Sofitel Maid to Testify Before Grand Jury

The Daily Mail reports:

The hotel maid, who has accused IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Khan of a viscous sex attack, is set to testify in front of a grand jury today.

Jeffrey Shapiro, the lawyer acting for the woman, said his client will say 'there was nothing consensual' about the assault that allegedly took place at New York's Sofitel Hotel on Saturday.

The line coupled with new physical evidence is thought to be an effort to quash Strauss-Khan's likely line of defence, that the maid did consent to sex.

Meanwhile NYPD investigators are DNA-testing samples of fluid they found in the $3,000-a-night suite that Strauss-Khan had been staying in.

The maid showed them where she had spat after the Frenchman allegedly forced her to perform oral sex, according to CBS News.

Police also say they have checked information from the suite door's electronic card reader which indicates the woman came into the room but didn't shut the door, as is hotel policy.

This proves the maid was in the room to work, not have consensual sex, investigators told the news station.

Described as a 'good Muslim' by a close friend the maid was an asylum seeker from Guinea - one of the poorest countries in Africa.

She was granted asylum, according to lawyer Mr Shapiro, and netted the job at the prestigious Sofitel in order to support her now 15-year-old teen daughter.