New York: Disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn hopes to sign an out-of-court settlement within “a few days” ending a lawsuit by a maid who accused him of sexual assault, his lawyer said Friday.
“I am hoping that we will have a signed agreement in a few days,” attorney William Taylor told AFP.
Taylor said that although there is no firm settlement yet with the Manhattan hotel maid, Nafissatou Diallo, negotiations are ongoing. “Yes we are,” when asked if he was talking with Diallo’s lawyers.
He called a report in France’s Le Monde newspaper on Friday that Strauss-Kahn was ready to pay Diallo $6 million and was taking out a loan to help get the money “dramatically inaccurate.”
“He never even suggested that,” Taylor said.
Taylor said he was “optimistic but realistic.” However, he cautioned “we don’t have one (a deal) yet, and so until you have a signed agreement you don’t really have an agreement.”
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