IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn Denied Bail in Sex Assault Case.....

International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was ordered held without bail in a sex assault case after an appearance in a New York City courtroom Monday. Attorneys representing Mr. Strauss-Kahn, who has been charged with sexually assaulting a chamber maid at a Manhattan hotel, argued that their client was not a flight risk and was prepared to post a $1 million bail package.

IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested for sexually assaulting a maid...

IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested for sexually assaulting a maid in a hotel in New York.
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund and a possible candidate for president of France was arrested from an Air France airplane, moments before he was to fly to Paris.
Strauss-Kahn was arrested by New York Police and was being questioned by the NYPD special victims Unit. No charges have yet been filed against him.

According to sources, Strauss-Kahn was staying at a Times Square hotel in New York. When a hotel maid came to clean the room, Strauss-Kahn, who was taking a bath, jumped out of the bathroom naked and sexually attacked the maid.

The 32-year-old maid managed to escape and told the hotel staff. By the time the police arrived, Strauss-Kahn had left the hotel leaving behind his belongings and mobile phone.

The New York police discovered he was at the airport when and they contacted the Authorities, who arrested Strauss-Kahn from the first class cabin of an Air France flight that was minutes away from departing to Paris.