• David Karp / AP

    Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former head of the International Monetary Fund, leaves his rented town home on Franklin Street in the Tribeca section of Manhattan, Saturday, Sept. 3, in New York. Strauss-Kahn was believed to be heading to his native France on Saturday, leaving the United States behind after the collapse of a sensational sexual assault case that cost him his job and possibly his French presidential ambitions.

    Strauss-Kahn believed to be returning to France for first time since collapse of sexual assault case

    AP reports:

    Strauss-Kahn and his wife were seen arriving at the Air France terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Saturday, dogged by a crowd of cameras. They did not say where they were going as they headed for security, but French media have reported Strauss-Kahn was expected to board a plane to Paris on Saturday.

    The couple had left their rented New York City town home earlier in the day, in the company of his daughter Camille, carrying about a half-dozen pieces of luggage.

    It would be the diplomat and economist's first return to his native France since his May arrest on charges of forcing a hotel housekeeper to perform oral sex and trying to rape her. Police took him off a plane at JFK airport just before it was to take off for France.

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  • Dominique Strauss-Kahn moves to Manhattan town house for detention

    The AP reports from NEW YORK — Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn moved Wednesday from a temporary space in a high-rise to a plush, four-bedroom brick town house in Manhattan where he will remain under house arrest as he awaits trial in his attempted rape case, officials said.

    Stan Honda / AFP - Getty Images

    The news media gathers across the street from the townhouse, center, in the Tribeca area of Manhattan where former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Khan is being held under house arrest in New York, May 25.

    The one-time French presidential contender was seen smiling as he got into a gray sport utility vehicle under tight security. He was moved about a mile away to the stately red brick town home in Tribeca, according a person familiar with his housing arrangements. The person was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

    Craig Ruttle / AP

    A woman walks her dog past a building in Tribeca, New York that is believed to be the new residence of Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

    The building, which has five bathrooms, is located on a cobblestone street in one of Manhattan's most posh neighborhoods. It also is close to the courthouse where he will attend hearings. Continue reading.

  • New York State via Reuters

    An NYPD prisoner movement slip for International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is seen in this document released on May 18. Strauss-Kahn resigned as head of the IMF as he faces charges of sexual assault and attempted rape."I deny with the greatest possible firmness all of the allegations that have been made against me," Strauss-Kahn said in his letter of resignation, released by the IMF.

    NYPD prisoner movement slip for Dominique Strauss-Kahn

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  • Allison Joyce / Reuters

    International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn leaves the New York Police Department Special Victims Unit headquarters in Harlem on May 15. Strauss-Kahn was charged on Sunday with trying to rape a New York hotel maid in a scandal that appeared to wreck his hopes of becoming France's next president. The hotel maid, 32, said Strauss-Kahn sexually assaulted her in his suite at the upscale Sofitel in Times Square on Saturday, police spokesman Paul Browne said.

    IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn's hearing delayed in sex assault case

    Dominique Strauss-Kahn's reputation with women earned him the nickname "the great seducer," and not even an affair with a subordinate could knock the International Monetary Fund leader off a political path pointed in the direction of the French presidency. All that changed with charges that he sexually assaulted a maid in his hotel room, a case that generated shock and revulsion, especially in his home country. Continue reading.