THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: He was supposed to be in Brussels, musing with fellow members of the global elite on how to spend the hundreds of billions of pounds that were at his disposal just 48 hours earlier.Instead, at 10.50am on Monday, the head of the International Monetary Fund was led into the drab room 130 at Manhattan criminal court and placed beside a drug dealer who delivered takeaways for Texas Fried Chicken.
When it came to his turn, Dominique Strauss-Kahn was formally charged with six crimes relating to the alleged sexual attack of a hotel maid on Saturday, including unlawful sex and attempted rape.
He was remanded in custody after being deemed a “flight risk” by the judge, who denied him bail for $1m that had already been wired to the US from his wife’s personal bank account.
Mr Strauss-Kahn faces up to 74 years in prison if convicted. He denies the charges, claiming he was eating lunch with his daughter at the time. » | Jon Swaine, New York | Monday, May 16, 2011
