By Adam S. Levy - Breaking Celebrity News Staff Writer

Dominique Strauss-Kahn spoke publicly for the first time since his May 14 arrest on accusations he sexually assaulted maid Nofissatou Diallo at New York's Sofitel hotel, admitting that while he committed a "a moral failure" in his behavior, their encounter was consensual and not violent.

"What happened was not just inappropriate, it was more than that, it was a fault; a fault toward my wife, my children, my friends but also a fault toward the French people who placed in me their hope for change,” he told French news outlet TF1. "It was a moral fault of which I am not proud. I regret it infinitely. I have regretted it every day for the last four months; I don't believe I have finished regretting it."