IMF chief Strauss-Kahn charged with sexual assault: police

 IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was formally charged here with a criminal sexual act, attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment hours after a complaint by a hotel maid, local police said here early Sunday.

The lawyer representing the 62-year-old said earlier that the IMF chief will plead not guilty, reports said.

Strauss-Kahn, head of the International Monetary Fund, was arrested in New York City on accusations of sexually attacking a Manhattan hotel maid.

Three Port Authority detectives pulled Strauss-Kahn from his plane's first-class cabin at John F. Kennedy International Airport just two minutes before it was due to depart for Paris, according to local reports.

It is reported that the alleged attack took place at a Times Square hotel earlier in the day.

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