IMF chief charged with attempted rape
Updated: 08:44, Sunday, 15 May 2011
The head of the IMF, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has been charged with attempted rape in New York.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn - Taken from plane bound for Paris
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss Kahn, has been charged with attempted rape in New York.
Prosecutors also charged him with committing a criminal sexual act and with unlawful imprisonment.
His lawyer has said Mr Strauss-Kahn will plead not guilty to the charges.
The investigation began whena maid at the Sofitel New York hotel in Manhattan alleged she was assaulted.
The maid claimed the incident occurred when the IMF chief got out of his shower naked.
Mr Strauss-Kahn, a well-known figure on the French political scene popularly known by his initials DSK, has not officially thrown his hat into the ring to challenge center-right President Nicolas Sarkozy in next year's presidential race.
But he had been widely expected to stand, and polls released before news of his arrest broke had put him narrowly ahead of the pack, if he ran, with 26% of the vote.
Mr Strauss-Kahn had been due to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin today to discuss an aid package for debt-laden Greece.
He was then due to attend a meeting of EU finance ministers on Monday and Tuesday in Brussels.
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Updated: 08:44, Sunday, 15 May 2011
The head of the IMF, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has been charged with attempted rape in New York.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn - Taken from plane bound for Paris The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss Kahn, has been charged with attempted rape in New York.
Prosecutors also charged him with committing a criminal sexual act and with unlawful imprisonment.
His lawyer has said Mr Strauss-Kahn will plead not guilty to the charges.
The investigation began whena maid at the Sofitel New York hotel in Manhattan alleged she was assaulted.
The maid claimed the incident occurred when the IMF chief got out of his shower naked.
Mr Strauss-Kahn, a well-known figure on the French political scene popularly known by his initials DSK, has not officially thrown his hat into the ring to challenge center-right President Nicolas Sarkozy in next year's presidential race.
But he had been widely expected to stand, and polls released before news of his arrest broke had put him narrowly ahead of the pack, if he ran, with 26% of the vote.
Mr Strauss-Kahn had been due to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin today to discuss an aid package for debt-laden Greece.
He was then due to attend a meeting of EU finance ministers on Monday and Tuesday in Brussels.
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Its about time....
G

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