http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/20/dominique-strauss-kahn-lawyers-new-yorkLawyers representing the two women who claim Dominique Strauss-Kahn tried to rape them have met for the first time in New York, raising the prospect that they will join forces to strengthen their cases against the former IMF boss.
David Koubbi – who represents Tristane Banon, the young French writer who alleges Strauss-Kahn sexually assaulted her in 2003 – on Tuesday flew from France for the meeting with Kenneth Thompson, representing the hotel maid whose accusations against the former head of the IMF led to his arrest in May.
The pair met in the offices of Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance, who is heading the case against Strauss-Kahn.
Details of their discussions are not known.