CNN: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who resigned last week as head of the International Monetary Fund in the face of sexual assault charges, told the fund's staff of his "profound sadness and frustration in having to leave under these circumstances" in an e-mail obtained by CNN.
"I deny in the strongest possible terms the allegations which I now face," Strauss-Kahn wrote to his former employees.
IMF acting head John Lipsky forwarded the e-mail to the fund's staff Sunday evening. It was then obtained exclusively by CNN's Nina dos Santos.
The Frenchman said he is confident that he will be exonerated of charges of attacking a hotel maid in New York, but he could not "accept that the Fund -- and you dear colleagues -- should in any way have to share my own personal nightmare. So, I had to go." » | CNN Wire Staff | Monday, May 23, 2011
Former IMF head Strauss-Kahn's farewell to staff: Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s farewell e-mail to the staff at the International Monetary Fund following his resignation last week (email in Full) »
