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| Dominique Strauss-Kahn: Tristane Banon claims probed | Dominique Strauss-Kahn: Tristane Banon claims probed |
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| French prosecutors have started a preliminary inquiry into a writer's claim that former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her in 2003. | French prosecutors have started a preliminary inquiry into a writer's claim that former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her in 2003. |
| Detectives have been assigned to investigate the complaint lodged by Tristane Banon, 32. | Detectives have been assigned to investigate the complaint lodged by Tristane Banon, 32. |
| She says Mr Strauss-Kahn assaulted her in a Paris flat as she attempted to conduct an interview with him. | She says Mr Strauss-Kahn assaulted her in a Paris flat as she attempted to conduct an interview with him. |
| Separately, he denies charges of sexually assaulting a New York hotel maid on 14 May. | |
| Mr Strauss-Kahn was recently freed from house arrest in the US city. | |
| He has previously said he would sue Ms Banon for making false statements. | |
| It was shortly after Mr Strauss-Kahn was arrested in New York that Ms Banon came forward to say that he had tried to assault her. | |
| She did not go to the police at the time, but did raise the allegation in a TV chat show in 2007, when Mr Strauss-Kahn's name was bleeped out. | |
| Under French law, the charge of attempted rape carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in jail. | |
| The prosecution's inquiry may not lead to formal charges. |