Strauss-kahn Rape Case

• French prosecutor drops Strauss-Kahn case

  The Paris prosecutor's office has dropped an investigation into a French writer's claim that Dominique Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her, for lack of sufficient proof.

• Writer sues Strauss-Kahn, says he grabbed her, ripped off her clothes

  A young French author has formally accused former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempted rape, breaking her long public silence with a dramatic account of fending off an attacker who ripped at her clothes as they fought on his apartment floor.Tristane Banon's criminal complaint, which was filed Tuesday, was already sp...

• Now, French writer accuses Strauss-Kahn of attempted rape

  A French novelist will file a criminal complaint on Tuesday accusing Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempted rape, her lawyer said, throwing fresh uncertainty into a fierce national debate about whether the former International Monetary Fund chief can return to his country's presidential race. The political world was hit by a new shock when the lawyer ...

• Shaky case against Strauss-Kahn once seemed so solid

  A hotel housekeeper whose account of being sexually attacked was so compelling that it brought tears to the eyes of seasoned investigators. Preliminary forensic and electronic evidence, as well as interviews with witnesses, that poked no immediate holes in her story. And an accused man, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, with a ticket for a flight to France, ...