Dominique Strauss-Kahn to face judge

Strauss-Kahn was considered a top contender for France's forthcoming presidential elections before his May arrest (AFP; GETTY)

The Paris prosecutor's office says Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the woman who accuses him of trying to rape her have been ordered to appear before a judge to tell their version of the events.

Writer Tristane Banon says the former head of the International Monetary Fund attacked her while she was interviewing him in 2003. Strauss-Kahn has called her story imaginary and has sued her for slander.

Strauss-Kahn was considered a top contender for France's forthcoming presidential elections before his May arrest in New York on charges he tried to rape a hotel maid. Prosecutors dropped those charges.

The prosecutor announced the meeting today but gave no date for it. Such meetings are sometimes ordered as part of an investigation into charges.

AP