IMF Strauss-Kahn resigned: "I am innocent, but I must protect the institution"

Dominique Strauss-Kahn has resigned from the post of chief operating officer of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), six days after the dramatic arrest on charges of rape, molestation and kidnapping. The resignation came just hours before the hearing where lawyers for DSK will submit a new request for bail after the first Monday had been rejected by the courts.

Today's hearing will be before another judge than the one who ordered his imprisonment. This was confirmed by the official spokesman of the Office of Prosecutors in New York, Erin Duggan. CNN reported that the new hearing against Strauss-Kahn should be convened for 14:15 on Thursday (the 20:15 in Italy).

Strauss-Kahn today before giudiciLe Pen: "His weaknesses were well known to all"

Dominique Strauss-Kahn leaves handcuffed from prison in New York for medical tests Second night of detention in New York for the Director of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who now appear before a judge. Arrested late on Saturday (Read the report) by the Special Victim Unit following allegations of sexual assault made against him by a Puerto Rican waitress of 32 years who works at the Sofitel in Times Square, Strauss-Kahn has spent more than 30 hours in a cell in Harlem.