One detail doesn’t sound right though:

In the New York case, Mr. Browne said that it was about 1 p.m. on Saturday when the maid, a 32-year-old woman, entered Mr. Strauss-Kahn’s suite — Room 2806 — believing it was unoccupied. Mr. Browne said that the suite, which cost $3,000 a night, had a foyer, a conference room, a living room and a bedroom, and that Mr. Strauss-Khan had checked in on Friday.

That sounds strange to me. In an upmarket hotel the maid would ALWAYS know whether the room is occupied or not. Especially when it’s a 3000-dollar suite.