In May 2011, detectives of the NYPD Special Victims Division arrested then IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (DSK) on charges of criminal sexual assault, attempted rape, and unlawful imprisonment. To say his arrest was sensational would be an understatement; after all, they literally boarded his plane and cuffed DSK as he was departing/fleeing from New York for… Read more.
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Lagarde to Replace Strauss-Kahn at IMF
It’s hard to imagine anything good coming out of the mess former IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn (DSK) got himself into by attempting to rape a hotel maid a month ago; yet something very good is. Specifically, Christine Lagarde, France’s finance minister, seems poised to replace him – given that the U.S., EU and African countries… Read more.
UPDATE: No Bail for IMF Head Dominique Straus-Kahn…?
Lawyers for Dominique Strauss-Kahn (DSK), the IMF head who was arrested on Saturday for allegedly sexually assaulting and attempting to forcibly rape a maid in his hotel room, pleaded at his arraignment yesterday that his international stature made him eminently worthy of bail. But New York City Judge Melissa Jackson sided with prosecutors who countered… Read more.