Strauss-Kahn to sue for defamation over US film

Dominique Strauss-Kahn is to file suit for defamation over a US movie inspired by the sex scandal that brought down the former IMF chief.

Welcome to New York by Abel Ferrara stars Gerard Depardieu as a man called Georges Devereaux with striking similarities to DSK — whose alleged 2011 sexual assault on a New York hotel maid shook the world.

Speaking on Europe 1 radio, Strauss-Kahn’s lawyer Jean Veil said his client would in the coming days “file suit for defamation over the accusations of rape and the insinuations made all throughout the movie”.