The sexual assault case against former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been teetering on the verge of collapse for months, and now, the New York Post and the New York Times report that Manhattan district attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., is asking the judge to dismiss the case outright. The prosecutors, according to anonymous sources speaking to the papers, will likely drop the charges as early as Monday.

Dominique Strauss Kahn (Creative Commons)

Strauss-Kahn was arrested in June for the sexual assault of a hotel maid in New York City. When Strauss-Kahn was first arrested, the case seemed strong, but revelations that his accuser had lied on immigration forms and about the details of the night of the alleged assault threw her credibility into question.

The New York Times reports:

The outcome would leave Ms. Diallo with no recourse to pursue criminal charges against the Frenchman. But she has filed a civil lawsuit seeking unspecified monetary damages from Mr. Strauss-Kahn for what the suit called a “violent and sadistic attack” that humiliated and degraded her.

Mr. Vance’s office has readied a motion known as a dismissal on recommendation, which one person briefed on the matter said would detail the reasons he and his aides believe that the case cannot be proved beyond a reasonable doubt.

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