Lawyer for Strauss-Kahn’s Accuser Expects Charges to Be Dropped

[The Northerner]

Manhattan prosecutors will meet with the woman who accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault on the eve of a court appearance in which they are expected to announce whether they will proceed with the case. The woman’s lawyer, who received a letter from the district attorney’s office requesting the Monday afternoon meeting, said he believed it to be a clear indication that prosecutors would seek to have a judge dismiss all or some of the charges at the court hearing on Tuesday.

“My interpretation of that letter is that they’re going to announce that they’re dismissing the case entirely, or some of the charges,” said the lawyer, Kenneth P. Thompson, who is representing Nafissatou Diallo, the hotel housekeeper who accused Mr. Strauss-Kahn of trying to rape her when she went to clean his suite at the Sofitel New York in May and who would be the central witness against him at any trial.

“If they were not going to dismiss the charges,” Mr. Thompson added on Saturday, “there would be no need to meet with her. They would just go to court the next day to say, ‘We’re going to proceed with the case.’ ”

Mr. Thompson said that he and his client were eager to attend the meeting to find out the reasons behind the prosecution’s decision.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/nyregion/prosecutors-schedule-meeting-with-strauss-kahn-accuser.html

[joeybee12]

1. Or some of the charges...

That's different than the way the headline reads...not your fault, I bet that's the way the NY Slimes wrote the piece.