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July 28, 2011

Attorney: Audiotape of Dominique Strauss-Kahn Accuser Misrepresented 
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The New York City hotel maid who accused former International Monetary
Fund chief, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, of attempting to rape her met with
prosecutors on Wednesday just days after she began publicly speaking out
about the case. Nafissatou Diallo, an immigrant from the African nation
of Guinea, has sought to convince prosecutors to press ahead with the
case after doubts emerged about her credibility. Diallo's attorney,
Kenneth Thompson, said a widely publicized audiotape of Diallo had been
erroneously reported.

Kenneth Thompson: "For almost a month, we have been told that the victim
was captured on a recording saying about Dominique Strauss-Kahn quote,
'He has a lot of money and I know what to do.' For the last several
hours, we have been upstairs listening to that tape and that tape shows
that the victim never said the words 'He has a lot of money and I know
what to do.' White flash ... Her sole, primary focus was on what
happened to her, how she was coping with the fact that she had almost
been raped."