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DSK pays to make that maid go away?

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Remember DSK? The French dude who was arrested for sexually assaulting a Sofitel housekeeper in New York, but then there were questions about her credibility and they let him go, and the story just sort of faded away?

Well, now there’s a new development. BBC:

Former International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn has settled a lawsuit by a hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault, US media report…

Mr Strauss-Kahn was held in New York in May 2011 after Nafissatou Diallo said he assaulted her in his hotel suite.

Prosecutors later dropped charges amid concerns about her credibility.

Unnamed sources close to Mr Strauss-Kahn, quoted by France’s Le Monde newspaper, say he plans to pay Ms Diallo $6m (£3.7m; 4.6m euros).

Six million bucks. Wow. And according to France 24, he’s also facing “a string of separate sex-related investigations upon his return home,” including his involvement with a prostitution ring.

And now, let’s look at a day in the life of DSK: