DSK reportedly says he won't run for president

After damning reports that the accuser in the rape case against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn had credibility issues, some instantly acquitted him of wrongdoing.

While the accuser still has supporters, speculation had grown that the former frontrunner in the upcoming race for president of France would now enter the contest.

Strauss-Kahn has reportedly shot down those rumors, telling friends that it is just not possible for him to win, regardless of the outcome, reports Mediaite.

A source close to the former IMF chief told Mediaite, "DSK is telling friends that media speculation that he might run is simply absurd. Of course he is pleased that despite the recent headlines, the media is suddenly declaring him a viable candidate, but he knows in the real world that is just not the case."

Meanwhile, a rally was held in Manhattan in support of his accuser, who has been dogged by accusations of lying on in her asylum hearing and prostitution.

"We ask (District Attorney Cyrus) Vance to let the victim have her day in court. A dismissal would discourage victims from coming forward for fear that they themselves would be put on trial," said New York Democratic Senator Bill Perkins at a news conference in Harlem, according to Agence France Presse.

Accompanied by representatives from the African American, Muslim and Latino communities in New York, including Miss Guinea USA, Perkins criticized the prosecution for reports they might abandon the case, AFP reports.

Strauss-Kahn has pled not guilty to seven charges, including attempted rape, which is punishable by ten years in prison.

It is unclear whether the case will proceed, as details of the negotiations between the DA and the defense have been reportedly differently throughout the media.

Senator Perkins said that "none of what is mentioned in the media says this woman was not raped nor does it justify that the courts and the judicial system abandon her."