Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the maid accusing him of sex assault did have what appeared to be non-consensual sex, but the maid's history of lying means that charges cannot be pressed, prosecutors said on Monday.
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.
Evidence was not definitive, but was "consistent with a non-consensual encounter," prosecutors said.
However, the assault case against Strauss-Kahn collapsed because the maid told repeated lies and "their cumulative effect would be devastating."