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Strauss-Kahn accuser speaks out
The New York hotel maid who accused former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempted rape has spoken for the first time since the claims emerged.
Nafissatou Diallo, 32, accused Strauss-Kahn of acting like a 'crazy man' and attacking her when she entered his room.
Diallo gave the interview to Newsweek magazine and US television channel ABC, waiving her right to anonymity.
The interview marks the first time the Guinean immigrant has spoken out about the allegations.
She claimed Strauss-Kahn emerged naked from the bathroom of his luxury suite on 14 May and forced her to carry out a sex act.
"I want justice. I want him to go to jail," she told ABC News.
"I want him to know that there is some places you cannot use your money, you cannot use your power when you do something like this.”
ABC reported that Diallo also acknowledged 'mistakes' but said that should not stop prosecutors from going forward.
"I never want to be in public but I have no choice," Dallio said, adding: "Now, I have to be in public.
"I have to, for myself. I have to tell the truth."
She said how Strauss-Kahn appeared naked in front of her when she opened the door to his suite.
He was like "a crazy man to me", she said.
Strauss-Kahn, 62, has strenuously denied all the charges against him.
In a statement, his lawyers said the interview was a last-ditch effort by the maid and her lawyers to extract money from Strauss-Kahn.
Diallo's credibility has been damaged in recent weeks, after Manhattan prosecutors revealed she had told authorities numerous lies, including one to gain asylum in the US.
