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| Police say Strauss-Kahn does not have ] from the charges, which if proven, using ], could carry a prison sentence of 15-20 years. Krauss-Kahn has hired New York lawyer ] as his defense attorney.<ref name=vancouver>, ''Vancouver Sun'', May 15, 2011</ref> A judge from New York State's Supreme Court released him on $1 million bail on May 19, 2011, and placed him under 24-hour home detention with electronic monitoring.<ref name=Telegraph>, ''Telegraph'', UK, May 19, 2011</ref> | Police say Strauss-Kahn does not have ] from the charges, which if proven, using ], could carry a prison sentence of 15-20 years. Krauss-Kahn has hired New York lawyer ] as his defense attorney.<ref name=vancouver>, ''Vancouver Sun'', May 15, 2011</ref> A judge from New York State's Supreme Court released him on $1 million bail on May 19, 2011, and placed him under 24-hour home detention with electronic monitoring.<ref name=Telegraph>, ''Telegraph'', UK, May 19, 2011</ref> | ||
| === Incident and arrest === | |||
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| Shortly after midday on 14 May 2011, at the ], a 32-year-old hotel maid entered Strauss-Kahn's suite to clean it.<ref name="Hossenball 05/19">{{cite web|title=Exclusive: Sofitel waited hour to report crime: source|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/19/us-strausskahn-timing-idUSTRE74I0GW20110519|last=Hossenbal|first=Mark|date=2011/05/19|publisher=Reuters.com}}</ref> According to videos and witnesses, Strauss-Kahn left the hotel at 12:29 pm, heading to a hotel limo or taxi cab.<ref name="Hossenball 05/19" /><ref name="Questioning">{{cite news|author=CNN Wire Staff |url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/05/16/new.york.imf.questioning/ |title=IMF chief to be held without bail |publisher=CNN.com |date=20 February 2011 |accessdate=16 May 2011}}</ref> At the same time the maid reported a sexual assault to her co-workers and manager<ref name="Hossenball 05/19" /> who called the New York police around an hour later, at 1:32 pm.<ref name="Hossenball 05/19" /> | |||
| <!-- 1st report to police : -->The maid alleged to police that Strauss-Kahn had exited his bathroom naked, chased her, forced her to perform ] and to submit to ]. She further alleged that he attempted to forcibly have intercourse with her.<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/US/dominque-strauss-kahns-accuser-inconsolable-alleged-attack/story?id=13621783</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Freifeld |first=Karen |url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-15/imf-s-strauss-kahn-held-for-questioning-in-new-york-assault.html |title=Strauss-Kahn Awaits Arraignment in Sex Assault Case |publisher=Bloomberg |date=14 April 2011 |accessdate=16 May 2011}}</ref><ref name="Questioning" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/05/16/general-imf-head-assault_8468929.html |title=IMF chief to remain jailed in NYC sex-assault case |publisher=Forbes |author= |date= |accessdate=16 May 2011}}</ref> | |||
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| Strauss-Kahn's lawyer says he checked out of the hotel at 12:28 pm and went to a previously scheduled lunch, some blocks away, which he arrived at by 12:45 pm, and subsequently traveled to the airport.<ref name="Hossenball 05/19" /><ref name="Questioning" /> At 3:30, Strauss-Kahn called the hotel and spoke to its security staff from the airport, and requested that a cellphone he had left behind be delivered to him.<ref name="Questioning" /> He gave the staff his location at ], so the staff could bring his cellphone to him.<ref name="Hossenball 05/19" /><ref name="Questioning" /> Using this information, police officers removed Strauss-Kahn from ] Flight 23 at New York City's ], at 4:30 pm, moments before takeoff for Paris.<ref name="Hossenball 05/19" /> He was held at a police precinct prior to his initial court appearance. | |||
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On May 14, 2011, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, 62, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), was arrested in connection with a sexual assault on a housekeeper at a Manhattan hotel earlier that day. He was removed from a Paris-bound flight in New York minutes before takeoff. After being questioned by the New York Police Department’s special victims office, he was charged with committing criminal acts, including attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment.
According to the woman's account to police, when she went in to clean his room, Strauss-Kahn emerged from the bathroom naked, chased her down a hallway and pulled her into a bedroom, where he began to sexually assault her. She fought him off, but he dragged her into the bathroom, but was able to break free again. After escaping from the room and told hotel staff what had happened, they called police.
Police say Strauss-Kahn does not have diplomatic immunity from the charges, which if proven, using DNA evidence, could carry a prison sentence of 15-20 years. Krauss-Kahn has hired New York lawyer Benjamin Brafman as his defense attorney. A judge from New York State's Supreme Court released him on $1 million bail on May 19, 2011, and placed him under 24-hour home detention with electronic monitoring.
Notes
- ^ "IMF chief arrested in alleged sex assault, police tell AP", Washington Post, May 14, 2011
- "IMF chief charged with New York sex assault, all of France stunned", Vancouver Sun, May 15, 2011
- "Dominique Strauss-Kahn: former IMF head bailed", Telegraph, UK, May 19, 2011