The tragedy surrounding the case of Nafissatou Diallo, embattled hotel worker, and Dominique Strauss-Kahn, one-time head of the world’s major lending bank, deepened today with speculation by lawyers that the woman whose sex attack charges were tossed out by a NY judge, now faces deportation.
Prosecutors in the case claim that Diallo admitted to lying on her asylum application, commenting on the issue Jason Dzubow a lawyer said, “lying on sworn statements is almost a guarantee the case will be reopened adding that “she’s going to have a hard time.”
She is accused of making up a story about the hardships she faced under a dictatorship including gang rape and using a fake visa to enter the United States in 2004. The Guinean President Alpha Conde and his wife denounced her claims to the media, further hurting her credibility when they insinuated that she came from a tribe of liars and dishonest people.
Immigration lawyer, Zachary Sanders chimed in and said, “with all the press attention, my educated guess is that they are going to look at her case again, I wouldn’t be surprised if they did.
However, West African immigrants from her community of the Bronx have come up to her defense with Emmanuel Donkor saying, “It doesn’t matter if she wasn’t honest about things, if she was raped that’s all that counts.” While Boubacar Barry criticized the Manhattan District Attorney, Cy Vance Jr cried, “he should have let a jury decide” wondering, “I thought this was America. I’m more than disappointed.”
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