The IMF chief accused of sexual assault, attempted rape
The bombshell of the arrest of veteran French political left reeling International Monetary Fund, before the talks reaching critical in repairing the painful consequences of the debt crisis sweeping the euro area.
Strauss-Kahn, 62, was expected to be arraigned later Sunday by a judge in New York, having been plucked from an Air France flight on Saturday in the minutes before takeoff and grill over of the night in a police cell in Harlem.
It was a humiliating turn of events for the jet-set former French finance minister, who had planned to throw his hat into the ring for the 2012 French elections, challenging President Nicolas Sarkozy. Job: Head of IMF arrest rocks French presidency race
As the world's press gathered outside the compound difficult New York, where he spent the night, surprised the lawyers hastily sought access to his client.
"It's going to plead not guilty. He denies any wrongdoing," said attorney Benjamin Brafman reporters as he left the police station.
Strauss-Kahn, a familiar figure in the French political scene and a senior member of the Socialist Party, was accused of a sexual offense, false imprisonment, attempted rape "of a 32-year-old said a police spokesman. Focus: Everything was good for Strauss-Kahn, before the arrest of sex
Later on Sunday, the woman, a waitress employed during the past three years at the luxurious Sofitel hotel near Times Square, picked Strauss-Kahn in a police line-up.
The woman claimed that he had assaulted in his room when he left the shower naked.
Strauss-Kahn, 62, was expected to be arraigned later Sunday by a judge in New York, having been plucked from an Air France flight on Saturday in the minutes before takeoff and grill over of the night in a police cell in Harlem.
It was a humiliating turn of events for the jet-set former French finance minister, who had planned to throw his hat into the ring for the 2012 French elections, challenging President Nicolas Sarkozy. Job: Head of IMF arrest rocks French presidency race
As the world's press gathered outside the compound difficult New York, where he spent the night, surprised the lawyers hastily sought access to his client.
"It's going to plead not guilty. He denies any wrongdoing," said attorney Benjamin Brafman reporters as he left the police station.
Strauss-Kahn, a familiar figure in the French political scene and a senior member of the Socialist Party, was accused of a sexual offense, false imprisonment, attempted rape "of a 32-year-old said a police spokesman. Focus: Everything was good for Strauss-Kahn, before the arrest of sex
Later on Sunday, the woman, a waitress employed during the past three years at the luxurious Sofitel hotel near Times Square, picked Strauss-Kahn in a police line-up.
The woman claimed that he had assaulted in his room when he left the shower naked.
"She was in the room. She thought that was empty. It was then when he came up behind him and touched him inappropriately. He forced her to perform a sexual act with him, "said a police spokesman told AFP.
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