He took me with the vulgarity of a soldier ...says the MOTHER of girl Strauss-Khan is accused of molesting 
 
 
 
 'He took me with the vulgarity of a soldier', says former colleague Anne Mansouret 
 
 Three years later her daughter Tristane Banon claims he tried to rape her like 'rutting chimpanzee' 
 
 Was delay in coming forward down to her mother's relationship with the 'Great Seducer'? 
 
 
 
 Dominique Strauss-Kahn slept with the mother of a woman who claims the former IMF boss tried to rape her, it emerged yesterday. 
 
 Anne Mansouret admitted that she had sex with Mr Strauss-Kahn in 2000, saying her fellow socialist ‘took me with the vulgarity of a soldier’ while they were both supposed to be working. 
 
 Miss Mansouret, 65, is the mother of 32-year-old writer Tristane Banon, who has alleged that Strauss-Kahn assaulted her in 2003 as she tried to interview him. 
 
 'Tryst': Dominique Strauss-Kahn 'had brutal sex' with former colleague Anne Mansouret, the mother of attempted-rape claimant Tristane Banon 
 
 The latest revelation in one of the most squalid cases in French political history emerged in the country’s press. 
 
 The alleged sexual encounter happened in the offices of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, where Strauss-Kahn, now 64, was working as a special adviser. 
 
 Miss Mansouret’s claims were made to police last week when she was interviewed as a witness in her daughter’s allegations of attempted rape against Strauss-Kahn. 
 
 'Rutting chimpanzee': Tristane Banon claims Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her 
 
 She is said to have told officers that she and Strauss-Kahn had ‘consensual but brutal’ sex. 
 
 Miss Mansouret, a radical feminist with three marriages and scores of lovers in her past, has admitted that she was happy to have sex with a man known in France as the ‘Great Seducer’. 
 
 However, she admitted, she ‘never wanted to repeat the experience’. 
 
 She told police: ‘He doesn’t try to please women, but simply to possess them.’ 
 
 Miss Mansouret, a socialist party regional official, is said to have kept the encounter secret until her daughter told her in February 2003 that Strauss-Kahn had tried to rape her when she went to interview him for a book she was writing. 
 
 Miss Mansouret said she was so ‘incensed’ that she went to see Strauss-Kahn’s former wife Brigitte Guillemette, who later challenged him over the attack. 
 
 Strauss-Kahn is then said to have admitted: ‘I don’t know what came over me. I slept with the mother, I lost it when I saw the daughter.’ 
 
 According to Miss Mansouret, Strauss-Kahn then met her for a glass of wine in a bistro, and he apologised for trying to attack her daughter. 
 
 Attempted rape carries a sentence of up to 15 years in France – more if there are aggravating circumstances such as the use of violence. In a 2007 TV programme which is still accessible on the internet, Miss Banon gives a graphic account of the alleged attack in which she compared Strauss-Kahn to a ‘rutting chimpanzee’ and claimed he tried to unfasten her clothes. 
 
 She said that she was dissuaded from filing charges at the time by her mother, who is still a regional councillor in Strauss-Kahn’s Socialist party. 
 
 The violent but consensual sex between her mother and Strauss-Kahn is now being put forward as the reason why Miss Banon took eight years to go to the police about the alleged attack on her, claimed L’Express magazine. It also emerged yesterday that Strauss-Kahn’s daughter Camille has been questioned by police over the alleged attempted rape of Miss Banon. 
 
 The 26-year-old student, who is a friend of Miss Banon’s, was questioned on Monday. 
 
 Arrested: Strauss-Kahn appeared in court earlier this year after a maid at a hotel in New York claimed that she had been sexually-assaulted by him 
 
 In response to Miss Banon’s claims, Strauss-Kahn has denied the attack and begun legal action against her for libel. 
 
 His Paris lawyer Henri Leclerc said: ‘Her claims are imaginary. It never happened.’ 
 
 Strauss-Kahn, the disgraced former head of the International Monetary Fund and once a possible presidential candidate in France, is currently awaiting trial in New York, accused of raping a hotel maid. 
 
 That case has been adjourned until next month and looks likely to be dropped because of his victim’s alleged links with criminals. 
 
 But Strauss-Kahn faces an investigation for the attempted rape of Miss Banon as soon as he returns home to France. 
 
 All of the women involved in the French allegations are well known to Anne Sinclair, Strauss-Kahn’s current wife who, despite his non-stop philandering, is standing by him. 
 
 The French Socialist Party has been torn apart by the latest revelations, but some senior figures are still arguing that Strauss-Kahn should be allowed to run for president next year against Nicolas Sarkozy. 
 
 In another dramatic development yesterday it emerged that Francois Hollande, the current frontrunner to stand as Socialist presidential candidate next year, is set to be questioned by police about allegations that he knew about the alleged attempted rape of Miss Banon as far back as 2003, but did nothing about it. ||||| A court hearing for the sexual-assault case against former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been delayed two weeks, until Aug. 1. 
 
 The Manhattan District Attorney's office and attorneys for Mr. Strauss-Kahn filed a letter with the Office of Court Administration on Monday saying both sides had agreed to the delay "to facilitate both parties continued investigation in this matter," the letter said. A court hearing had been scheduled for July 18. 
 
 Mr. Strauss-Kahn has pleaded not guilty to charges that he sexually assaulted a maid at the Sofitel hotel in Manhattan in May. Prosecutors have raised questions about the credibility of the maid who has admitted lying to authorities about a range of matters, according to a court filing. 
 
 "We hope that during this time the district attorney will make the necessary decision to dismiss the case against Mr. Strauss-Kahn," said William W. Taylor, a lawyer for Mr. Strauss-Kahn. 
 
 Erin Duggan, a spokeswoman for the district attorney's office, said the investigation is continuing and no decisions have been made about how to proceed in the case. 
 
 "At the end of its investigation, we expect the district attorney's office to stand by the victim and take her case to trial," said Kenneth Thompson, an attorney for the accuser. "Justice requires no less." 
 
 Meanwhile, a French lawyer for Mr. Strauss-Kahn said he had filed a complaint for slander against the French novelist who has accused Mr. Strauss-Kahn of attempted rape. The complaint was filed with Paris prosecutors on Friday, Henri Leclerc, the lawyer, said. 
 
 A lawyer for Tristane Banon, the novelist couldn't be reached to comment on the slander complaint. 
 
 Ms. Banon was interviewed by police on Monday as part of a preliminary probe Paris prosecutors launched into the attempted rape complaint the 32-year old woman has filed against Mr. Strauss-Kahn. 
 
 —David Gauthier-Villars contributed to this article. 
 
 Write to Dionne Searcey at dionne.searcey@wsj.com
– Legal troubles for accused sex attacker Dominique Strauss-Kahn may be just beginning. French police are questioning the writer in France who is suing Strauss-Kahn for attempted rape. The interview will help investigators determine if there's enough evidence to go ahead with a full-scale French criminal case against the former head of the IMF for the alleged attack on Tristane Banon, reports EuroNews. Stateside, a hearing for his sexual-assault case has been delayed two weeks, from July 18 to Aug. 1, reports the Wall Street Journal. In a letter filed yesterday, Strauss-Kahn's lawyers and the DA's office explained that they had agreed to the delay "to facilitate both parties' continued investigation in this matter."