Strauss-Kahn to fight charges: lawyer

NEW YORK: Dominique Strauss-Kahn will "vigorously" fight charges that he sexually assualted a chamber maid at a New York hotel, one of his lawyers said Sunday.

"He intends to vigorously defend these charges and denies any wrongdoing" lawyer Benjamin Brafman told journalists outside the courthouse where the IMF chief is due to appear Monday. (AFP)