The hotel maid who accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, in May of rape in a New York hotel room, allegedly misrepresented her financial situation on her tax return.
Prosecutors found a number of inconsistencies in the accuser’s story about the incident as well as her finances, according to
Strauss-Kahn, 62, was released from house arrest over the weekend, but prosecutors have not yet dropped the charges against him. The accuser’s lawyer, Kenneth Thompson, defended his client and said the district attorney was giving up on the case. “Our concern is that the Manhattan district attorney is too afraid to try this case,” he said.
Another woman in France has filed a complaint against Strauss-Kahn alleging an attempted rape eight years ago during a 2002 interview. Journalist and novelist Tristane Banon, 32, planned to file the complaint Tuesday.