Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s sexual assault case was dismissed by a Manhattan judge after his accuser was found to have lied about events surrounding the alleged attack.
New York State Supreme Court Justice Michael Obus today granted District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.’s request to dismiss the indictment. The dismissal is conditioned on the outcome of an appeal challenging the court’s rejection of a bid by the accuser for a special prosecutor in the case. Obus said the appeals court has 30 days to decide.
The dismissal came about three months after Strauss-Kahn, once a potential French presidential candidate, was pulled off a flight at John F. Kennedy International Airport on May 14 and arrested for allegedly attempting to rape a hotel maid.
His accuser, Nafissatou Diallo, told police that Strauss- Kahn, 62, attacked her when she went to clean his suite at the Sofitel in midtown Manhattan. During a subsequent investigation, Diallo, 33, admitted to lying about the circumstances of the incident and other matters. Prosecutors yesterday said her lies made it impossible to pursue the case.
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