LAWYERS for Dominique Strauss-Kahn have disputed the Paris prosecutor’s statement that the former head of the International Monetary Fund admitted to sexually assaulting a French writer.

Lawyers for Dominique Strauss-Kahn have disputed the Paris prosecutor’s statement that the former head of the International Monetary Fund admitted to sexually assaulting a French writer.

THE Paris prosecutor’s office yesterday dropped its investigation into a writer’s claim that Dominique Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her, though it said the former IMF chief admitted to behaviour that could qualify as sexual assault.

The Paris prosecutor has dropped an investigation into an attempted rape claim against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

FORMER IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn met in a face-to-face confrontation with a Frenchwoman who says he tried to rape her, as the two were questioned by investigators deciding whether to pursue the case.

FRENCH prosecutors will set up a face-to-face meeting between former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the young French writer who has accused him of attempted rape, they said yesterday.

The Paris prosecutor’s office says Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the woman who accuses him of trying to rape her have been ordered to appear before a judge to tell their version of the events.

THE former head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn has maintained that his sexual encounter with a New York hotel maid did not involve violence, constraint or aggression, but still constituted a moral failing on his part.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, says his sexual encounter with a New York hotel maid “did not involve violence, constraint or aggression” but still was a “moral failing” on his part.

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has told police he made a pass at a young author in 2003, but he denied allegations that he tried to rape Tristane Banon.

French police have questioned former IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn for three hours over claims he tried to rape a writer during a 2003 interview.

French police have questioned former IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn for three hours over claims he tried to rape a writer during a 2003 interview.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn has returned home to a mixed welcome in France – for the first time since attempted rape accusations by a New York hotel maid unleashed an international scandal that dashed his chances of the French presidency.

Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn arrived in his native France today, for the first time since the collapse of a sensational sexual assault case that cost him his job and possibly his presidential ambitions.

French investigators questioned a leading presidential hopeful about a writer's claim that former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her.

FRENCH investigators have questioned one of Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s daughters, one of his ex-wives and may question a Socialist presidential hopeful about claims the former International Monetary Fund chief tried to rape a writer.

FRENCH detectives interviewed a young French writer yesterday over her claim that former IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her in 2003, a judicial official said.

THE Paris prosecutor’s office has opened a preliminary inquiry into a complaint filed by French writer Tristane Banon alleging an attempted rape by former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

Paris prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation into accusations by a French writer that former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her.

FORMER IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was hit with a fresh complaint of attempted rape in France yesterday, a new hurdle to any political comeback, even though US sex assault charges against him may be lifted this month.

The hotel maid at the centre of the Dominique Strauss-Kahn sex assault case is suing the New York Post after it called her a prostitute.

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn faced a potential new sexual assault investigation after a young French writer said she would formally accuse him of trying to rape her during a 2002 interview.

A FRENCH novelist will file a criminal complaint today 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.

A French novelist who accused former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempted rape is pressing ahead with legal action against him.

A FRENCH writer who has alleged Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexually assaulted her nine years ago has not been contacted by US prosecutors who have indicted the former IMF chief on sex charges in New York, her lawyer said yesterday.

French voters have shrugged at politicians’ infidelities for decades but now some wonder if their tolerance has allowed criminal acts by one of the country’s best-known public figures to go unpunished.

THE head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, is facing at least one more allegation of sexual assault — this time by a fellow French native who described him as a “rutting chimpanzee”.

ALREADY in custody for the alleged attempted rape of a hotel maid in New York, Dominique Strauss- Kahn is now facing a second allegation of sexual assault this time by a fellow French native.

A woman who says she was sexually assaulted by Dominique Strauss-Kahn nine years ago in France intends to lodge a legal complaint against the International Monetary Fund chief.