Former IMF chief returns to France amid heavy security and high media turnout after a New York court dropped rape charges against him
By REUTERSDominique Strauss-Kahn 311(photo credit: REUTERS)
After a three-month legal battle in the US, Dominique Strauss-Kahn returns to France.The former IMF chief and his wife arrived at Charles de Gaulle airport surrounded by a large security detail.Dozens of TV crews followed him to his central Paris home.The arrest of the once likely presidential candidate on charges he raped a hotel maid shocked the nation.
A New York court dropped the case after prosecutors told the judge the maid had lied.But Strauss-Kahn's reputation suffered as details about his private life became public.He also still faces a civil case in New York and an accusation of attempted rape by a female journalist in France.
