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| IMF boss Strauss-Kahn pulled off plane, arrested in sodomy probe |
| 2011-05-14 |
| The French political bigshot who heads the International Monetary Fund was arrested for allegedly sodomizing a Manhattan hotel maid today -- getting hauled off an Air France flight just moments before takeoff from Kennedy Airport, police sources told The Post. Three Port Authority detectives pulled Dominique Strauss-Kahn from the plane's first-class cabin just two minutes before it was due to depart for Paris, the sources said. Strauss-Kahn, 62, was turned over to NYPD officers from the Midtown South precinct, and the case is being investigated by the Special Victims Unit. The trouble began around noon today, when a housekeeper entered Strauss-Kahn's room at the Sofitel on West 44th Street. Strauss-Kahn was in his bathroom, said sources. He emerged from the bathroom naked, said the sources, and grabbed her. Then, Strauss-Kahn allegedly threw the housekeeper on the room's bed and forced her to perform oral sex on him, said the sources. Strauss-Kahn let the maid leave -- and soon afterward, The NYPD's special victims unit is investigating the case, the sources said. His arrest tonight could force him to postpone a planned meeting in Berlin on Sunday with German chancellor Angela Merkel. Strauss-Kahn, a leader of France's Socialist Party, is the leading rival to President Nicholas Sarkozy in the 2012 election. Sarkozy was said in a news report yesterday to have begun a smear campaign against his rival that focused on his lavish lifestyle -- including Strauss-Kahn's purchase of suits from the same tailor who clothes President Obama. But Strauss-Kahn seems able to find trouble on his own. In 2008, he publicly admitted to "an error of judgment" for having an affair with an IMF subordinate. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #3 "His arrest tonight could force him to postpone a planned meeting in Berlin on Sunday with German chancellor Angela Merkel." Ummmmmmmmmmmm |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2011-05-14 23:11 |
| #2 Don't think he has diplomatic immunity. Only accredited diplomats have it. But I would seriously advise caution. The story sounds a bit too weird to me. If true he must have had a total blackout. You can't seriously believe that you will get away with such an action. There's more than meets the eye. |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2011-05-14 22:04 |
| #1 C'mon diplomatic immunity. Don't fail me now. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2011-05-14 21:02 |