Strauss-Kahn appears to be off the hook for a trial at this point. One needs a credible witness and the chamber maid's no longer fits that bill. It's still not clear to me how convincing the physical evidence of rape is but the chamber maid's credibility would never survive cross-examination on the witness stand.

Strauss-Kahn will never entirely clear his own name in this case but public opinion in France is more indulgent with regard to sexual acts than here in the puritanical States.

Charley Noble