Strauss-Kahn said he wanted to devote all his strength, time and energy to prove his innocence.
Head of
the International Monetary Fund, IMF, Dominique Strauss-Kahn has resigned from
the prison in the city of New York,
where he was battling allegations of sexual abuse.
The IMF has issued a letter laying down his office Thursday morning. Strauss-Kahn letter dated Wednesday, May 18, said he felt compelled to resign to protect the institution which he heads. He said he wanted to devote all his strength, time and energy to prove his innocence.
The defense team was trying to order his release on bail, while the jury to consider whether to formally indict the man who was once considered a strong candidate to become France's president.
A court official told reporters that the judge will mendegar argument requires bail in court on Thursday. The judge had decided earlier this week that French citizens are rich and 62-year-old will probably run if released on bail.
Meanwhile, the hotel worker who accused the leader of the IMF was about to rape her, ready to give incriminating testimony Strauss-Kahn said on Wednesday. A lawyer for 32-year-old woman who said she would tell the grand jury in New York that they experienced in the hotel room Strauss-Kahn last week was not based on love-at-love.
The woman, a widow who came from Guinea, charged that Strauss-Kahn felt it and attack him in his luxury hotel room, and Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her.
New York jury is hearing testimony from the woman and others in secret, to determine whether there is enough evidence to indict Strauss-Kahn. The decision of the jury is expected to be announced in court Friday.
Strauss-Kahn denied the accusations, and allegations that he attempted to flee the U.S. after the incident.
Team lawyer Strauss Kahn said the IMF's leadership went to lunch after leaving the hotel. Team lawyers still argue that a plane ticket to Paris where Strauss-Kahn had been ordered arrested long before.
The IMF has issued a letter laying down his office Thursday morning. Strauss-Kahn letter dated Wednesday, May 18, said he felt compelled to resign to protect the institution which he heads. He said he wanted to devote all his strength, time and energy to prove his innocence.
The defense team was trying to order his release on bail, while the jury to consider whether to formally indict the man who was once considered a strong candidate to become France's president.
A court official told reporters that the judge will mendegar argument requires bail in court on Thursday. The judge had decided earlier this week that French citizens are rich and 62-year-old will probably run if released on bail.
Meanwhile, the hotel worker who accused the leader of the IMF was about to rape her, ready to give incriminating testimony Strauss-Kahn said on Wednesday. A lawyer for 32-year-old woman who said she would tell the grand jury in New York that they experienced in the hotel room Strauss-Kahn last week was not based on love-at-love.
The woman, a widow who came from Guinea, charged that Strauss-Kahn felt it and attack him in his luxury hotel room, and Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her.
New York jury is hearing testimony from the woman and others in secret, to determine whether there is enough evidence to indict Strauss-Kahn. The decision of the jury is expected to be announced in court Friday.
Strauss-Kahn denied the accusations, and allegations that he attempted to flee the U.S. after the incident.
Team lawyer Strauss Kahn said the IMF's leadership went to lunch after leaving the hotel. Team lawyers still argue that a plane ticket to Paris where Strauss-Kahn had been ordered arrested long before.
