NEW YORK, Aug. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement by William W. Taylor and Benjamin Brafman:
"We have maintained from the beginning that the motivation of Mr. Thompson and his client was to make -Žmoney. The filing of this lawsuit ends any doubt on that question. The civil suit has no merit and Mr. -ŽStrauss-Kahn will defend it vigorously.-Ž"
SOURCEWilliam W. Taylor