Alternatively, Strauss-Kahn could have been removed from the plane and arrangements made for him to remain voluntarily in the United States while the investigation unfolded.

Under Strauss-Kahn, the Washington-based IMF has taken a muscular approach toward fixing Europe’s financial woes, advocating financial bailouts for ailing nations such as Greece and Portugal.

Strauss-Kahn also told Quest that he felt he was treated poorly by police in New York. “I think it’s a terrible thing, frankly,” he said. “The problem is, ...

May 19, 2011— -- A New York judge set bail today at $1 million for Dominique Strauss-Kahn, just moments after a grand jury indicted the former IMF chief on seven counts of sexual assault ...

Strauss-Kahn said he was not aware the women in question, whom he admits participated in orgies at luxury hotels in Paris and Washington, D.C., were prostitutes.

Strauss-Kahn, until the arrest a likely candidate for the presidency of France, officially resigned from the position he held since 2007 via a letter on Wednesday, an IMF press release stated.

Strauss-Kahn, one of 14 people on trial, is accused of aggravated pimping over a series of sex parties in France, Washington and Brussels, while he was leading the International Monetary Fund, ...

Strauss-Kahn was charged with aiding and abetting prostitution with seven women, by attending numerous orgies with prostitutes in Lille hotels — a practice he continued in Washington during his ...

Dominique Strauss-Kahn's lawyers Benjamin Brafman (front) and William Taylor address the media after a hearing at New York State Supreme Court on Friday.