Strauss-Kahn awaits court judgement on civil case

A judge may decide today whether former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn will face a civil case accusing him of sexually assaulting a hotel maid.

The 62-year-old was charged last year with attempted rape and other crimes after the encounter with Nafissatou Diallo in New York, but the criminal case was dropped after prosecutors lost faith in her credibility.