Dominique Strauss-Kahn

Prosecutors: Drop some or all Strauss-Kahn charges

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 New York City prosecutors filed court papers Monday recommending dismissal of sexual assault charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who was accused of attacking a hotel maid in May in a globally sensational case that eventually dissolved amid...

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IMF chief Christine Lagarde questioned by French judge

PARIS -- Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund, was questioned by a judge Thursday over her role in a $366-million payout to a businessman supporter of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Lagarde appeared in a Paris court to...

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Police search home of IMF chief Lagarde

PARIS — French police searched the Paris apartment of International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde on Wednesday as part of an investigation into the awarding of financial compensation to a supporter of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy....

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Dominique Strauss-Kahn fails to block mistress' veiled memoir

No stranger to scandal, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former International Monetary Fund head, has failed in his attempt to get a court in Paris to ban an upcoming veiled memoir by a former mistress, the Guardian reports. Strauss-Kahn, who resigned in...

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Strauss-Kahn Group Rape Inquiry To Be Shelved: Report

Reuters

PARIS (Reuters) - French prosecutors are set to shelve an inquiry into accusations of group rape by former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and three friends after a crucial witness retracted her allegations, according to an unsourced report by...

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NYPD Cop Accused Of Raping Woman At Gunpoint Pleads Not Guilty

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Wearing a jailhouse orange jumpsuit, NYPD Police Officer Michael Pena pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a criminal indictment, charging he raped a New York City school teacher who was on her way to work. "He's a nice man, he never had any problems in his...

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DSK charged with 'aggravated pimping'

KIAH

Alright Mister Strauss-Kahn. First, he was accused of attempting to rape a young French writer in 2003. Last year, investigated for sexually assaulting a hotel Maid in New York and now "aggravated pimping"?!? The former International Monetary Fund Chief,...

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Strauss-Kahn Held In French Prostitution Probe

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Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was questioned by police on Tuesday over his dealings with an alleged prostitution ring that was run from the northern French city of Lille and organized sex parties in Paris, Brussels and Washington. Strauss-Kahn,...

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Hotel Surveillance Video Released In Strauss-Kahn Sex Attack Case

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Calls of conspiracy are echoing across the Atlantic over a just released tape from surveillance video at the Sofitel in May. It is edited to show several scenes. But it is now raising far more questions than it answers. The tape shows three vignettes;...

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Dominique Strauss-Kahn Could Walk As Signs Point To Sex Case Dismissal

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Dominique Strauss-Kahn could say "au revoir" to New York and head back home to France in a matter of days. According to reports, the Manhattan District Attorney is expected to formally ask a judge to dismiss sexual assault charges against the former...

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DSK Associate Found Naked--and Dead--in Midtown Hotel Room

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Prominent French national Richard Descoings, 53 -- director of the prestigious Paris Institute of Political Studies -- was found dead in a midtown Manhattan hotel room Tuesday afternoon. The NYPD confirmed to PIX 11 it's investigating the possibility...

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