Guardian – Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund, is in Rikers Island prison in New York after he was refused bail on charges of attempting to rape a hotel maid, as prosecutors said they were looking into reports he had engaged in a similar attack before.
Looking tired and gaunt in a badly-fitting black rain-coat, the unshaven 62-year-old was led into the New York criminal court hearing in handcuffs to face charges over a brutal sexual assault which have left the IMF in disarray and sent shockwaves through French politics, almost certainly ending the presidential hopes of the man tipped as the clear winner against Sarkozy in 2012.
