{"id":469654,"date":"2011-07-28T10:15:08","date_gmt":"2011-07-28T10:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/28\/dsk-hotel-maid-denies-cash-claims\/"},"modified":"2011-07-28T10:15:08","modified_gmt":"2011-07-28T10:15:08","slug":"dsk-hotel-maid-denies-cash-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/28\/dsk-hotel-maid-denies-cash-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"DSK hotel maid denies cash claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

28 July 2011<\/span> Last updated at<\/span> 06:15 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The hotel maid who accuses ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempted rape has denied that her allegations are motivated by financial gain.<\/p>\n

Nafissatou Diallo and her lawyer met US prosecutors on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

During this time, they reviewed tape recordings of phone calls she had with a friend who was in jail.<\/p>\n

Ms Diallo was reported to have discussed with the man how to obtain money from the French politician, who denies the charges against him.<\/p>\n

Her lawyer, Kenneth Thompson, said the tapes showed that Ms Diallo had recounted the alleged attack to her male friend during their first conversation a day after the incident. This showed that her focus was on what had happened to her and not on Mr Strauss-Kahn’s wealth, he said.<\/p>\n

“Information has been put out there about Ms Diallo that now I know was false. She never was scheming to take DSK’s money, and that’s a fact,” said Mr Thompson.<\/p>\n

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