latest twist in the sensational case.

Lawyers for the hotel maid accusing former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault denied Friday they had offered to hinder criminal proceedings in return for a payoff.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - First she was portrayed as a model of virtue who was violated by a rich and powerful man.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - First she was portrayed as a model of virtue who was violated by a rich and powerful man.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York hotel maid who accused former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempting to rape her said in an interview published on Newsweek's website on Sunday that he appeared as a "crazy man" and attacked her when she entered his room.