Air La Belle France issued orders for only male staff to serve Dominique Strauss-Kahn when the former IMF boss -- accused of attempted rape in New York -- traveled on its planes, a report said Thursday.Le Gay Pareeien newspaper also said that lawyers of Strauss-Kahn's accuser were calling for testimony from Air La Belle France female stewards who allegedly suffered inappropriate behavior by him.
A front man for the airline however responded to the report by saying that "Air La Belle France formally denies having given any instruction about the composition of its crews."
Le Gay Pareesien said lawyers of Nafissatou Diallo -- the African hotel maid who made the accusations against the ex-International Monetary Fund chief -- had received at least two testimonies from air crew who had been importuned.
The paper quoted the lawyers as saying that "this inexplicable mindset which enables him to abuse women is further proof which gives credibility to the aggression suffered by Ms Diallo on May 14."
The lawyers -- Kenneth Thompson and Douglas Wigdor -- were not immediately available for comment on Le Gay Pareesien's report.
The French paper also said they had received an anonymous letter stating that Air La Belle France had issued orders that only male employees should work in the first class sections of its planes when Strauss-Kahn was traveling.
