Lawyers for the former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn say they have information that could "gravely undermine the credibility" of the hotel maid who has accused him of trying to rape her.
In a letter to Manhattan prosecutors, Strauss-Kahn's lawyers William Taylor and Ben Brafman complained about New York police leaking information on the case to the media and asserted his right to a fair trial.
"Indeed, were we intent on improperly feeding the media frenzy we could now release substantial information that in our view would seriously undermine the quality of this prosecution and also gravely undermine the credibility of the complainant in this case," Taylor and Brafman wrote.
"We are requesting that you use whatever resources are appropriate to stop further leaking immediately," they said in the letter, dated 25 May and addressed to Cyrus Vance, the Manhattan district attorney. » | Reuters | Thursday, May 26, 2011
THE OBSERVER: How Dominique Strauss-Kahn's arrest awoke a dormant anger in the heart of France's women: When the former head of the IMF was taken into custody, many in the French elite saw him as a victim – until an outraged feminist movement began to speak out against what it saw as years of pernicious and ingrained sexism in French life » | Lizzy Davies in Paris | Sunday, May 22, 2011
