THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund, is being questioned by police in New York over an alleged sex attack on a hotel maid, after he was arrested and removed from a plane on the tarmac of John F. Kennedy airport.Mr Strauss-Kahn, a prominent French Socialist politician who was expected to challenge Nicolas Sarkozy for the country's presidency next year, allegedly attacked the 32-year-old maid in his room at the Sofitel, near Times Square.
The 62-year-old is said to have emerged naked from his bathroom and forced himself on the woman, who had entered to clean his room at about 1pm on Saturday. He then "attempted to sexually assault her", Paul Browne, a New York Police Department spokesman, said on Saturday night.
Unconfirmed reports alleged that Mr Strauss-Kahn had forced the maid to perform oral sex on him, before she left the room and alerted colleagues, who called 911. Mr Strauss-Kahn then departed for JFK airport, leaving his mobile phone in the hotel room.
He was apprehended in the First Class cabin of Air France Flight 23, which was 10 minutes away from taking off for Paris, at about 4.40 on Saturday afternoon. He was escorted off the plane by two plainclothes detectives, who did not need to use handcuffs. » | Jon Swaine, New York | Sunday, May 15, 2011
NEW YORK POST: IMF Head Strauss-Kahn Pulled Off Plane, Arrested in Alleged Sodomy of Hotel Maid: The French political bigshot who heads the International Monetary Fund was arrested for allegedly sodomizing a Manhattan hotel maid today — hauled off an Air France flight just moments before takeoff from Kennedy Airport, police sources said. » | Philip Messing, Jamie Schram, Larry Celona and Bill Sanderson | Saturday, May 14, 2011
LE FIGARO: DSK arrêté à New York pour agression sexuelle : Le directeur du FMI devrait être inculpé d'«agression sexuelle et de tentative de viol» après la plainte d'une femme de chambre d'un hôtel de Manhattan. Il a été interpellé alors qu'il s'apprêtait à s'envoler pour Paris. » | Par lefigaro.fr | Dimanche 15 Mai 2011
leJDD.fr: DSK arrêté dans une affaire d’agression sexuelle : Dominique Strauss-Kahn a été arrêté et accusé d'agression sexuelle ce samedi. Le patron du FMI et potentiel candidat socialiste pour 2012 a été appréhendé par les forces de l'ordre américaines à l'aéroport JFK de New York. Il est en garde à vue et "va être inculpé d'agression sexuelle, de séquestration de personne et de tentative de viol", a affirmé samedi soir à la presse un responsable de la police de New York. » | Vivien Vergnaud - leJDD.fr | Dimanche 15 Mai 2011
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE: IWF-Chef Strauss-Kahn festgenommen: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Direktor des Internationalen Währungsfonds, ist auf dem New Yorker Flughafen festgenommen worden. Die Behörden gehen Vorwürfen nach, er solle versucht haben, ein Zimmermädchen zum Oralsex zu zwingen. » | dapd | Sonntag, 15. Mai 2011
