Strauss-Kahn to Sue Rape Accuser for Libel

Updated: Monday, 04 Jul 2011, 11:22 AM MST
Published : Monday, 04 Jul 2011, 11:20 AM MST

(NewsCore) - Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will sue for slander a French woman accusing him of attempted rape, his lawyers said in a statement Monday.

Strauss-Kahn had taken note of French journalist and novelist Tristane Banon's intention to lodge an attempted rape complaint against him, the lawyers said, dismissing the claims as "imaginary" and adding they were "in the process of compiling a libel complaint" against Banon.

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