Paris opens Strauss-Kahn rape probe

Paris prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation into accusations by a French writer that former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her.

Paris opens Strauss-Kahn rape probe
Fri, 08 Jul, 2011 - 11:24

Paris prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation into accusations by a French writer that former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her.

Tristane Banon filed a criminal complaint this week saying that Strauss-Kahn attacked her in an empty flat in 2003 during an interview.

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