{"id":424180,"date":"2011-05-15T10:33:17","date_gmt":"2011-05-15T10:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/15\/imf-boss-strauss-kahn-charged-with-sex-attack\/"},"modified":"2011-05-15T10:33:17","modified_gmt":"2011-05-15T10:33:17","slug":"imf-boss-strauss-kahn-charged-with-sex-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/15\/imf-boss-strauss-kahn-charged-with-sex-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"IMF boss, Strauss-Kahn charged with sex attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"148.782467532\">\n<p>You Are Here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\">Home<\/a> \u00bb <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/category\/africa-international\/\" title=\"View all posts in Africa\/International\" rel=\"category tag\">Africa\/International<\/a> \u00bb IMF boss, Strauss-Kahn charged with sex attack<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Page last updated at Sunday, May 15, 2011 10:10 AM \/\/ <\/span><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/strauss-khan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6499\" title=\"strauss-khan\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/strauss-khan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Strauss-Khan &#8211; IMF head<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has been charged by New York police over an alleged sex attack on a hotel maid.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Strauss-Kahn, 62, was taken off an Air France plane at JFK airport just minutes before it left for Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Police say he faces three charges, including attempted rape. His lawyer told Reuters he would plead not guilty.<\/p>\n<p>The married former French finance minister is also considered a possible Socialist candidate for the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC\u2019s Hugh Schofield, in Paris, says Mr Strauss-Kahn has been riding high in the polls and was seen as having a genuine chance of beating President Nicolas Sarkozy.<\/p>\n<p>However, this incident is likely to kill off any chance of electoral success, Hugh Schofield says.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Strauss-Kahn is expected to appear before a New York state court later on Sunday, Reuters reports.<\/p>\n<p>He had been scheduled to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday, but that meeting has now been cancelled, reports say.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday he had planned to attend a meeting of European Union finance ministers in Brussels on Monday to discuss the bailouts of Portugal and Greece.<\/p>\n<p>Correspondents say his detention is likely to complicate ongoing efforts to stabilise the finances of struggling eurozone member states.<\/p>\n<p>In a brief statement posted online on Sunday, an IMF spokeswoman acknowledged Mr Strauss-Kahn\u2019s arrest and said the organisation would not comment on the case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe IMF remains fully functioning and operational,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Locked in\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dominique Strauss-Kahn\u2019s arrest unfolded in dramatic fashion as he was poised to fly to Europe.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for New York\u2019s Port Authority said they detained Mr Strauss-Kahn at JFK airport at the request of the New York Police Department (NYPD).<\/p>\n<p>NYPD spokesman Paul Browne told the BBC Mr Strauss-Kahn had been charged with a criminal sexual act, attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment relating to an incident involving a 32-year-old woman.<\/p>\n<p>The Frenchman stands accused of a sexual attack on a maid at a Manhattan hotel.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Browne said the allegations had been made by a 32-year-old woman who worked at the hotel, which has been identified as the Sofitel near Times Square.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe received a call that a chambermaid in a hotel in midtown Manhattan had been sexually assaulted by the occupant of a luxury suite at that hotel, and that that individual had fled,\u201d Mr Browne told the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe maid described being forcibly attacked, locked in the room and and sexually assaulted,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>By the time police worked out that occupant of the room \u2013 described by the New York Times as a luxury suite costing $3,000 per night (\u00a31,900) \u2013 was Mr Strauss-Kahn, the IMF chief was on board an Air France plane at John F Kennedy airport, about to depart for Paris.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur detectives requested of the airport authorities that they stop the plane from leaving, went to the airport and took him into custody,\u201d Mr Browne said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf our officers had been 10 minutes later he would have been in the air and on their way to France.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The woman has been treated at hospital for minor injuries, said Mr Browne.<\/p>\n<p>He said Mr Strauss-Kahn appeared to have left the hotel \u201cin a hurry\u201d, leaving his mobile phone and other personal belongings behind.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Error of judgement\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mr Strauss-Kahn ran for leadership of the French Socialist Party in 2006 but lost to Segolene Royale.<\/p>\n<p>He was appointed managing director of the IMF the following year.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Strauss-Kahn has won praise for his stewardship of the IMF, which he has guided through difficult times including the recent world financial crisis.<\/p>\n<p>But in 2008 he was investigated by the IMF board over his relationship with a female member of his staff.<\/p>\n<p>The board ruled his actions \u201creflected a serious error of judgment\u201d but that the relationship had been consensual. He apologised to IMF staff and his wife, French TV personality Anne Sinclair.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Strauss-Kahn has not yet announced whether he intends to run in the 2012 French presidential elections, but had widely been expected to do so.<br \/>Source: BBC<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>| | <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Currently%20reading%20http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/2011\/05\/15\/imf-boss-strauss-kahn-charged-with-sex-attack\/\" title=\"Click to send this page to Twitter!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tweet This!<\/a> | <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h4>Comments<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>Visit link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/2011\/05\/15\/imf-boss-strauss-kahn-charged-with-sex-attack\/\" title=\"IMF boss, Strauss-Kahn charged with sex attack\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IMF boss, Strauss-Kahn charged with sex attack<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> You Are Here: Home \u00bb Africa\/International \u00bb IMF boss, Strauss-Kahn charged with sex attack Page last updated at Sunday, May 15, 2011 10:10 AM \/\/ Strauss-Khan &#8211; IMF head The head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has been charged by New York police over an alleged sex attack on a hotel maid. 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