- Hotel maid waives her right to anonymity and says she hopes God punishes the former IMF boss who she accuses of sexual assault
- Strauss-Kahan acted like a 'crazy man' she claims
- 32-year-old Guinean woman voices fury at claims that she is a prostitute
- Says she thought she was going to be killed in days after alleged assault to keep her silent
- Strauss-Kahn's lawyers say interviews are last-ditch effort to extort money
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The hotel maid who claims former IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexually assaulted her in a New York hotel room has broken her silence to demand justice.
Nafissatou Diallo said that she had chosen to go public and waive her right to anonymity so that people know the truth about what happened in Strauss-Kahn's luxury suite on May 14.
The 32-year-old said she saw Strauss-Kahn appear naked in front of her when she opened the door to his suite and he started to act like 'a crazy man'.
'I said, "Sir, stop this... there is my supervisor right there",' she said, but Strauss-Kahn told her no-one was there to hear and forced her to perform a sex act on him, she claimed.
Testimony: Ms Diallo told ABC News' Robin Roberts that she had made 'mistakes' but that should not stop the prosecutors from moving forward with the case against the former IMF boss;
Ms Diallo, who is known as 'Nafi', told how she thought she was going to killed to keep her silent in the days after she made the accusations and said that she is angry that 'because of him they call me a prostitute'.
'I never want to be in public but I have no choice,' she told ABC News, adding 'Now, I have to be in public. I have to, for myself. I have to tell the truth.'
'I want justice. I want him to go to jail,' she said in the interview on Sunday. 'I want him to know that there is some places you cannot use your money, you cannot use your power when you do something like this.'
She said that she hopes God punishes the man, who had been tipped as the next French president. 'We are poor, but we are good,' she said. 'I don't think about money.'
The hotel maid said that she did not know her alleged attacker's high profile until she watched the morning news the day after the incident.
'I watched Channel 7 and they say this is [the] guy, I don’t know, and he is going to be the next president of France. And I think they are going to kill me,' she told Newsweek.
Ms Diallo said that she is angry at claims published in The New York Post that she was working as at least a part-time prostitute.
Accused: Ms Diallo said that she wants former IMF boss Strauss-Kahn to be sent to jail;
'Because of him they call me a prostitute,' said Ms Diallo, who is currently suing the newspaper.
The interviews with Newsweek and ABC News mark the first time the 32-year-old Guinean immigrant has been publicly identified since she shocked the world with allegations that Strauss-Kahn emerged naked from the bathroom of his luxury suite at the Sofitel hotel on May 14 and forced her to perform oral sex.
Manhattan District Attorneys are currently considering whether drop the sexual assault charges against Strauss-Kahn amid concerns about the hotel maid's credibility.
Ms Diallo admitted that she had made 'mistakes' but said that should not stop prosecutors from going forward.
'God is my witness I'm telling the truth. From my heart. God Knows that. And he knows that,' she told ABC News.
Speaking about the alleged assault, she said she saw Strauss-Kahn appear naked in front of her when she opened the door to his suite. He was like 'a crazy man to me,' she said.
Speaking out: Nafissatou Diallo said that Strauss-Kahn acted like a 'crazy man' when she claims he sexually assaulted her in a New York City hotel room;
First interviews: Ms Diallo spoke to ABC News and Newsweek;
'You're beautiful,' she reported Strauss-Kahn as saying, and said he attacked her despite her protestations.
'I said, "Sir, stop this. I don't want to lose my job". He said, "You're not going to lose your job",' Ms Diallo said.
'I push him. I get up. I wanted to scare him. I said, "Look, there is my supervisor right there",' she told Newsweek.
But Strauss-Kahn said no-one was there to hear, she said, and he went on to pull up her uniform dress, tear down her pantyhose, grab her indecently, then grip her head and force her to perform a sex act on him.
Strauss-Kahn, 62, has repeatedly denied all the charges against him. In a statement on Sunday, his lawyers called the interview a last-ditch effort by the maid and her lawyers to extract money from him.
She is 'the first accuser in history to conduct a media campaign to persuade a prosecutor to pursue charges against a person from whom she wants money,' lawyers Benjamin Brafman and William Taylor said.
'Her lawyers and public relations consultants have orchestrated an unprecedented number of media events and rallies to bring pressure on the prosecutors in this case after she had to admit her extraordinary efforts to mislead them.'
Ms Diallo's lawyers responded, saying Strauss-Kahn's lawyers 'have conducted an unprecedented smear campaign against the victim of a violent sexual attack'.
Her attorney Kenneth Thompson noted that the defence team have said whatever happened in the suite was not forced.
'We are dealing with a brutal sexual attack, a mountain of physical evidence, a victim who spoke out immediately, and numerous corroborating witnesses,' Mr Thompson said.
The interview comes after Ms Diallo's overall credibility was thrown into question when Manhattan prosecutors revealed that she had told authorities numerous lies, including fabricating a story about being gang-raped in Guinea in order to gain U.S. asylum.
She also changed details of her story about what happened following the purported assault.
Ms Diallo, who has been kept in hiding with her 15-year-old daughter for weeks since the allegations, said that she wants to return to work in hotel, but would prefer to go to the laundry where she would not have to meet guests rather than continue as a maid.
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