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On May 14, 2011, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, 62, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), was arrested in connection with a sexual assault on a housekeeper at a Manhattan hotel earlier that day. He was removed from a Paris-bound flight in New York minutes before takeoff. After being questioned by the New York Police Department’s special victims office, he was charged with committing criminal acts, including attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment.
According to the woman's account to police, when she went in to clean his room, Strauss-Kahn emerged from the bathroom naked, chased her down a hallway and pulled her into a bedroom, where he began to sexually assault her. She fought him off, but he dragged her into the bathroom, but was able to break free again. After escaping from the room and told hotel staff what had happened, they called police.
Police say Strauss-Kahn does not have diplomatic immunity from the charges, which if proven, using DNA evidence, could carry a prison sentence of 15-20 years. Krauss-Kahn has hired New York lawyer Benjamin Brafman as his defense attorney. A judge from New York State's Supreme Court released him on $1 million bail on May 19, 2011, and placed him under 24-hour home detention with electronic monitoring.
Notes
- ^ "IMF chief arrested in alleged sex assault, police tell AP", Washington Post, May 14, 2011
- "IMF chief charged with New York sex assault, all of France stunned", Vancouver Sun, May 15, 2011
- "Dominique Strauss-Kahn: former IMF head bailed", Telegraph, UK, May 19, 2011