16/05/2011 11:07
IMF chief Strauss-Kahn to undergo tests over sex charge
IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has consented to a medical examination over allegations of serious sexual assault, BBC reported.
Mr Strauss-Kahn, who was arrested on Saturday, denies attacking and attempting to rape a hotel maid.
He had been due to appear in court on Sunday but the hearing has been postponed until Monday to allow the forensic tests to be carried out.
Mr Strauss-Kahn had been detained at JFK airport on Saturday night as he prepared to fly to Europe.
He is believed to have been in New York on personal business and does not have diplomatic immunity.
The 62-year-old was kept overnight in a special unit for sexual harassment in New York's Harlem borough and on Sunday, charged with "criminal sexual act, unlawful imprisonment, and attempted rape."
Police say the 32-year-old woman who made the allegations has formally identified him in a line-up.