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Strauss-Kahn faces questioning in French prostitution case The former IMF chief once again faces questioning in a different sexual misconduct investigation, this one concerning an alleged prostitution ring in France and Belgium.
Feb. 21, 2012
Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn arrives at a police station in Lille, France. Prosecutors in Lille are investigating a suspected prostitution ring in France and neighboring Belgium. The former IMF chief said he wants to be questioned by police so that he can debunk claims that he was linked to a suspected hotel prostitution ring.
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Feb. 21, 2012
Strauss-Kahn arrives at a police station in Lille, France, regarding a suspected prostitution ring in France and neighboring Belgium that has implicated police and other officials. The former IMF chief said he wants to be questioned by police so that he can debunk claims that he was linked to a suspected hotel prostitution ring.
Michel Spingler
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AP
Feb. 21, 2012
Journalists film and take pictures of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn as be arrives by a car at a police station in Lille, France, for questioning in a police probe into a suspected prostitution ring in restaurants and swingers' clubs in Paris, Washington, Madrid, Vienna and Ghent, Belgium.
Philippe Huguen
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Feb. 21, 2012
Frederique Beaulieu, one of the three attorneys of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, enters the Gendarmerie barracks in Lille, France, to assist Strauss-Kahn as he faces questioning as part of a probe into an alleged prositution ring, for what could be up to 48 hours of interrogation over what has become known as the "Carlton scandal.”
Denis Charlet
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Aug. 23, 2011
Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn, center, leaves Manhattan state Supreme court with his wife Anne Sinclair, left, and attorney Benjamin Brafman after a hearing Tuesday. A New York judge dismissed the sexual assault case against Strauss-Kahn, but the order is on hold until an appeals court rules on his accuser's request for a special prosecutor
Mary Altaffer
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AP
Aug. 23, 2011
Dominique Strauss-Kahn shakes hands as he leaves Manhattan state Supreme Court, in New York, Tuesday.
Richard Drew
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AP
July 24, 2011
Robin Roberts of ABC right, talks to Nafissatou Diallo, the alleged victim in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn assault case. Diallo told the network she never wanted to be in the public eye but had no choice, amid questions about her credibility. Lawyers for Strauss-Kahn told ABC that the interview was "an unseemly circus" designed to inflame public opinion.
Heidi Gutman
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AP
July 2, 2011
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and wife Anne Sinclair outside the New York apartment where they are staying. A day earlier, as the sexual-assault case against the French politician unraveled, a New York judge ordered an end to all restrictions on Strauss-Kahn except foreign travel.
Jessica Rinaldi
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July 2, 2011
The New York Daily News trumpets the release of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a development that could upend French politics.
Alllison Joyce
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Reuters
July 1, 2011
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, in court in New York, was released on his own recognizance after evidence emerged undermining the credibility of his accuser in a sexual-assault case.
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Pool via Bloomberg News
July 1, 2011
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former International Monetary Fund chief, second left, appears with his lawyer William Taylor, left, in court in New York. Strauss-Kahn was released on his own recognizance as Manhattan prosecutors pursue the sexual assault case against him after finding some evidence undermining his accuser's credibility.
Todd Heisler
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Pool via Bloomberg
July 1, 2011
Former IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, center, speaks during a hearing at New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan. Strauss-Kahn was released without bail after a dramatic court hearing where the sexual assault case against him appeared to shift in his favor. Attorney Ben Brafman is at left.
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Reuters
July 1, 2011
Dominique Strauss-Kahn and his wife, Anne Sinclair, depart a hearing at the New York State Supreme Courthouse. Strauss-Kahn was released without bail.
Lucas Jackson
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Reuters
July 1, 2011
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, center, and his wife, Anne Sinclair, leave New York State Supreme Court for a hearing. Strauss-Kahn, arrested on May 14 on sexual assault charges, was back in court for a bail hearing amid new reports surrounding the accuser's credibility.
Mario Tama
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July 1, 2011
Dominique Strauss-Kahn leaves New York State Supreme court with his wife, Anne Sinclair. A judge agreed to free Strauss-Kahn without bail or home confinement in the sexual assault case against him. The criminal case against him stands.
Louis Lanzano
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AP
June 6, 2011
Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn arrives at his temporary New York residence following a court appearance in Manhattan Supreme Court in the morning where he entered a plea of not guilty to charges that he sexually assaulted a hotel housekeeper last month.
Spencer Platt
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June 6, 2011
New York City Union hotel workers protest as former IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn arrives at Manhattan Criminal Court for an arraignment hearing in New York.
Mike Segar
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Reuters
June 6, 2011
New York hotel workers who were bused in by their union gather at the Manhattan Criminal Courts building before Strauss-Kahn's arrival.
Craig Ruttle
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AP
June 6, 2011
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former managing director of the International Monetary Fund, center, and his wife Anne Sinclair, right, arrive at State Supreme Court in New York.
Peter Foley
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Bloomberg
June 6, 2011
Housekeeping staff from New York hotels jeer Dominique Strauss-Kahn as he arrives at the Manhattan Criminal Courts building in New York for his arraignment proceedings.
Craig Ruttle
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AP
June 6, 2011
Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn appears at his arraignment on charges of sexually assaulting a Manhattan hotel maid.
Allan Tannenbaum
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AP
June 6, 2011
Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn, left, talks with attorney Benjamin Brafman.
Allan Tannenbaum
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AP
June 6, 2011
Strauss-Kahn, who led the IMF through the global financial crisis and was a potential candidate for the president of France, has always maintained his innocence.
Allan Tannenbaum
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AP
June 6, 2011
Former IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, second from left, and his wife, Anne Sinclair, leave Manhattan Criminal Court accompanied by security guards and court officers.
Mike Segar
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Reuters
June 6, 2011
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn departs the New York State Criminal Courthouse with his wife, Anne Sinclair, after entering a plea of not guilty during a hearing in New York.
Lucas Jackson
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Reuters
May 21, 2011
A view from Trinity Church cemetery of the building where former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Khan is being held under house arrest after posting bail in New York. Strauss-Kahn was freed from New York's Rikers Island jail on May 20, 2011, trading a jumpsuit for civilian clothes and an isolated cell for an apartment with visits from family and friends. The house arrest of the former IMF chief, who has been accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid, was approved by a judge.
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May 19, 2011
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn enters the New York State Supreme Courthouse following a recess during his bail hearing.
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May 19, 2011
Anne Sinclair, wife of Dominique Strauss-Kahn and former manager of the International Monetary Fund, arrives for his bail hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York.
Seth Wenig
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AP
May 19, 2011
Members of the media gather outside New York Criminal Court.
Allison Joyce
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Reuters
May 19, 2011
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn listens to attorney William Taylor speak during a bail hearing.
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Reuters
May 19, 2011
Dominique Strauss-Kahn listens to his lawyer, William Taylor, inside of a New York State Supreme Courthouse.
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Reuters
May 19, 2011
Dominique Strauss-Kahn leaves for a recess in his case in New York state Supreme Court. A judge set bail at $1 million and approved an elaborate arrangement under which the 62-year-old diplomat and banker would be confined to a private apartment in Manhattan and monitored by armed guards.
Richard Drew
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AP
May 19, 2011
Wife of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Anne Sinclair, and her daughter Camille Strauss-Kahn depart Manhattan Criminal Court.
Mike Segar
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Reuters
May 19, 2011
Anne Sinclair, wife of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, leaves Manhattan Criminal Court in New York. A judge set bail at $1 million Thursday, and approved an elaborate arrangement under which the 62-year-old diplomat and banker would be confined to a private apartment in Manhattan and monitored by armed guards.
Louis Lanzano
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AP
May 19, 2011
The New York Daily News with an image of Dominique Strauss- Kahn, former managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in his Rikers Island cell. Strauss-Kahn was transported from jail to a Manhattan courthouse to make his second bid for bail.
Scott Eells
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Bloomberg
May 19, 2011
An insert listing John Lipsky as the acting managing director of the International Monetary Fund, along with the original program listing of Dominique Strauss-Kahn as the managing director, at the Bretton Woods Committee annual meeting at IMF headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Brendan Hoffman
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Bloomberg
May 19, 2011
The prisoner movement slip document for Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who resigned as head of the International Monetary Fund. He said he did so with "infinite sadness" but must focus entirely on clearing his name of sexual assault charges.The move came as lawyers for Strauss-Kahn prepared to enter a new bail petition to free him from jail, and his resignation promised to kick off an leadership succession battle between emerging economies and Western nations that have long dominated the IMF.
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May 18, 2011
Feminist leaders and activists hold a protest in front of the International Monetary Fund Headquarters demanding that Dominique Strauss-Kahn be removed from his post in Washington, D.C.
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May 17, 2011
Journalists broadcast outside the jail at Rikers Island, where International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is being held. He was denied bail after his arrest on charges of sexually assaulting a New York hotel maid in Manhattan.
Chip East
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Reuters
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The Rikers Island penal complex sits in New York's East River.
Julia Robertson
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AP
May 17, 2011
The buildings of the jail at Rikers Island, where Strauss-Kahn is being held.
Chip East
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Reuters
May 17, 2011
A man looks at newspapers headlining the arrest of Strauss-Kahn at a newsstand in Paris.
Thibault Camus
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AP
Nov.16, 2006
Strauss-Kahn and his wife, Anne Sinclair, smile after voting in Sarcelles, outside Paris. Since their marriage in 1991, the wife of the jailed IMF chief has steadfastly defended her husband through multiple political and financial scandals, "with tooth and claw," as she once told a French news magazine. The former TV interviewer and wealthy heiress has defended her husband against the latest accusations.
Christophe Ena
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AP
May 16, 2011
Strauss-Kahn speaks with his attorney Benjamin Brafman during the arraignment at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York.
Emmanuel Dunand
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AP
May 16, 2011
Strauss-Kahn, center, head of the International Monetary Fund, waits to be arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court for an alleged attack on a maid who went into his penthouse suite at a hotel near Times Square.
Richard Drew
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AP
May 16, 2011
Dominique Strauss-Kahn must remain jailed at least until his next court hearing, a judge said at his arraignment. Strauss-Kahn pled not guilty to the charges.
Richard Drew
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AP
May 16, 2011
Strauss-Kahn's legal team offered to put up $1 million in cash and surrender all his travel documents so that he would not have to be jailed. However, the judge still ordered the IMF chief detained.
Emmanuel Dunand
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AFP/Getty Images
May 16, 2011
In Paris, subway riders read about Strauss-Kahn's arrest. The IMF leader and native of France had been expected to announce soon that he was running for president in his home country. His arrest has complicates the French political landscape.
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Anne Sinclair, Strauss-Kahn's wife, lives in this home in Washington's Georgetown neighborhood.
May 15, 2011
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May 15, 2011
IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, second from right, is led out of a police station in New York. Authorities pulled him off a Paris-bound flight in New York minutes before departure on Saturday. Early Sunday, he was arrested and charged with attempted rape, a criminal sex act and unlawful imprisonment.
Jewel Samad
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AFP/Getty Images
May 15, 2011
Strauss-Kahn sits between two police officers as he is taken out of a police station in New York. The charges he faces have cast uncertainty over global efforts to prevent Europe’s debt crisis from spinning out of control and raise questions about the future of the IMF, one of the world's most powerful financial institutions.
Jewel Samad
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AFP/Getty Images
May 15, 2011
Benjamin Brafman, a lawyer for Strauss-Kahn, speaks to the media as he enters Manhattan criminal court in New York.
Jin Lee
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Bloomberg
May 15, 2011
The door of room number 2806 of the Sofitel hotel in New York, where Strauss-Kahn was staying. Police said a hotel housekeeper told authorities she entered Strauss-Kahn's suite at the luxury hotel not far from Manhattan's Times Square at about 1 p.m., and that he attacked her. She said she had been told to clean the spacious $3,000-a-night suite, which she had been told was empty, police said.
Jewel Samad
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AFP/Getty Images
May 14, 2011
A NYPD officer enters the Sofitel hotel in New York. Police say the housekeeper gave them this account: Strauss-Kahn emerged from the suite's bathroom naked, chased her and pulled her into a bedroom, where he began to sexually assault her. She said she fought him off, but he dragged her into the bathroom, according to the account. The woman eventually broke free and alerted hotel staff, who called police.
John Minchillo
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AP
May 14, 2011
Two members of the NYPD crime scene unit enter an elevator at the Sofitel hotel.
John Minchillo
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AP
May 14, 2011
Police say that when officers arrived at the Sofitel hotel, Strauss-Kahn already had left, leaving behind his cellphone, the AP reported. "It looked like he got out of there in a hurry," said Paul J. Browne, police spokesman.
Stephen Chernin
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AFP/Getty Images
May 14, 2011
Police stand watch at the New York City Police Department's "Special Victims Unit" where it is believed Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, is being held in New York.
Rick Maiman
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Bloomberg
April 22, 2010
Strauss-Kahn speaks during a 2010 IMF news briefing. The organization named former banker John Lipsky, Strauss-Kahn's second-in-command, as his replacement.
Manuel Balce Ceneta
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AP
May 15, 2011
A passenger arriving on an Air France flight from New York answers journalists' questions at Charles De Gaulle Airport outside Paris. Authorities removed Strauss-Kahn from a Paris-bound flight minutes before departure on Saturday.
Thomas Coex
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AFP/Getty Images
May 15, 2011
Stories regarding the arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn are seen on the front pages of the New York Daily News and the New York Post.
Lucas Jackson
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Reuters
Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn, center, confers with his attorneys William Taylor, left, and Marc Agnifico, during his bail hearing in New York state Supreme Court, Thursday, May 19, 2011. A judge set bail at $1 million Thursday, and approved an elaborate arrangement under which the 62-year-old diplomat and banker would be confined to a private apartment in Manhattan and monitored by armed guards. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, Pool)
Richard Drew
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AP
Wife of former IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Anne Sinclair (C) and her daughter Camille Strauss-Kahn (R) depart Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, May 19, 2011. Dominique Strauss-Kahn was granted bail by a New York judge on Thursday, and the former IMF chief has vowed to fight charges that he tried to rape a hotel maid in Manhattan. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW POLITICS BUSINESS)
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REUTERS
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