French Police Detain Strauss-Kahn for Questioning
By MAÏA de la BAUME
NYT
PARIS — Police officials in the northern French city of Lille detained Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former managing director of the International Monetary Fund, on Tuesday in connection with an investigation into an alleged prostitution ring operating in France and Belgium.
Mr. Strauss-Kahn, who was once considered the likely Socialist Party presidential candidate to oppose the incumbent, Nicolas Sarkozy this year, appeared voluntarily for questioning in connection with allegations of complicity in activities related to prostitution in Paris and Washington and embezzlement to pay for them, French news reports said.
Mr. Strauss-Kahn was taken into custody under a French judicial mechanism that allows detention for questioning without charge for 48 hours and which may be extended for a further 48 hours.
Mr. Strauss-Kahn resigned from the I.M.F. last May after he was indicted on attempted rape and other charges involving a housekeeper at a New York hotel. The case was dismissed after the housekeeper’s reliability as a witness collapsed.
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NYT
PARIS — Police officials in the northern French city of Lille detained Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former managing director of the International Monetary Fund, on Tuesday in connection with an investigation into an alleged prostitution ring operating in France and Belgium.
Mr. Strauss-Kahn, who was once considered the likely Socialist Party presidential candidate to oppose the incumbent, Nicolas Sarkozy this year, appeared voluntarily for questioning in connection with allegations of complicity in activities related to prostitution in Paris and Washington and embezzlement to pay for them, French news reports said.
Mr. Strauss-Kahn was taken into custody under a French judicial mechanism that allows detention for questioning without charge for 48 hours and which may be extended for a further 48 hours.
Mr. Strauss-Kahn resigned from the I.M.F. last May after he was indicted on attempted rape and other charges involving a housekeeper at a New York hotel. The case was dismissed after the housekeeper’s reliability as a witness collapsed.
(More here.)
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