FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2011 file photo, former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn gestures as he speaks at an economy conference organized by Chinese Internet company Netease in Beijing, China. A hotel maid's sexual assault lawsuit against Strauss-Kahn can go forward to trial, a judge ruled Tuesday, May 1, 2012, rebuffing the former International Monetary Fund leader's diplomatic-immunity claim. The housekeeper, Nafissatou Diallo, 33, said Strauss-Kahn, 63, tried to rape her when she arrived to clean his Manhattan hotel suite. Strauss-Kahn has denied doing anything violent during the encounter. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
