NEW YORK (AFP)-l'Attention in the case of sex of Dominique Strauss-Kahn moved to the accuser, a servant of hotel in New York that is now in credibility of mounting problems, such as the freedom of popular leader ex - MFIS with strict bail conditions.
The French politician remained Sunday in his townhouse rented in Lower Manhattan, but his wife, Anne Sinclair, left the townhouse in the afternoon and smiled to journalists before disappearing in a black sedan.
Unlike other occasions, il he has no bodyguards, New York City police car which had been parked there weeks had disappeared.
As the attorneys scrambled to save a sort of evidence against the head once gripper of top lender in the world, Strauss-Kahn defence team denied the allegations of the tabloid that he committed sex for money with the maid hotel in New York.
"He was undisputed between the parties because no there was no discussion of money," the team, led by lawyers Benjamin Brafman and William Taylor, said in a statement.
The New York Post reported Sunday that Strauss-Kahn and his accuser, an immigrant from 32 years of Guinea, engaged in sex acts in his suite of luxury and then he "was a money waiting after the fact, but he was dismissive."
The Post, quoting a close source of investigation of the defence team, said that the servant often exchanged sex for money with male guests at the Sofitel Hotel.
While the charges against the old stand of 62 years, the case has imploded almost after prosecutors agreed that their investigations of the accuser found she had lied to a grand jury on the matter.
In a letter to the defence lawyers, the Attorney of District of Manhattan Cyrus Vance said the woman had provided a "fake" story of his life - including a rape she admitted later never had - in its U.S. asylum process.
Among other details gleaned on the servant were its possible links to criminal activities, including the drug trade and money laundering, an enforcement official told the New York Times.
Within a day of attempted rape, the demoiselle was recorded talking on the phone with a boyfriend jailed for possessing (180 kilograms) of 400 pounds of marijuana and discussing the benefits of the prosecution of the charges, according to the newspaper.
When the conversation has been translated Fula, mother tongue of the servant, concerned researchers.
"She said words to the effect of,"don't worry, this guy has a lot of money."." I know what I do,'"a responsible time of would have."
The paper said that the man is one of several people who made several cash deposits totalling about $100,000 in the bank account of women over the past two years.
House arrest Strauss-Kahn has raised hopes among supporters of Strauss-Kahn that the case will collapse and the favorite of the Socialist Party will return to the political frontline, or even as a candidate to challenge French President Nicolas Sarkozy in the 2012 election.
Its candidate in the presidential election, Ségolène Royal, Socialist colleague, said that it had no problems to delay the process to make room for him.
Current time in the Socialist Party primary is on 13 July.
The US authorities still hold his passport pending possible trial, which means that Strauss-Kahn cannot travel outside the United States, while its deposit of 1 $ 1 million and $ 5 million bond will be now returned.
Despite credibility broken of the servant, Vance has promised to continue the investigation until prosecutors had discovered all the facts and noted that the charges had not been dropped.
Legal analysts said however, the case was probably dead.
According to the testimony of initial grand jury of the accuser, she flees luxury hotel suite Strauss-Kahn immediately after the attack on May 14 and waited in the corridor before informing a supervisor.
But prosecutors revealed, the woman later changed his story, admitting that she actually cleaning another room and even returned to start the cleaning of the Strauss-Kahn suite before alert his bosses.
According to prosecutors, the woman also lied on his application for asylum when she joined United States in 2004 and defrauded US tax administration by listing a second non-existent as his dependent child.
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