Statement From William W. Taylor and Benjamin Brafman

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 ‎money.  The filing of this lawsuit ends any doubt on that question.  The civil suit has no merit and Mr. ‎Strauss-Kahn will defend it vigorously.‎"

SOURCE William W. Taylor