NEW YORK – The head of the International Monetary Fund must remain jailed at least until his next court hearing for attempted rape and other charges, a judge said Monday.
A tired and grim-looking Dominique Strauss-Kahn appeared before the Manhattan judge to face charges of attempted rape, sex abuse, a criminal sex act, unlawful imprisonment and forcible touching. The top count is punishable by five to 25 years in prison.
Strauss-Kahn is accused of attacking a maid who went in to clean his penthouse suite Saturday at a luxury hotel near Times Square. Defense attorney Benjamin Brafman says his client denies any wrongdoing.
The charges stunned the global financial world and upended French presidential politics. A member of France's Socialist party, Strauss-Kahn was widely considered the strongest potential challenger next year to President Nicolas Sarkozy, whose political fortunes have been flagging.
Manhattan prosecutors asked the judge to hold Strauss-Kahn without bail, saying his position as IMF head had taken him out of the country previously and that the IMF leader was wealthy and doesn't live in New York.
The IMF is using AMERICAN TAXPAYER DOLLARS to bail out Greece and Spain, our administration is in bed with the IMF. And you can clearly see the ethical and moral standards of the IMF. Second only to the U.N. super elitist corrupt hypocrites that "know better" than the rest of us.
ReplyDeleteThe U.S. is not "in bed with the IMF".
ReplyDeleteThe IMF owns this country lock stock and barrel.
The IMF is the affiliation of World Central Bankers of whom the Federal Reserve are secret members.