Strauss-Kahn to meet with rape accuser

FRENCH prosecutors will set up a face-to-face meeting between former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the young French writer who has accused him of attempted rape, they said yesterday.

Tristane Banon alleges the 62-year-old Socialist politician locked her in a bare Paris flat in 2003 and assaulted her. He has admitted making “an advance” on the 32-year-old author, but denies any use of violence.

“In the Banon-DSK matter the Paris prosecutor’s office has decided to arrange a confrontation between Tristane Banon and Dominique Strauss-Kahn,” said the prosecution, which has yet to decide whether to pursue charges.