Lawyer IMF head denies N.Y. sexassault charges StraussKahn shockwave hits France I.M.F. Names Replacement as Chief Awaits Arraignment Video First Look arrested for sexual assault Talks in Greek Crisis at Key Juncture Toobin could get long sentence chief NYC The French Reaction to Chief's Arrest Athens tested by bailout negotiations Amid global recession new strategy raping commoners one a time chief's career politics and power head’s arrest unlikely derail eurozone bailouts IMF's has political plans Faces SexAssault Charges

As official is accused of assaulting hotel maid, politicos in France question "smear campaign" against potential Sarkozy opponent May 15 - Shock in France as the arrest of IMF chief Strauss-Kahn on suspicion of sexual assault headlines major news bulletins. Deborah Lutterbeck reports. Dominique Strauss-Kahn Russ Mitchell previews the CBS Evening News with updates on the flooding Mississippi river, the head of the IMF arrested in New York City on sexual assault charges, and a man who turns books into art. International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn on May 10, 2011 in Zurich, Switzerland. CNN's Jeffrey Toobin says IMF head doesn't have diplomatic immunity and will be treated like any other defendant. The leader of the International Monetary Fund, a possible candidate for president of France, was yanked from an airplane moments before it was to depart for Paris and arrested in the alleged sexual assault of a hotel maid, police said. The arrest of the I.M.F. chief, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, inspiring a mix of contempt, sympathy, expressions of national humiliation and more than a few conspiracy theories that the contender for the French presidency had been set up by his rivals. The IMF has dismissed fears that talks with Greek officials on a revamped bail-out deal are close to collapse over Athens' reluctance to go ahead with privatisation Photo: "DSK" at the spring IMF-World Bank meetings in Washington April 16, 2011. (REUTERS/Yuri Gripas) A 32-year-old hotel maid in New York City has filed charges against International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, accusing the 62-year-old of violent sexual attack, and attempted rape. He left the hotel shortly after the time of the alleged assault. NYPD caught up with him on an Air France flight at JFK, 10 minutes before the plane was to depart. They pulled him from his first class seat and arrested him on charges of a criminal sex act, attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment. A Socialist, Strauss-Kahn was anticipated to become a front- runner candidate in upcoming presidential election cycle in France. More: Reuters, New York Post, NYT, Associated Press. Related: Anne Mansouret, a fellow Socialist politician in France, said on Sunday her daughter was the victim of a similar sexual assault by Strauss-Kahn in 2002. The alleged victim was DSK's god-daughter, by way of his second wife. Mansouret says she regrets pressuring her daughter not to file a complaint at the time. (via Julian Dibbell) * Headline adapted from a Roger Ebert tweet.... Born in France in 1949, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, or DSK as he became known, spent the early part of his career as an academic economist. But with… Dominique Strauss-Kahn's sexual-assault charges likely to complicate key European meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel CNN's Jim Bittermann says Dominique Strauss-Kahn was considered by many to be a top challenger for French president. The leader of the International Monetary Fund and a possible candidate for president of France was yanked from an airplane moments before it was to depart for Paris and arrested in the alleged sexual assault of a hotel maid, police said.
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