NEW : Recusal suggestions ` ` wholly without merit , '' DA spokeswoman said . Attorneys for Strauss - Kahn said they had a ` ` constructive dialogue '' with prosecutors . Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. will not recuse himself from prosecuting the case against former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn for the attempted rape of a hotel housekeeper , his spokeswoman said Wednesday . French prosecutors are reviewing a complaint in a separate case against Strauss - Kahn . Source : The plaintiff 's attorney refused to let his client talk with prosecutors for weeks .
NEW : Recusal suggestions ` ` wholly without merit , '' DA spokeswoman said . Attorneys for Strauss - Kahn said they had a ` ` constructive dialogue '' with prosecutors . French prosecutors are reviewing a complaint in a separate case against Strauss - Kahn . Source : The plaintiff 's attorney refused to let his client talk with prosecutors for weeks .