In the fullest official account yet of what happened on May 14, prosecutors said physical evidence did not conclusively prove allegations that the then IMF chief sexually assaulted Nafissatou Diallo, a 32-year-old Guinean immigrant working as a maid at the Manhattan Sofitel hotel.
The case then collapsed because the maid, whose testimony would be key, said repeated lies.
“Their cumulative effect would be devastating,” prosecutors said in their 25-page motion asking the court to dismiss all charges.
What is sure is that a “quick sexual encounter” took place between Strauss-Kahn and Diallo, prosecutors said.
DNA testing “established that several stains located on the upper portion of the complainant`s hotel uniform dress contained semen that yielded the defendant`s DNA,” the Manhattan District Attorney`s Office said in the motion.