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DA: Hotel ‘rape’ case needs work

Manhattan prosecutors have held off — for now — on convening a grand jury against an Aspen-based real-estate honcho-to-the-stars accused of raping a woman at the Standard Hotel on Friday.

Instead, they are continuing to investigate the 31-year-old woman’s claims that a boozed-up Keith Hartigan, 37, attacked her as she slept in his room.

The tall, pony-tailed Hartigan, who remains free on $7,500 bail, runs View West Properties, a brokerage firm that handles high-end residences in Aspen and Snowmass, Colo.

“The evidence will overshadow the accusations,” Hartigan’s lawyer, Edward Sapone, told reporters after a brief hearing at which a judge set a May 1 date for Hartigan’s return — for “possible disposition,” as Sapone said in court.

“The truth will come out,” the lawyer said afterward.