The alleged victim has so far been kept in the shadows, hidden from the press pack as she waits possibly for months to testify in the trial, amid rumors circulating about her character and background.
But Mr Thompson said that "she's not courting publicity."
"The victim wants you to know that all of Dominique Strauss-Kahn's power, money, and influence throughout the world will not keep the truth about what he did to her in that hotel room from coming out," Thompson said.
The former IMF chief, who resigned as head of the International Monetary Fund in the days after his arrest on May 14, pleaded not guilty to the charges of sexual assault and attempted rape on Monday.
A full three weeks after Strauss-Kahn's arrest, all officials will say about the alleged victim is that she is 32, immigrated from west Africa and worked for three years at a Sofitel in Times Square. She also has a teenage daughter.
Prosecutors are barred by law from saying who she is. Journalists have uncovered her name, but most big media outlets prohibit publication, limiting exposure to French media, which have different rules.
Although reporters have visited her former Harlem apartment building - and even her extended family's house in a remote part of Guinea - almost nothing about the maid's personal life is known. Her current whereabouts remain secret.
Legal experts say the maid's furtiveness is understandable.
"It's very common that women who are claiming they were sexually abused don't come forward," said Jay K. Goldberg, a criminal defense attorney with experience in rape cases. "There's no reason for her to make an appearance and she's not required to be in court until the trial."
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