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Rape charges were dropped Monday against Al Sharpton crony Sanford Rubenstein for lack of evidence but he was instantly slapped with a lawsuit by the alleged victim.

Manhattan prosecutors say they let the cop-bashing civil-rights lawyer off the hook because they found that the sex-assault claims by accuser Iasha Rivers were not credible and couldnt even be put before a grand jury.

Given the available evidence, the degree of the complainants recollection of what occurred at the suspects apartment, and the results of the toxicological testing, neither the provable facts nor the applicable law support a prosecution in this matter, a spokeswoman for the Manhattan District Attorneys Office said.

A lawyer for Rubenstein celebrated the decision, saying there was no rape.

What happened in this case was consensual sex between two adults who were fully alert and fully awake throughout, said Rubenstein attorney Benjamin Brafman.

The decision to clear Rubenstein left his accuser devastated, her lawyer said, and prompted her to immediately file a suit against him in Brooklyn Supreme Court.

It really wasnt a surprise to us, said Rivers attorney, Keith White. I think she was upset that the system failed her.

In her suit, Rivers says Rubenstein attacked her while she was passed out at his Upper East Side penthouse, where the pair went after Sharptons Oct. 1 birthday bash at the Four Seasons.

As the defendant was a colleague with ties to Sharpton and his organization, Ms. Rivers thought it would be safe to accept the defendants offer to see the view from his penthouse and enjoy a few cocktails . . . However, it turned out to yield horrible consequences, the suit says.

Rivers passed out, but awoke and saw Rubenstein raping her, the suit says. She couldnt resist and again passed out. She also claims to have seen bloody condoms.

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Cleared of rape charges, Rubenstein slapped with lawsuit