Maid Likely to Be Focus

Of course the defense will focus on the maid. Who else would they focus on? We will find out more about her, her family, her friends and even where she shops. This is a familiar story and I know how this one ends.

It's a classic he-said, she-said case. And now the he appears to be gearing up to challenge the credibility of the she.

Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested May 14 after a maid, who works at the Sofitel New York, told police he had sexually assaulted her earlier that day. Mr. Strauss-Kahn has maintained his innocence.

It's not yet known what tactics Mr. Strauss-Kahn's defense team will use if the case goes to trial. But his defense lawyers have intimated that he plans a consensual-sex defense. And for that to work, experts say his lawyers must seek to undermine the credibility of the maid, a 32-year-old immigrant from Guinea.

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