NEW YORK PROSECUTORS have filed papers recommending that all charges in the sex assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn be dropped.
A published edition of the prosecutors’ motion outlined that the case would rely solely on the evidence of Nafissatou Diallo, the chambermaid at the centre of the allegations against the former IMF managing director.
While “the physical, specific, and other evidence establishes that the defendant engaged in a hurried sexual encounter with the complainant,” the filing said, “it does not independently establish her claim of a forcible, nonconsensual encounter.”
It added that while Diallo was considered reliable at the time the complaint had been filed, later investigations “severely undermined her reliability as a witness in this case.”
Diallo and her lawyer met briefly with prosecutors earlier today. It had been widely expected that prosecutors would announce plans to reduce or drop the charges.
Additional reporting by AP
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