Story in the Independent here.
Firstly - my print copy of the "i" has as its headline not my thread title - but
"Accuser's mother admits affair with Strauss-Kahn".
OMFG - I was spitting feathers reading this. I expect more of The Independent FFS.
They manage to translate a violent sexual encounter into an affair.
Something which happened in his office and her description is that he was "a preditor, a man which wants to take women, not to please them". 
Clearly the Independent has realised how fuckwitted their print headline is and changed it online. 
Secondly - it sounds like Anne Mansouret has convinced herself that it was consensual - she must have given in . That's not consent.
What a pattern. Entitled man in position of power - in confined space with a woman (office,interview,hotel room) - woman reports ("violent" sex, attempted rape, rape).
Very interested to hear more about how the French press are handling this.