Strauss-Kahn Accuser Speaks Out About Alleged Sex Attack
The maid who has accused ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexually assaulting her in a Manhattan hotel room has spoken out publicly for the first time.
Nafissatou Diallo told Newsweek that she wants Strauss-Kahn, once considered a French presidential front-runner, to go to jail for the alleged attack in May.
“They say this guy – I don’t know – and he is going to be the next president of France. And I think, they are going to kill me,” the 32-year-old Bronx mother told Newsweek.
The West African immigrant’s photo appears on the cover of the magazine.
ABC News also says it will carry an exclusive broadcast interview with Diallo on three of its programs, starting Monday.
“I want justice,” Diallo told ABC’s “Good Morning America” anchor Robin Roberts in an interview to air this morning. “I want him [Strauss-Kahn] to know that there is some places you cannot use your money, you cannot use your power when you do something like this.”
Diallo, who was born in Guinea, told the network she had to speak out after prosecutors admitted there were questions about her credibility that could sink the blockbuster case. Strauss-Kahn was freed without bail and lawyers on both sides say it is unlikely he will face serious charges in the case.
Lawyers for Strauss-Kahn told ABC that the interview was “an unseemly circus” that could taint a jury if he ever faces trial.
“God is my witness I’m telling the truth,” she told Roberts. “From my heart, God knows that. And he [Strauss-Kahn] knows that.
I hope you appreciated this article. Before you go, I’d like to ask you to please support the Forward’s award-winning journalism this Passover.
In this age of misinformation, our work is needed like never before. We report on the news that matters most to American Jews, driven by truth, not ideology.
At a time when newsrooms are closing or cutting back, the Forward has removed its paywall. That means for the first time in our 126-year history, Forward journalism is free to everyone, everywhere. With an ongoing war, rising antisemitism, and a flood of disinformation that may affect the upcoming election, we believe that free and open access to Jewish journalism is imperative.
Readers like you make it all possible. Right now, we’re in the middle of our Passover Pledge Drive and we still need 300 people to step up and make a gift to sustain our trustworthy, independent journalism.
Make a gift of any size and become a Forward member today. You’ll support our mission to tell the American Jewish story fully and fairly.
— Rachel Fishman Feddersen, Publisher and CEO
Join our mission to tell the Jewish story fully and fairly.
Only 300 more gifts needed by April 30
