Strauss-Kahn thanks family as charges dropped

FORMER IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn paid tribute to his wife Anne and his family for their support as sex assault charges against him were officially dropped yesterday.

A New York appeals court yesterday rejected a request for a special prosecutor. The appeals court agreed with another court’s ruling — that there was no legal basis for a special prosecutor. Lawyers for the woman accusing the Frenchman had requested one because they felt Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R Vance was biased.

Prosecutors argued the case should be dismissed because they did not have faith in the credibility of the hotel maid who accused Strauss-Kahn of sexually assaulting her in his luxury suite in May.