French prosecutors will set up a face-to-face confrontation between former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the young French writer who has accused him of attempted rape, lawyers said Friday.
Tristane Banon alleges the 62-year-old Socialist politician locked her in a bare Paris flat in 2003 and assaulted her. He has admitted making “an advance” on the 32-year-old author, but denies any use of violence.
Strauss-Kahn to be put face-to-face with French rape accuser
