Revelations that the accuser of Dominique Strauss-Kahn is a liar and a tax cheat don’t mean the former International Monetary Fund chief can’t be tried on sexual assault charges, lawyers said. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance revealed yesterday that the hotel maid who accused the French economist and politician of forcing her to perform oral sex had been untruthful with prosecutors about the circumstances of her emigration to the U.S., her tax status and about her actions immediately after the alleged assault on May 14. Strauss-Kahn, 62, was released from house arrest yesterday, a sign that prosecutors are ... (full story)