Dominique Strauss-Kahn Sexual assault charges against , which led to house arrest followed by release under a ban on international travel, were dropped by the prosecution. The decision came several weeks after New York prosecutor Cyrus Vance Jr. and his staff decided to foul the accusations against him by making public statements undermining the accuser's credibility. The situation was further compounded by bad defense tactics in the form of a late response to the earlier attack on credibility combined with abandonment of the (alleged) victim's right to anonymity. Three months after his arrest based on Nafissatou Diallo 's accusation of assault, the prosecutor deemed the accuser not credible due to a previous false rape story told as part of an asylum claim . On May 14, Diallo claimed that Strauss-Kahn forced her to interact in sexual activity in his hotel suite. DNA found on Diallo's clothes and parts of her body, along with bruising, confirmed a violent and sudden interaction . Diallo and her legal team made a last attempt in the criminal case, filing a motion on Monday asking that Mr. Vance’s office be disqualified but early Tuesday morning Justice Obus denied the motion.  Strauss-Kahn is currently accused by Tristane Banon in French courts of an earlier sexual assault .
Dominique Strauss-Kahn was freed of sexual assault charges yesterday after the New York courts found the accusations against him not credible. After the shocking arrest three months ago when Nafissatou Diallo accused Strauss-Kahn, the managing director of the , of assaulting her, the prosecutor deemed the accuser not credible due to previous false rape claims . On May 14, Diallo claimed that Strauss-Kahn forced her to interact in sexual activity in his hotel suite. DNA on Diallo's clothes confirmed an interaction but whether the encounter was forced or not was unsure. In July, she falsely told reporters she was assaulted in her homeland which erased her credibility. Diallo and her legal team made a last attempt in the criminal case, filing a motion on Monday asking that Mr. Vance’s office be disqualified but early Tuesday morning Justice Obus denied the motion. The encounter between Diallo and Strauss-Kahn was deemed to be consensual leading to Strauss-Kahn's freedom. Strauss-Kahn is undergoing accusation in another sexual case in France. His lawyers have said this is also a false account .
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Sexual assault charges against , which led to house arrest followed by release under a ban on international travel, were dropped by the prosecution. The decision came several weeks after New York prosecutor Cyrus Vance Jr. and his staff decided to foul
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by making public statements undermining the accuser's credibility. The situation was further compounded by bad defense tactics in the form of a late response to the earlier attack on credibility combined with abandonment of the (alleged) victim's right to anonymity. Three months after his arrest based on Nafissatou Diallo 's accusation of assault,
not credible. After the shocking arrest three months ago when Nafissatou Diallo accused Strauss-Kahn, the managing director of the , of assaulting her,
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and parts of her body, along with bruising, confirmed a violent and sudden interaction .
confirmed an interaction but whether the encounter was forced or not was unsure. In July, she falsely told reporters she was assaulted in her homeland which erased her credibility.
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The encounter between Diallo and Strauss-Kahn was deemed to be consensual leading to Strauss-Kahn's freedom.
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currently accused by Tristane Banon in French courts of an earlier sexual assault
undergoing accusation in another sexual case in France. His lawyers have said this is also a false account