IMF chief to remain jailed in NYC sex-assault case

NEW YORK — The head of the International Monetary Fund must remain jailed at least until his next court hearing for attempted rape and other charges, a judge said Monday.

A tired and grim-looking Dominique Strauss-Kahn appeared before the Manhattan judge to face charges of attempted rape, sex abuse, a criminal sex act, unlawful imprisonment and forcible touching. The top count is punishable by five to 25 years in prison.

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Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the International Monetary Fund, is lead from a police station Sunday, in New York where he was being held. The arraignme...