US to drop charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn

United States prosecutors will drop sexual assault charges against former International Monetory Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn at his next court appearance in two weeks, or earlier, the New York Post reported on Tuesday.

The paper claimed that this was based on doubts about the alleged victim's credibility.

The newspaper quoted a top investigator who was certain of the eventual dismissal of charges as saying: 'We all know this case is not sustainable.'

Referring to the Guinean hotel maid who accused Strauss-Kahn of trying to rape her in a luxury hotel in Manhattan, he added, 'Her credibility is so bad now, we know we cannot sustain a case with her.'

Strauss-Kahn, 62, was arrested on May 14 at New York''s JFK airport and subsequently resigned as IMF's managing director. 

But revelations that the alleged victim had lied about being raped in Guinea and changed her statement about what she did after the incident in Strauss-Kahn's hotel suite have undermined her credibility and has left prosecutors struggling to make a case.

A judge released Strauss-Kahn from house arrest and lifted strict bail conditions on Friday. Yet, charges including sexual assault and attempt to rape remain in place against the man once seen a top French presidential contender.

'She is not to be believed in anything that comes out of her mouth -- which is a shame, because now we may never know what happened in that hotel room,' the paper quoted a source at the center of the investigation.