The leader of the International Monetary Fund and a possible candidate for president of France was pulled from an airplane and arrested Sunday in connection with the violent sexual assault of a hotel maid, New York police said.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn was taken off the Air France flight to Paris at John F. Kennedy International Airport by officers from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and was turned over to police for questioning Saturday afternoon, said Paul J. Browne, New York Police Department spokesman.
Strauss-Kahn was arrested at 2:15 a.m. Sunday on charges of a criminal sex act, attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment, and was awaiting arraignment, police said. His lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, did not immediately respond to phone or email messages seeking comment from The Associated Press.
