NY judge rejects DSK immunity

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn must face a civil trial over an alleged sex assault in New York, a judge here ruled Tuesday, rejecting his last ditch attempt to claim diplomatic immunity.
The judge hearing the suit brought by Nafissatou Diallo ruled Strauss-Kahn had lost immunity because he'd resigned from the International Monetary Fund well before the civil action was lodged.
Diallo alleges the French politician forced her into oral sex when she went to clean his room last year on May 14 at the luxury Sofitel in Manhattan.
Strauss-Kahn's lawyers argued in court last month that his position as head of the IMF protected him from further legal action.