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prosecutors say they have evidence ex-IMF chief sexually assaulted a young French writer, but will not face charges

French prosecutors said there was no evidence of Dominique Strauss-Kahn had sexually assaulted a young French writer, but dropped the investigation against him for attempted rape.

If legal claims by former IMF chief attacked Banon Tristano was officially abandoned after the French prosecutor's office said that no legal action may be brought.

In a statement, the office said a police investigation of three months, he had found sufficient evidence to charge Strauss-Kahn of attempted rape.

added, however, acknowledged that there were "facts that could be considered sexual assault."

cited the statute of limitations of three years of sexual assault, and concluded: "However, having been committed in 2003 and were not disclosed until July 2011, these facts can not be dealt with. "

Banon, 32 year old author, journalist, she learned that her case would not be prosecuted on the same day a book was published, said he is a "fictionalized" version of the alleged assault.

His lawyer, David Koubbi, and promised to file a civil suit against Mr. Strauss-Kahn, if the prosecution was dropped. This means that a judge appointed independent inquiry to examine all the evidence.

Banon and Strauss-Kahn were among at least 12 people interviewed at the request of the author that he tried to rape her when she went to interview for a book.

Banon, Strauss-Kahn said he behaved like a "chimpanzee in heat" during the alleged attack on an unfurnished apartment in Paris in February 2003.

Strauss-Kahn described the allegations as "imaginary." He said the attack amounted to an attempted rape, for which the statute of limitations is 10 years.

Book

Banon, The Ball of hypocrites (The Hypocrites Ball "), is described as a 128-page novelization of the events of his life.

seems to be the latest salvo in a battle of words between the virulent and Strauss-Kahn, once tipped to be the next president of France.

not directly with him in the name of the novel, he describes a man who took her to his apartment and she said she had to fight against "pork" or "Chuck."

Strauss-Kahn, 62, confessed to police investigating allegations that Banon makes a pass at her and tried to kiss her, but denied any violence.

, filed a counterclaim for defamation and threatened to sue the media repeating the allegations.

After Strauss-Kahn, once the presidential candidate of the French Socialist Party, was arrested and charged with sexual assault and attempted rape of a woman's hotel room in New York in May, said he spent weeks Banon to decide whether charges.

When the case of the United States against Strauss-Kahn collapsed in August because of doubts about the credibility of his accuser, Nafissatou Diallo, Banon has filed a formal complaint with the Paris prosecutor's office.

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