An Egyptian executive accused of sexually abusing an employee at a luxury hotel in New York has pleaded guilty to sex abuse in the third degree and will also face a $5 million lawsuit tied to the case

Mahmoud Abdel-Salam Omar, 74, the chairman of a salt company who once headed an Egyptian bank, had originally been charged with sexual abuse, unlawful imprisonment, forcible touching and harassment. He was sentenced to five days' community service, which Omar has already completed. He must also submit his DNA to the state database. The incident took place at New York's Pierre hotel a couple of weeks after Dominique Strauss-Kahn, then head of the International Monetary Fund, was accused of sexually assaulting and trying to rape a housekeeping employee at another New York luxury hotel. Omar has not made any public statements. The accuser told police that the attack took place when the employee went to Omar's room to drop off tissues he had requested.