US media are reporting DNA evidence now links Dominique Strauss-Kahn to the maid who accused him of sexual assault.
The Wall Street Journal says a sample submitted by the former head of the International Monetary Fund matches semen traces found on the woman's shirt.
Experts, however, urge against a "rush to judgment" based on the DNA test, noting that there are a range of possible explanations and that it does not prove an act of sexual violence.
Al Jazeera's Roza Ibragimova reports from New York.
