NEW YORK, March 26 (UPI) -- A New York judge will hear Dominique Strauss-Kahn's diplomatic immunity claim in a hotel maid's civil case accusing the former bank leader of sexual assault.
A hearing in the civil case of Nafissatou Diallo, whose criminal charges of rape and other sex-related abuses against the ex-International Monetary Fund chief were tossed by prosecutors after her statements were deemed unreliable, is scheduled for Wednesday, the same day Strauss-Kahn is expected to be formally charged for his alleged involvement in a prostitution ring in the northern French city of Lille, Radio France Internationale reported Monday.