IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested in New York

62-year-old Strauss-Kahn was arrested in a business-class cabin of Air France plane at New York's Kennedy Airport for two minutes before departure of the liner in Paris. Now head of the IMF is in police custody. Police sources reported that on Saturday around noon in the hotel room, where he lived, Strauss-Kahn, the maid came. Resident attacked her, felling on the bed and forced to have oral sex. After this, he dismissed her maid, and he went to the airport. Because of the arrest in jeopardy Strauss-Kahn met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, scheduled for today. Dominique Strauss-Kahn is headed by the Socialist Party of France and is regarded as the chief rival of French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the upcoming 2012 elections. Some French politicians accused Mr Sarkozy that he unleashed a smear campaign against Strauss-Kahn, resting on a fairly racket last. In particular, said that Strauss-Kahn, sew a costume from the same tailor as Barack Obama. Dominique Strauss-Kahn has repeatedly found himself in a delicate position. So, in 2007 he publicly acknowledged relationship with one of his subordinates, working with the International Monetary Fund. Head of Fund married. His wife Anne Sinclair – the famous French TV journalist.