Monday, May 16, 2011

Whiny IMF Head Finally Agrees to Medical Exam; Set for Arraignment Today

NEW YORK POST: The IMF chief who allegedly sodomized a Manhattan hotel maid proved the height of pompous arrogance yesterday, throwing a fit over a battle on his bail -- which left him parked on a wooden bench in an East Harlem station house the whole day, sources said.

Leading French presidential contender and accused sex attacker Dominique Strauss-Kahn, 63, was finally led out of the NYPD's Special Victims Unit at around 11 p.m. in handcuffs, scowling and red-faced.

Sporting a long navy-blue coat and an open collar, he refused to acknowledge reporters as he was placed in the back of a police car and whisked off to Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn.

Sources said he was taken out of the police station house only after finally agreeing to a medical exam -- and only after cops had moved to obtain a warrant to gather potential DNA evidence. Read on and comment » | Larry Celona, Laura Italiano and Jamie Schram | Monday, May 16, 2011


THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Dominique Strauss-Kahn arrest: IMF chief undergoes DNA test over 'sex assault': Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the IMF chief, was escorted from a New York police station in handcuffs after he submitted to a DNA examination following accusations he attempted to rape a hotel maid. » | Jon Swaine, New York and agencies | Monday, May 16, 2011