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Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, is reportedly settling a lawsuit brought against him by a woman who accused him of sexual assault.

A French prosecutor on Monday opened a preliminary investigation into allegations of rape in a Washington hotel by former IMF chief and one-time French presidential hopeful Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

Investigators are examining allegations that Dominique Strauss-Kahn may have been involved in a rape at a Washington hotel in 2010, a spokesperson at the prosecutor’s office in Lille said on Friday.

A football coach who says Jerry Sandusky molested a boy in a Penn State locker room in 2002 speaks about the incident for the first time in public. Mike McQueary said "it was very clear that it looked like there was intercourse" and that Mr Sandusky held his hands around the boy's waist.

After investigating a complaint filed against former International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn, in which a journalist accused him of attempting to rape her in 2003, French prosecutors said there was a lack of sufficient evidence to file charges.

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexually assaulted a housekeeper in a "violent and sadistic attack" in his hotel suite in Manhattan in May, a civil lawsuit filed on Monday alleges.

Faced with a legal and media onslaught, Dominique Strauss-Kahn is pulling together a crack team of investigators, former spies and media advisers to fight back against charges he sexually assaulted a hotel chambermaid.

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn spent his first night out of jail since his arrest on attempted rape charges, inside a Manhattan safe house on Saturday, well-hidden from the media gathered outside.