Morgan Lewis Stands by Report on Strauss-Kahn Affair; Defense Lawyer Confident of Acquittal
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius is standing by its report for the International Monetary Fund finding no wrongdoing by Dominique Strauss-Kahn when he had an affair in 2007 with a former IMF economist.
Strauss-Kahn has been indicted on charges of attempted rape and sexual abuse in connection with an alleged assault on a hotel maid. His lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, told a television interviewer he is confident of an acquittal “from what I have already seen in the file,” Bloomberg reports.
In the earlier incident, Morgan Lewis found no evidence of coercion or abuse of power by Strauss-Kahn, the New York Times reported last week. According to the Am Law Daily, the law firm has issued a statement saying it stands by the report and continues to do work for the IMF.
The economist, Piroska Nagy, has said the affair was consensual but she felt coerced because of Strauss-Kahn’s position as managing director of the IMF, a source told the Times. She had written the IMF board, alleging that Strauss-Kahn was “a man with a problem that may make him ill-equipped to lead an institution where women work under his command,” the Times says.
