NEW YORK — Dominique Strauss-Kahn claimed Monday he has diplomatic immunity and asked a New York court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the hotel maid who says he sexually assaulted her.

Attorneys for the former International Monetary Fund leader filed the motion in a Bronx court, arguing judges there do not have the ability to try the case because Strauss-Kahn’s time as head of the fund gives him immunity from the litigation.

The 62-year-old Strauss-Kahn was initially charged with attempted rape and held under pricey house arrest after the maid, Nafissatou Diallo, said he attacked her in his hotel suite May 14 and forced her to perform oral sex.

The case was eventually dismissed when prosecutors said they had lost faith in Diallo’s credibility after a series of lies she told them unrelated to the assault allegations.