Dominique Strauss-Kahn defiant on sex scandal
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said he did not have "any kind of problems with women", in an interview two years after the sex scandal that lost him his job and his French presidential aspirations.
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said he did not have "any kind of problems with women", in an interview two years after the sex scandal that lost him his job and his French presidential aspirations.
Strauss-Kahn was arrested in May 2011 after a New York hotel maid accused him of sexually assaulting her, charges that were later dropped.
I don't think I have any kind of problems with women. I certainly have a problem with understanding that what is expected from a politician of the highest level is different from what Mr Smith in the street can do
He later reached an undisclosed financial settlement with his accuser - reportedly in excess of US$1.5 million - to end a parallel civil case.
In the wake of the arrest, several other sex scandals emerged, including accusations of rape and pimping, but he was never convicted.
He admitted taking part in orgies, as well as performing a sex act on the maid, which he said was consensual.
"I don't think I have any kind of problems with women," he told CNN in his first Englishlanguage interview since he quit as head of the International Monetary Fund after the New York charges emerged.
