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By Heather Smith and Matthew Campbell

(Updates along with comments from Banon throughout third paragraph.)

Sept. twenty nine (Bloomberg) Dominique Strauss-Kahn and also the French lady which accused your ex connected with attempted rape found today at the Paris police station regarding face-to-face curious on the allegations.

The a couple of remaining the train station around Paris s thirteenth arrondissement on their own after your a couple of 1/2-hour confrontation, because the getting together with is called, according to photos send out on LCI television.

Writer Tristane Banon advised TF1 television set following a conference your lady maintained my accusation in opposition to Strauss-Kahn when they achieved plus wanted to know what his quarrels were for denying wrongdoing. Strauss-Kahn didn t opinion ahead of as well as following the meeting.

Banon promises Strauss-Kahn tried out to rape your ex inside 2003 when she stopped at him for a good interview, declaring the girl problem in July as a different attempted-rape case resistant to the 62-year-old has been unraveling inside New York. Strauss-Kahn resigned his place while mind in the International Monetary Fund in May for you to fight promises by way of a Manhattan hotel maid. That case appeared to be decreased within August once prosecutors claimed the maid s report ended up being unreliable. Strauss-Kahn made a comeback that will Paris previously this month.

I m scared in the future experience to face along with Strauss-Kahn, Banon said on Sept. 24 in a Paris rally calling to get stricter punishment regarding violence against women. I would like not any money out of him, she said, and also should any harm in the long run be accorded for you to her, the lady guaranteed to give the amount of money for you to charity.

Preliminary Probe

Paris prosecutors opened up a primary request into Banon vertisements states figure out no matter whether there's sufficient evidence to wide open the full investigation. Police possess questioned related to twenty those that have to whom Banon spoke or exactly who acquired heard about your 2003 meeting, including her new mother along with Strauss-Kahn azines ex-wife and also daughter. Today ersus meeting needs to be a final measure before prosecutors come to a decision whether that will close up the case or continue, Agence France- Presse reported.

Strauss-Kahn named Banon azines account imaginary in a Sept. 18 television meet with and explained their 2003 meeting didn t involve almost any aggression, just about any violence.

Strauss-Kahn s lawyer Frederique Baulieu, Banon utes law firm David Koubbi and some sort of spokeswoman for the prosecutor utes business didn t react to asks for regarding comment. The a pair of met unaccompanied simply by their particular lawyers, AFP said.

Editors: Christopher Scinta, Steve Rhinds

To make contact with your reporters on this story: Heather Smith inside Paris at hsmith26@bloomberg.net; Matthew Campbell in Paris at mcampbell39@bloomberg.net

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