Monday, May 16, 2011

Police in New York delayed the appearance of Strauss-Kahn to gather more evidence

New York - After his arrest in New York on charges of sexual assault, the managing director of International Monetary Fund (IMF) Dominique Strauss-Kahn will appear Monday afternoon in court. A date originally scheduled for Sunday in New York, where he was going to read the charges and possibly solve a bond, was postponed until tomorrow morning, said William Taylor, counsel for the senior French official was quoted Monday by the U.S.

broadcaster CNN. His client agreed tonight scientific and forensic review requested by the police, said Taylor. Because it was late, the court decided to postpone the appointment until tomorrow, he added. The IMF managing director was arrested on Saturday at the airport John F. New York Kennedy, accused of sexual assault when he was about to leave the first class of an airliner Air France to Paris.

As previously explained his lawyers, Strauss-Kahn will plead not guilty, CNN reported. Strauss-Kahn positivaDominique identification was identified by the hotel employee who accused him of sexual assault, according to U.S. media reports. The 32-year old Frenchman said in an identification parade at a police station in Manhattan, reported the New York Daily News.

Strauss-Kahn was considered one of the possible candidates of the French Socialists for the 2012 presidential election. The employee at the luxury New York hotel where he was staying Strauss-Kahn said the senior official of 62 years pulled above her bare yesterday when he entered the room for cleaning and tried to force oral sex performed on him.

The IMF managing director was arrested on Saturday at the airport John F. New York Kennedy, accused of sexual assault when he was about to leave the first class of an airliner Air France to Paris. It was envisaged that this evening was read the charges in court. But according to a report from the Wall Street Journal, the judicial appointment was postponed because the police requested a search warrant of the IMF managing director to discuss possible scratches or traces of DNA from the alleged victim in the body of Strauss-Kahn.

As explained by his lawyers, Strauss-Kahn will plead not guilty, the U.S. broadcaster CNN reported. Meanwhile, a fellow hotel employee said told the New York Daily News: "I heard they are shocked, but otherwise okay." A Strauss-Kahn was presented with a formal charge of "criminal sexual act" and "attempted rape." This Monday was expected at the meeting of finance ministers of the EU in Brussels, and hard due to scandal, negotiations on aid for Portugal and Greece are also under pressure.

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