The leader of the International Monetary Fund was pulled from an airplane moments before he was to f

(26 Oct 2011) HEADLINE: NYC police arrest IMF head in hotel sex assault -------------------------------------- CAPTION: The leader of the International Monetary Fund was pulled from an airplane moments before he was to fly to Paris and was arrested Sunday in connection with the violent sexual assault of a hotel maid, police said. (May 15) ---------------------------------------- [Location - Date:NEW YORK -- MAY 14TH -- SHOTS OF HOTEL] [Source:AP TELEVISION] [VO:] [VOICE-OVER] TRACK#1 NEW YORK POLICE SENT ITS INVESTIGATORS TO THE LUXURY SOFITEL (SO-fih-tell) HOTEL TO INVESTIGATE A REPORTED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF ONE OF THE MAIDS THERE. [Notes:VO ---FILE VIDEO OF DOMINIQUE STRAUSS-KAHN] AND THEY PULLED THIS MAN -- DOMINIQUE STRAUSS-KAHN (pronounced as you'd expect) -- THE LEADER OF THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND ---OFF A PLANE AT JFK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MOMENTS BEFORE THE FLIGHT WAS DUE TO TAKE OFF FOR FRANCE. SATURDAY, STRAUSS-KAHN WAS BEING QUESTIONED BY POLICE. A SPOKESMAN FOR THE N-Y-P-D SAID HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST ON SEVERAL CHARGES. [Notes:SOT ----BRIAN SESSA / POLICE SPOKESMAN -- MAY 14 --AP TELEVISION] "attempted rape....criminal sex act....and unlawful imprisonment."...cut...."no, he's expected to be charged tonight and leave here tomorrow." [Notes:GRFX----------------------] ACCORDING TO POLICE, THE MAID SAID SHE ENTERED STRAUSS-KAHN'S SUITE EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AFTER SHE WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS EMPTY AND THAT SHE NEEDED TO CLEAN IT. SHE SAID THAT HE CAME OUT OF A BATHROOM NAKED -- CHASED HER DOWN A HALLWAY -- PULLED HER INTO THE BEDROOM -- AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER. [Notes:FILE OF STRAUSS-KAHN] STRAUSS KAHN TOOK OVER AS THE HEAD OF THE I-M-F IN NOVEMBER 2007. [Notes:GRFX ----------------IMF HEAD ARRESTED --] A YEAR LATER HE WAS BRIEFLY INVESTIGATED OVER WHETHER HE HAD AN IMPROPER RELATIONSHIP WITH A SUBORDINATE FEMALE EMPLOYEE. HE KEPT HIS JOB, BUT THE IMF BOARD SAID HIS ACTIONS REFLECTED "A SERIOUS ERROR OF JUDGEMENT." [Notes:VO -------------VIDEO OF SARKOZY AT DAVOS IN JANUARY, 2011 --AP TELEVISION] STRAUSS-KAHN HAD ALSO BEEN VIEWED AS A POSSIBLE SOCIALIST PARTY CANDIDATE TO RUN AGAINST NICOLAS SARKOZY FOR PRESIDENT OF FRANCE. [Notes:VO -----VIDEO OF HOTEL SOFITEL IN NYC --MAY 14 --AP TELEVISION] A SPOKESMAN FOR THE I-M-F IN WASHINGTON SAID IT HAD NO IMMEDIATE COMMENT ON SATURDAY'S INCIDENT. --------------------------------THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...