«Όταν οι επιθεωρητές έφτασαν στο ξενοδοχείο ο Ντομινίκ Στρος-Καν είχε ήδη αποχωρήσει και από την κατάσταση του δωματίου- που κόστιζε 3.000 ευρώ τη βραδιά- βγήκε το συμπέρασμα ότι έφυγε βιαστικά, καθώς είχε ξεχάσει προσωπικά αντικείμενα, μεταξύ των οποίων και το κινητό του», τόνισε ο εκπρόσωπος της αστυνομίας.)
At about 1 p.m. Saturday, Strauss-Kahn was in his hotel room when the housekeeping employee came in to clean it, Browne said.
She thought she was alone in the luxury $3,000-a-night suite, but Strauss-Kahn then emerged from a room naked, Browne said.
Browne said Strauss-Kahn ran after her down the hallway of the suite. The suite has its own foyer, hallway, living room, bathroom, conference room and bedroom.
The woman said Strauss-Kahn pulled her into a bedroom and started attacking her, police said.
She fought him off, she told investigators, but Strauss-Kahn then dragged her into the bathroom and forced himself on her. Police said Strauss-Kahn tried to remove her underwear, but the woman got away.
The employee ran to the front desk, Browne said. Hotel staff alerted the New York Police Department.
By the time officers arrived, Strauss-Kahn had left, leaving his cell phone behind at the hotel, according to Browne.
"The alleged victim was taken to Roosevelt Hospital (in Manhattan) and was treated for minor injuries," Browne said.
Authorities learned the IMF head was on an outbound flight at Kennedy airport. New York police asked their counterparts at the Port Authority to hold the plane.
Two plain-clothes Port Authority police detectives boarded the aircraft "just before the door closed" on the flight, and found Strauss-Kahn seated in first class, said a law enforcement official who had been briefed on the investigation.
He "offered no resistance" when he was led off the plane, after which he was turned over to New York police, the official said.
The hotel is cooperating with authorities, said John Sheehan, the hotel's director of safety and security.
"We're taking this matter extremely serious, as it's developing," Sheehan said.
Sofitel, a French hotel chain, issued a statement saying, "The safety and security of our team members and guests is our utmost priority. We are taking this matter very seriously, and the Sofitel team is fully cooperating with authorities in their investigation."
