Strauss-Kahn Accuser to Take the Stand

As Dominique Strauss-Kahn pleaded not guilty yesterday, the lawyer for the hotel housekeeper accusing him of sexual assault announced his client would take the witness stand. “She is going to come into this courthouse, get on that witness stand, and tell the world what Dominique Strauss-Kahn did to her,” he said. He added that suggestions that the encounter was consensual are ridiculous, the New York Times reports. “Some of you in the media have portrayed the victim as part of some sinister plot to bring down Dominique Strauss-Kahn,” he said. “That’s simply not true.” (More Dominique Strauss Kahn sexual assault stories.)