IMF Head Arrested on Sexual Assault Charges

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the IMF, has been arrested in New York on sexual assault charges. Was Dominique set up by conservative French President Nicolas Sarkozy? Cenk Uygur discusses the charges and interesting notes around the case. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/eWuu5i TYT Mobile: http://bit.ly/dNKfpf On Facebook: On Twitter: http://twitter.com/intent/user?screen... http://www.theyoungturks.com/membership FREE Movies(!): http://www.netflix.com/tyt Read Ana's blog and subscribe at: http://www.examiner.com/x-5445-Politi... Read Cenk's Blog: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygur (CBS/AP) NEW YORK — The leader of the International Monetary Fund and a possible candidate for president of France was pulled from an airplane moments before he was to fly to Paris and was being questioned Saturday by police in connection with the sexual assault of a hotel maid, police said. Dominique Strauss-Kahn was taken off the Air France flight at John F. Kennedy International Airport by officers from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and turned over to police Saturday afternoon, said Paul J. Browne, New York Police Department spokesman. He was being questioned by the NYPD special victims office. Strauss-Kahn had retained an attorney and was not making statements to police, Browne said. No charges have yet been filed. The 32-year-old woman told authorities that she entered Strauss-Kahn's room at the luxury Sofitel hotel not far from Manhattan's Times Square at about 1 p.m. Saturday and he emerged from the bedroom naked, threw her down and attacked her, Browne said. She told authorities that he tried to force her to perform oral sex on him. She somehow broke free and escaped the room and told hotel staff what had happened, authorities said. They called police. When New York City police detectives arrived moments later, Strauss-Kahn had already left the hotel, leaving behind his cellphone, Browne said. "It looked like he got out of there in a hurry," Browne said. The NYPD discovered that he was at the airport and contacted the Port Authority, who plucked Kahn from first class on the Air France flight that was just about to leave the gate. The maid was taken by police to an area hospital. John Sheehan, a spokesman for the hotel, said its staff was cooperating with the authorities in the investigation. William Murray, a spokesman for the IMF in Washington, said the IMF had no immediate comment. Strauss-Kahn's offices in Paris couldn't be reached when the news broke overnight in France, nor could French Socialist Party officials. Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/0...