New sex claims from madam linked to Eliot Spitzer
'Sex assault victim' testifies before grand jury
Bail hearing to be held for IMF boss today
DSK mugshot released by NYPD
Lawyers ask for $1million cash bail
He would be on 24-hour house arrest with electronic tag
Head of the IMF Dominique Strauss-Kahn sensationally quit his post today, amid fresh claims that he paid an infamous brothel madam $2,500 for escort girls.
Kristin Davis, 35, claimed the IMF chief used the services of Wicked Models twice in 2006.
The Frenchman, who was not in the IMF post at the time, was believed to have been referred to the brothel owner by Irma Nici, a Bosnian prostitute who had been living in Paris, according to The Times newspaper.
Ms Nici - also linked with Davis’s most famous client, the former New York governor Eliot Spitzer - recently claimed to have slept with David Beckham. The footballer denies the allegation. Mr Spitzer, who is now an anchor for CNN, was forced to resign from the role in 2008 when the scandal was made public. 
According to The Times, Strauss-Kahn - who is currently on remand in New York accused of the attempted rape of a hotel chambermaid - called Davis in the third week of January 2006 to request an 'all American' girl, and paid £1,500 ($2,400) for two hours with her.
'He paid in cash', she was quoted as saying. 'The first girl I sent to him said he was aggressive and didn’t want to be back with him again.'
In his letter of resignation released by the IMF, Strauss-Kahn said: 'I deny with the greatest possible firmness all of the allegations that have been made against me,'
Speaking about her alleged liaison with the IMF boss, Ms Nici told the Daily Mail: 'Strauss-Kahn was rough and aggressive, however he maintained a certain level of decorum because he was dealing with an agency.
'The girls said he was pushy, overly grabby and forceful. He did not rape anyone. However, at $1,000 or more an hour, we expected the clients to behave like gentlemen, not animals.'
She said she had spoken out about him because of the new allegations that he violently attacked a New York hotel maid.
'I have spent three years protecting the men on my client list - however, I will no longer protect those that abuse women,' she added.
Davis sent him a second escort, a Brazilian girl, in September 2006 who made no complaint about Strauss-Kahn’s behaviour. The economist was in New York at the time for a conference arranged by Bill Clinton.
Davis was later jailed for prostitution offences, spending five months at the Rikers Island prison where Strauss-Kahn is currently being held.
She last year procured 23,000 signatures in support of her candidacy as an independent challenger for New York Governor to Andrew Cuomo - the incumbent.
'Sex assault victim' testifies before grand jury
Bail hearing to be held for IMF boss today
DSK mugshot released by NYPD
Lawyers ask for $1million cash bail
He would be on 24-hour house arrest with electronic tag
Head of the IMF Dominique Strauss-Kahn sensationally quit his post today, amid fresh claims that he paid an infamous brothel madam $2,500 for escort girls.
Kristin Davis, 35, claimed the IMF chief used the services of Wicked Models twice in 2006.
The Frenchman, who was not in the IMF post at the time, was believed to have been referred to the brothel owner by Irma Nici, a Bosnian prostitute who had been living in Paris, according to The Times newspaper.
Ms Nici - also linked with Davis’s most famous client, the former New York governor Eliot Spitzer - recently claimed to have slept with David Beckham. The footballer denies the allegation. Mr Spitzer, who is now an anchor for CNN, was forced to resign from the role in 2008 when the scandal was made public.
Escorts: Kristin Davis, 35, claims the IMF chief used the services of her Wicked Models agency twice in 2006
'He paid in cash', she was quoted as saying. 'The first girl I sent to him said he was aggressive and didn’t want to be back with him again.'
In his letter of resignation released by the IMF, Strauss-Kahn said: 'I deny with the greatest possible firmness all of the allegations that have been made against me,'
Speaking about her alleged liaison with the IMF boss, Ms Nici told the Daily Mail: 'Strauss-Kahn was rough and aggressive, however he maintained a certain level of decorum because he was dealing with an agency.
'The girls said he was pushy, overly grabby and forceful. He did not rape anyone. However, at $1,000 or more an hour, we expected the clients to behave like gentlemen, not animals.'
She said she had spoken out about him because of the new allegations that he violently attacked a New York hotel maid.
'I have spent three years protecting the men on my client list - however, I will no longer protect those that abuse women,' she added.
Davis sent him a second escort, a Brazilian girl, in September 2006 who made no complaint about Strauss-Kahn’s behaviour. The economist was in New York at the time for a conference arranged by Bill Clinton.
Davis was later jailed for prostitution offences, spending five months at the Rikers Island prison where Strauss-Kahn is currently being held.
She last year procured 23,000 signatures in support of her candidacy as an independent challenger for New York Governor to Andrew Cuomo - the incumbent.
IMF officials have been urging Strauss-Kahn to stand down as head of the global finance body but admit it is difficult to communicate with him as he is in prison.
The IMF’s head is traditionally a European but developing countries were pushing for a change even before this scandal erupted.
The IMF’s head is traditionally a European but developing countries were pushing for a change even before this scandal erupted.
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn's booking photo, released on an NYPD prisoner movement slip
Candidates and their supporters in various countries are now vying for the post, including former Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Mr Brown is the fourth favourite - at 8/1 - for the post with the bookmaker William Hill.
He comes behind Axel Weber, the German Bundesbank president; Montek Singh Ahluwalia, an Indian civil servant; and the favourite – Kemal Dervis, the former Turkish finance minister.
Others who have been touted include the French finance minister Christine Lagarde and Josef Ackermann, the Swiss chief of Deutsche Bank.
Meanwhile, in grainy black and white, the mugshot of one of the world's most powerful men was released by the NYPD today.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn's mouth is set in the image, his gaze averted. He appears to be wearing a jacket and a light-coloured shirt.
The booking photo was found in a prisoner movement slip released by the NYPD today, as it emerged his lawyers are asking for him to be released on a $1million cash bail.
A bail hearing is set to be held for the IMF chief tomorrow, court officials have said.
Defence lawyers want him released on $1 million cash bail and placed under 24-hour home detention with electronic monitoring, court papers showed on Wednesday.
Strauss-Kahn's state-wide criminal justice system code (NYSID) number is 09132366L.
The document emerged as the hotel maid who has accused Strauss-Khan of a vicious sex attack is set to testify in front of a grand jury today.
Mr Brown is the fourth favourite - at 8/1 - for the post with the bookmaker William Hill.
He comes behind Axel Weber, the German Bundesbank president; Montek Singh Ahluwalia, an Indian civil servant; and the favourite – Kemal Dervis, the former Turkish finance minister.
Others who have been touted include the French finance minister Christine Lagarde and Josef Ackermann, the Swiss chief of Deutsche Bank.
Meanwhile, in grainy black and white, the mugshot of one of the world's most powerful men was released by the NYPD today.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn's mouth is set in the image, his gaze averted. He appears to be wearing a jacket and a light-coloured shirt.
The booking photo was found in a prisoner movement slip released by the NYPD today, as it emerged his lawyers are asking for him to be released on a $1million cash bail.
A bail hearing is set to be held for the IMF chief tomorrow, court officials have said.
Defence lawyers want him released on $1 million cash bail and placed under 24-hour home detention with electronic monitoring, court papers showed on Wednesday.
Strauss-Kahn's state-wide criminal justice system code (NYSID) number is 09132366L.
The document emerged as the hotel maid who has accused Strauss-Khan of a vicious sex attack is set to testify in front of a grand jury today.
Resignation: A copy of the letter Strauss-Kahn sent to the IMF in which he says he wants to devote all his energies to proving his innocence
Part of the system: The image was included on this prisoner movement slip released by NYPD today
Jeffrey Shapiro, the lawyer acting for the woman, said his client will say 'there was nothing consensual' about the assault that allegedly took place at New York's Sofitel Hotel on Saturday.
The line coupled with new physical evidence is thought to be an effort to quash Strauss-Khan's likely line of defence, that the maid did consent to sex.
It also emerged today that just one hour after Strauss-Kahn left the Times Square hotel at 12.30pm on Saturday, hotel staff phoned police about the attack.
The line coupled with new physical evidence is thought to be an effort to quash Strauss-Khan's likely line of defence, that the maid did consent to sex.
It also emerged today that just one hour after Strauss-Kahn left the Times Square hotel at 12.30pm on Saturday, hotel staff phoned police about the attack.
Hitting back: Jeffrey Shapiro, the lawyer for the hotel maid said the woman will testify against the IMF boss before a grand jury
Meanwhile NYPD investigators are DNA-testing samples of fluid they found in the $3,000-a-night suite that Strauss-Khan had been staying in.
The maid showed them where she had spat after the Frenchman allegedly forced her to perform oral sex, according to CBS News.
Police also say they have checked information from the suite door's electronic card reader which indicates the woman came into the room but didn't shut the door, as is hotel policy.
This proves the maid was in the room to work, not have consensual sex, investigators told the news station.
Described as a 'good Muslim' by a close friend the maid was an asylum seeker from Guinea - one of the poorest countries in Africa.
She was granted asylum, according to lawyer Mr Shapiro, and netted the job at the prestigious Sofitel in order to support her now 15-year-old teen daughter.
If she had been earning Guinea's average annual wage of $1,000, it would have taken her three years to stay just one night in the suite where the alleged attack took place.
Mr Shapiro said yesterday that the maid had no idea there was a man inside the suite she went into clean or that he was a famous French politician.
She was now 'alone in the world' after her life had been 'turned upside down' by the alleged attack,' he said.
'She can't go home, she can't go back to work. This has been nothing short of a cataclysmic event in her life,' he added.
He also dismissed suggestions by Strauss-Khan's legal team that the woman had made up charges or is trying to cover up a consensual encounter.
The maid showed them where she had spat after the Frenchman allegedly forced her to perform oral sex, according to CBS News.
Police also say they have checked information from the suite door's electronic card reader which indicates the woman came into the room but didn't shut the door, as is hotel policy.
This proves the maid was in the room to work, not have consensual sex, investigators told the news station.
Described as a 'good Muslim' by a close friend the maid was an asylum seeker from Guinea - one of the poorest countries in Africa.
She was granted asylum, according to lawyer Mr Shapiro, and netted the job at the prestigious Sofitel in order to support her now 15-year-old teen daughter.
If she had been earning Guinea's average annual wage of $1,000, it would have taken her three years to stay just one night in the suite where the alleged attack took place.
Mr Shapiro said yesterday that the maid had no idea there was a man inside the suite she went into clean or that he was a famous French politician.
She was now 'alone in the world' after her life had been 'turned upside down' by the alleged attack,' he said.
'She can't go home, she can't go back to work. This has been nothing short of a cataclysmic event in her life,' he added.
He also dismissed suggestions by Strauss-Khan's legal team that the woman had made up charges or is trying to cover up a consensual encounter.
Denied: Strauss-Khan, right, was denied $1million bail offered by his lawyer Benjamin Brafman, left, at his arraignment hearing this week
'This is nothing other than a physical, sexual assault by this man on this young woman,' he said.
'What (Strauss-Kahn) might be able to get away with in some countries, he can't here in this country.'
'What (Strauss-Kahn) might be able to get away with in some countries, he can't here in this country.'
International coverage: Mr Shapiro said the maid felt she was 'alone in the world' and that her life had been 'turned upside down' since the allegations emerged
Strauss-Khan has denied all of the charges against him, which include sex abuse, a criminal sex act, unlawful imprisonment and forcible touching.
His lawyer Benjamin Brafman said he is confident his client will be exonerated once all the physical evidence is collected at his arraignment on Monday.
Strauss-Khan is currently on suicide watch at Rikers Island prison where he is being held without bail after a judge turned down a $1million offer at the hearing in Manhattan's Criminal Court.
Norman Seabrook, president of the correction officers union, said Strauss-Kahn did or said something during a mental health evaluation that concerned doctors, and he is being monitored day and night.
A law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of prisoner medical information, said Strauss-Kahn had not tried to harm himself.
Because he is such a high profile person Strauss-Khan has been placed in a cell on his own at the notorious prison complex.
Meanwhile calls for the 62-year-old to step down as head of the powerful International Monetary Fund, intensified with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner saying Strauss-Kahn 'is obviously not in a position to run' the agency.
His lawyer Benjamin Brafman said he is confident his client will be exonerated once all the physical evidence is collected at his arraignment on Monday.
Strauss-Khan is currently on suicide watch at Rikers Island prison where he is being held without bail after a judge turned down a $1million offer at the hearing in Manhattan's Criminal Court.
Norman Seabrook, president of the correction officers union, said Strauss-Kahn did or said something during a mental health evaluation that concerned doctors, and he is being monitored day and night.
A law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of prisoner medical information, said Strauss-Kahn had not tried to harm himself.
Because he is such a high profile person Strauss-Khan has been placed in a cell on his own at the notorious prison complex.
Meanwhile calls for the 62-year-old to step down as head of the powerful International Monetary Fund, intensified with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner saying Strauss-Kahn 'is obviously not in a position to run' the agency.
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