1. Diallo, Maid who Accused Strauss-Kahn of Rape, Tells Her Story to Media
... Diallo's motives were agreeing to interviews during this stage of the investigation. "As a prosecutor, the rule is you want your witness to speak in the courtroom, and not to the media," she said. "Interviews raise problems for prosecutors - even if the story is consistent, each interview gives the defense more possible details to cross examine her with. A mistake or a slip of ... impeachment. That's a big problem," he said (IBN Live). Strauss-Kahn's lawyers, Ben Brafman and William Taylor, commented that Diallo's interviews were an "unseemly circus." They accused the maid of waging a m...
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