World: As New York DSK charges fall apart, Tristane Banon presses on
- over The rape charges against former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn were dismissed in New York today, when the prosecution admitted their case couldn’t hold up due to “credibility issues” surrounding his accuser, Nafissatou Diallo.
- not over Strauss-Kahn is not without legal concerns, however. French writer Tristane Banon has said she’ll continue pressing her charges (in French courts) that Strauss-Kahn attempted to rape her during an interview in 2003. source