Dominique Strauss Kahn

The 32-year-old woman from Guinea accused Strauss-Kahn of chasing her through his luxury suite in May, trying to pull down her pantyhose and forcing her to perform oral sex.

Strauss-Kahn's semen was found on the woman's dress and she reported the alleged assault, but not as quickly as first thought. In a letter dated June 30, prosecutors that she admitted that she cleaned another room following the encounter with the French politician and then returned to Strauss-Kahn's room and cleaned that as well, contradicting what she told the grand jury.

It was just the latest revelation that has damaged her credibility and undermined the prosecution of Strauss-Kahn. In light of the new questions surrounding the case, a New York judge granted Strauss-Kahn's release from house arrest, though the charges have not been dismissed.

From the beginning, Strauss-Kahn's attorneys have claimed to have the hotel encounter wasn't forcible, and that they have unreleased information that could "gravely undermine the credibility" of the housekeeper. The defense was using private investigators to aggressively check out the victim's background and her story, but the New York Times reported that it was investigators for the prosecution who uncovered discrepancies.

The accuser's attorney, Ken Thompson, fired back outside court and said she went to the district attorney with information that her application was flawed because she was concerned she otherwise would be sent back to Guinea.

He said she came to the U.S. because she was a victim of genital mutilation and worried that her daughter, now 15, would be victimized as well. He also said she had been raped by soldiers there, but not as it was written in her asylum application.

He also laid out details she described of an attack by Strauss-Kahn in the Sofitel suite and said her account has remained consistent.

"From day one has described a violent sexual assault that Dominique Strauss-Kahn committed against her," attorney Ken Thompson said.

Thompson took a throng of reporters outside court through the details of the incident from his client's perspective, saying Strauss-Kahn bruised her genitals, tore a ligament in her shoulder and ripped her stockings.

"She has described that sexual assault many times, to prosecutors and to me, and she has never once changed a single thing about that encounter," he said.

Something stinks to high heaven here. I smell a Clinton. The demolition of this woman's reputation smells like what Clinton did to Lewinsky. DSK is a DICK. Put him back in jail with Ira Einhorn.

Unfortunately, now all of his unwanted womanizing tactics will be silently swept under the carpet just when France was just about to face to the harsh realities of sexual harassment. Again, just when France was about to debate whether it is a good idea not to cover up its own politicians scandals...they all get a free ride. Damn.