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Strauss-Kahn set to visit IMF after sex charges dropped
Ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn plans to visit the organisation’s headquarters next week, days after charges he attempted to rape a New York hotel maid were dropped. Strauss-Kahn quit as head of the IMF May 18 after news of the incident broke.
By News Wires (text)
REUTERS - Dominique Strauss-Khan plans to visit the International Monetary Fund he once headed next week, days after sexual assault charges against him were dropped, an IMF spokesman said on Thursday.
“Like any former managing director of the IMF, Mr Strauss-Kahn will be welcomed to the fund,” spokesman David Hawley told reporters. “I understand he intends to make a personal visit to headquarters.”
Strauss-Kahn led the IMF as managing director for four years and resigned on May 18, four days after his shock arrest in New York for criminal sexual assault and attempted rape involving a hotel maid.
In a dramatic development this week, prosecutors asked the charges against him be dismissed after they lost faith in the credibility of his accuser. Strauss-Kahn had been expected to be voted France’s next president in the 2012 election.
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The maid, Nafissatou Diallo, is pursuing a civil case against Strauss-Kahn and an inquiry is underway in France over allegation he tried to sexually assault writer Tristane Banon in 2003.
There was mixed reaction at the IMF to his planned visit.
“I’m shocked that he would come here after all that has happened,” said on IMF employee, who asked not to be identified because he was not authorized to talk.
Another IMF employee, asked about the visit, said: “I feel sorry for him.”
Strauss-Kahn has been succeeded as IMF director by another French politician, Christine Lagarde, who was France’s finance minister, after a hotly contested race in which developing countries challenged Europe’s traditional hold on the IMF top job.
In a letter to IMF staff in May to explain his resignation, Strauss-Kahn described the events around his arrest “a personal nightmare.”
“I deny in the strongest possible terms the allegations which I now face; I am confident that the truth will come out and I will be exonerated,” he added.
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have your last farewell to IMF!
To "DSK" , I advised you , and its coming from my heart, never to returned yourself as "IMF" for security reason, now it was clear that someone wants to put you down in any means . The nexttime they want you is to see you dead!. Better, becareful, vigilant, and never trust anyone! It was an honor you being the "IMF" but now, your case was dismissed and dropped. Make yourself secure and safe. We don't know who were the mastermind behind this plot to destroy you. Better make yourself safe back home. You are vulnerable of another plot. I guess. Due to this failure plot with your life. We dont know what will be the next move , maybe to see you dead. The enemies are watching every move you have right now. Please be vigilant!... you are in our prayers! God bless!
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