Head Of IMF Arrested In New York On Forced Sodomy Charge

05-14-2011 • EconomicPolicyJournal.com

The head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, is being questioned in New York on Saturday and accused of a sexual attack on a hotel maid, NYT reported. UPDATE 2: Strauss-Kahn was arrested minutes before he was to due to fly to Paris from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. UPDATE 3: Strauss-Kahn was to head from NYC to Paris to Germany to meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss the PIIGS debt crisis. UPDATE 4: More details from AP (ViaLaTi): The 32-year-old woman told authorities that she entered Strauss-Kahn's room at the Sofitel near Manhattan's Times Square at about 1 p.m. Saturday and he emerged from the bedroom naked, threw her down and tried to sexually assault her, Browne said. She somehow broke free and escaped the room and told hotel staff what had happened, authorities said. They called police. When New York City police detectives arrived moments later, Strauss-Kahn had already left the hotel, leaving behind his cellphone and other personal items, Browne said. "It looked like he got out of there in a hurry," Browne said. The NYPD discovered he was at the airport and contacted the Port Authority, who plucked Kahn from the Air France flight that had not yet departed. Three Port Authority detectives pulled Dominique Strauss-Kahn from the plane’s first-class cabin just two minutes before it was due to depart for Paris, according to police sources said. Strauss-Kahn, 62 — who was expected to challenge Nicholas Sarkozy in the 2012 French presidential election — was turned over to NYPD officers and brought to the Special Victims Unit’s uptown squadroom... Strauss-Kahn allegedly threw the housekeeper on the room’s bed and forced her to perform oral sex on him, said the sources. The maid managed to break free and ran to a hotel worker to tell what happened, said a source. Soon afterward, Strauss-Kahn got dressed and headed off to Kennedy Airport for his flight to Paris. When he was approached on the plane by Port Authority cops, he said, "What is this about?" sources said. He was then taken off without handcuffs. Two law enforcement sources said Strauss-Kahn was trying to flee the US. Police said he left his cellphone and other personal items in the room. Strauss-Kahn, who had a meeting planned for today with German chancellor Angela Merkel, has a special arrangement with Air France that allows him to get on any flight and sit in first class, the sources said. http://www.zerohedge.com/article/imf-head-strauss-khan-dragged-plane-arrested-following-hotel-maid-sodomy-charges

2 Comments in Response to Head Of IMF Arrested In New York On Forced Sodomy Charge

Comment by stanley dingby

Entered on: 5/15/2011 3:16:52 PM

The headline mentions sodomy, the article doesn't

Comment by Powell Gammill

Entered on: 5/15/2011 10:18:15 AM

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, 62, who had been removed from a Paris-bound flight in New York minutes before takeoff Saturday, was questioned by the New York Police Department’s special victims office and arrested at 2:15 a.m. Sunday on charges of criminal sex act, attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment, a spokesman said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/15/us-strausskahn-arrest-idUSTRE74D29F20110515

http://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/IMF-head-s-arrest-casts-shadow-on-bailout-meeting-1380319.php

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/imf-chief-arrested-in-alleged-sex-assault/2011/05/15/AF1SDD4G_story.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/15/nyregion/imf-head-is-arrested-and-accused-of-sexual-attack.html

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