IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn in fix

IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn gave his consent to undergo a medical examination on the allegations of sexual assault when he was arrested on Sunday,vehemently denies assaulting with an attempt to rape a hotel maid.His arrest on Sunday and charged with attempted rape and sexual assault on a hotel maid in New York, was pulled out from a Paris-bound airplane,an Air France plane's first-class cabin at the John F Kennedy International Airport and apprehended by detectives of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey minutes before it was to take off.
Browne said that it was about 1 pm local time yesterday when the maid entered Strauss-Kahn's USD 3,000-a- night suite of Sofitel New York hotel, believing it was unoccupied.
The IMF chief was in the shower when the 32-year-old maid entered his room at the hotel on West 44th Street in Manhattan yesterday.As she was in the foyer, "he came out of the bathroom, fully naked, and attempted to sexually assault her," Browne was quoted as saying by NYT. "He grabs her, according to her account, and pulls her into the bedroom and onto the bed," Browne said, adding he locked the door to the suite."She fights him off, and he then drags her down the hallway to the bathroom, where he sexually assaults her a second time," he said.
MSNBC television reported that in the bathroom, the IMF chief forced the maid to perform oral sex on him and tried to remove her underwear.At some point during the assault, the woman broke free and "fled, reported it to other hotel personnel, who called 911. When the police arrived, he was not there," Browne said, adding Strauss-Kahn appeared to have left in a hurry.
Investigators found his cellphone in the room, which he had left behind, and one law enforcement official said that investigation uncovered forensic evidence that would contain his DNA.The maid was taken by police to hospital and was being treated for minor injuries.A spokesman for the hotel said its staff is cooperating with the investigations.Strauss-Kahn drove to the airport to catch the Paris bound Air France Flight 23.

IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, is probable Socialist Party nomination candidate for French President in 2012,

Strauss-Kahn is due to appear in court on Sunday but the hearing postponed until Monday to allow the investigation to follow with forensic tests are to be carried out.The married former French finance minister is a possible Socialist candidate for the presidency.IMF chief kept overnight in a special unit for sexual harassment in New York's Harlem borough and on Sunday, charged with "criminal sexual act, unlawful imprisonment, and attempted rape".

Police said,the victim woman 32 yr has formally identified him in a line-up.Mr Strauss-Kahn in his important scheduled to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday in Berlin and then attend an EU finance ministers' meeting in Brussels on Monday as reported in Media.His battery of lawyers denies the charges and experts say his detention to complicate ongoing efforts to stabilize the fiscal affairs of euro member states in crisis.Strauss-Kahn was being housed at the police department's Special Victims Unit.

In Washington, the IMF said, "Strauss-Kahn has retained legal counsel, and the IMF has no comment on the case; all inquiries will be referred to his personal lawyer and to the local authorities."

"The IMF remains fully functioning and operational," said a statement issued by Caroline Atkinson, the IMF's head of external relations.Strauss-Kahn had earlier won praise for his handling of the global financial crisis as the IMF head.
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