Dominique Strauss-Kahn has signed a settlement with hotel maid Nafissatou Diallo, who accused him of sexual assault, a New York judge says.
Details of the 63-year-old former International Monetary Fund chief ‘s agreement with Nafissatou Diallo will remain confidential, the judge added.
DSK was held in New York in May 2011 after Nafissatou Diallo, 33, said he assaulted her in his hotel suite.
Prosecutors later dropped charges amid concerns about her credibility.
The incident was widely seen as having ruined DSK’s chance of becoming the Socialist presidential candidate in his native France.
New York State Supreme Court Justice Douglas McKeon announced on Monday that after lengthy negotiations, the parties “came together and put terms of a settlement on the record”.
The amount of the settlement was kept confidential.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn has signed a settlement with hotel maid Nafissatou Diallo
DSK did not attend the hearing, but Nafissatou Diallo was in court.
After the settlement, the judge thanked all parties and said it was a “privilege to work with all of you”.
Outside the courtroom, Nafissatou Diallo made a short statement: “I thank everybody all over the world and everybody at the court, and God bless you all.”
Her lawyer, Kenneth Thompson, said afterwards that she was “ready to move on”.
In May 2011, Nafissatou Diallo, a Guinean immigrant with a teenage daughter, said Dominique Strauss-Kahn had forced her to perform oral sex when she went to clean his hotel room.
He was arrested, charged with attempted rape and forced to resign from his post at the International Monetary Fund.
DSK had previously admitted to a “moral failing”, but insisted their sexual encounter was consensual.
In the wake of Nafissatou Diallo’s accusations, other women came forward with sexual assault allegations against him.
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former International Monetary Fund chief, has settled a lawsuit by hotel maid Nafissatou Diallo who accused him of sexual assault, US media report.
Details of the deal, said to have been struck at the Bronx Supreme Court in recent days, are expected to be subject to a confidentiality agreement.
DSK was held in New York in May 2011 after Nafissatou Diallo said he assaulted her in his hotel suite.
Prosecutors later dropped charges amid concerns about her credibility.
Nafissatou Diallo, 33, then opened a civil suit for undisclosed damages against Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
DSK, 63, called the lawsuit defamatory and countersued.
DSK has settled a lawsuit by hotel maid Nafissatou Diallo who accused him of sexual assault
Her case opened the floodgates to a slew of others sexual allegations against DSK, leading him to resign from his IMF post.
It was widely seen as having ruined his chance of becoming the socialist presidential candidate in his native France.
A court date between DSK and Nafissatou Diallo’s lawyers is expected next week, although a day has not been set, reports the New York Times.
She told police that when she arrived to clean his luxury Manhattan hotel room, DSK sexually assaulted her.
DSK admitted to a “moral failing”, but said it was consensual.
Earlier this year DSK separated from his wife of some 21 years, Anne Sinclair.
Sex cases against Dominique Strauss-Kahn
- Civil case on sexual assault charge in New York – settlement apparently reached
- Criminal case on sexual assault charge in New York – dropped August 2011
- Police investigation linking him to suspected vice ring at luxury hotel in Lille, France – ongoing
- Criminal case on attempted rape claims in Paris – dropped October 2011
- Investigation on “gang rape” claims in Washington – dropped October 2012
Dominique Strauss-Kahn is counter-suing New York hotel maid Nafissatou Diallo, who accused him of sexual harassment, seeking $1 million in damages.
The former IMF chief was held in New York in May 2011 after Nafissatou Diallo alleged he had forced her into sex in his suite in Manhattan’s Sofitel Hotel.
Prosecutors later dropped charges amid concerns about Nafissatou Diallo’s credibility.
She then opened a civil suit for undisclosed damages against the former French politician.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn is counter-suing New York hotel maid Nafissatou Diallo, who accused him of sexual harassment, seeking $1 million in damages
DSK filed his counter-claim on Monday, one year after Nafissatou Diallo’s original allegation, and one day before Francois Hollande was sworn in as the Socialist president of France.
The allegation led DSK to resign from his post at the IMF and was widely seen as having ruined his chance of becoming the socialist presidential candidate back in France.
He is now seeking compensation for the loss of his job, defamation and false imprisonment. His claim also demands further unspecified punitive damages as well as his legal fees.
In his legal filing Dominique Strauss-Kahn denies all wrong-doing and says the sexual encounter was consensual.
“Ms Diallo falsely and maliciously asserted that Mr. Strauss-Kahn sexually assaulted her when she knew such allegation to be untrue,” the claim states.
But accusations pertaining to his sexual conduct have continued to dog him since the maid’s allegations were dismissed.
In March DSK was placed under investigation by French authorities for links to a prostitution ring in the northern city of Lille.
One of Nafissatou Diallo’s lawyers said the counter-claim “personifies Strauss-Kahn’s misogynistic attitude”.
Both lawsuits have been filed at the Bronx Supreme Court in New York.
