Strauss-Kahn lawyer says must remain calm over arrest

One of Dominique Strauss-Kahn's France-based lawyers said on Sunday that it
was key to avoid a media frenzy over the sex assault charges against the IMF
chief and wait for clarity on whether the allegations are true.

"We must wait until things settle and see if it's true or a provocation,"
Leon Lef Foster told Reuters.

"We must be especially careful not to get into a media circus and we must
wait until things are clear," he said, and said that it was important to
remain calm.

The International Monetary Fund chief, who had been seen making a bid for
France's 2012 presidential election, was arrested and charged with an
alleged sexual assault on a hotel maid in New York.

assault
[名][U][C]

1 （…への）猛攻撃，猛襲((on, upon, against ...))；接近［白兵］戦；（言葉による）（…への）激しい攻撃，非難((on, upon, against ...))

take [gain] a city by assault
強襲して町を攻め取る

make a violent assault on a fortress [the character of the
President]
要塞(ようさい)を猛攻する［大統領の人格を痛烈に非難する］.

2 法律（…への）暴行，（暴力による）脅迫；((婉曲))強姦(ごうかん)((on, upon
...)).

3 （困難な問題への）果敢な挑戦((on ...)).

━━[動](他)…を猛烈に攻撃する；〈人に〉暴行を加える；〈物・事が〉〈人などを〉悩ます

sexually assault a woman
女性を強姦する

The noise of the city is assaulting us.
都会の騒音に悩まされている.

［古フランス語←中ラテン語assaltus （as-へ＋salre跳ぶ＝跳びかかる）.
△ASSAIL, INSULT］