The embattled managing director for the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, was denied bail yesterday, after being arrested and charged over the weekend with raping a Manhattan hotel maid. His arrest has shocked and angered many in France, where he was considered by many a strong candidate for the presidency. Some of those reacting from […]
The head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss Kahn, was arrested Saturday for allegedly sexually assaulting a hotel maid in Manhattan. He was the likely candidate to challenge French President Nicholas Sarkozy in the 2012 elections; instead, news of his arrest has caused waves through the financial and political community.
New York Police boarded an Air France plane as it waited for takeoff at JFK this Saturday and took French economist Dominique Strauss Kahn into custody. The 62-year-old man was the head of the International Monetary Fund and until Saturday, was considered the likely candidate to challenge Nicholas Sarkozy in France’s 2012 elections. By Sunday, Strauss-Kahn […]