World / diplomatic immunity DSK Claims Diplomatic Immunity In NYC Case Lawyers for ex-IMF boss seek to have civil case tossed By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff Posted Sep 27, 2011 12:46 AM CDT Copied Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former head of the IMF, appears in a TV interview in France last week. (AP Photo/Francois Guillot, pool) Dominique Strauss-Kahn's lawyers have asked a judge to dismiss a civil case brought against him by a hotel maid who claims the former IMF chief sexually assaulted her. The Frenchman's lawyers argue that at the time the suit was filed he was still covered by diplomatic immunity under a United Nations convention covering the heads of certain international agencies, Reuters reports. Prosecutors in New York have already dropped all charges against Strauss-Kahn because they lacked faith in his accuser, Nafissatou Diallo. Her lawyer issued a statement slamming Strauss-Kahn's attempt to have her civil suit dismissed. "This baseless motion is another desperate attempt to avoid having to answer for the deplorable acts he committed against Ms. Diallo," he said. (More diplomatic immunity stories.) Report an error