Dominique Strauss-Kahn (C), head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), departs a New York Police Department precinct in New York late May 15, 2011. Strauss-Kahn makes his first appearance in court on Monday since being accused of trying to rape a hotel maid in a case that sent shockwaves through French politics and left the IMF in turmoil. A handcuffed and drained Strauss-Kahn, whose hopes of becoming France's next president appear to have been wrecked, was seen in public for the first time since his arrest when he was taken to the booking station at Manhattan Criminal Court on Sunday night. REUTERS/Mike Segar

IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn is taken out of a police station in New York on May 15, 2011. Strauss-Kahn was charged Sunday with attempting to rape a New York chambermaid, unleashing a scandal which could bury his long-held ambitions to be elected the president of France. AFP PHOTO/Jewel Samad

Dominique Strauss-Kahn (2nd R), head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), departs a New York Police Department precinct on his way to Manhattan Criminal Court in New York late May 15, 2011. IMF chief 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. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the International Fund, is lead from the Special Victim's Unit police station Sunday, May 15, 2011 in New York where the International Monetary Fund head was being held. Strauss-Kahn, a possible candidate for president of France, was pulled from an airplane moments before it was to depart for Paris on Saturday, and arrested in the alleged sexual assault of a hotel maid, police said. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn is taken out of a police station in New York on May 15, 2011. Strauss-Kahn was charged Sunday with attempting to rape a New York chambermaid, unleashing a scandal which could bury his long-held ambitions to be elected the president of France. AFP PHOTO/Jewel Samad

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the International Monetary Fund, is taken away from a police station Sunday, May 15, 2011 in New York, where he was being held. Strauss-Kahn, a possible candidate for president of France, was pulled from an airplane moments before it was to depart for Paris on Saturday, and arrested in the alleged sexual assault of a New York hotel maid, police said. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) is taken out of a police station in New York on May 15, 2011. Strauss-Kahn was charged Sunday with attempting to rape a New York chambermaid, unleashing a scandal which could bury his long-held ambitions to be elected the president of France. AFP PHOTO/Jewel Samad

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) leaves the New York Police Department Special Victims Unit headquarters in Harlem May 15, 2011. 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. REUTERS/Allison Joyce

International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn is seen in a vehicle while being escorted away from a police station, Sunday, May 15, 2011 in New York, N.Y. Strauss-Kahn is accused of sexually assaulting a maid in his hotel room in New York City. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn (C) sits between two police officers as he is taken out of a police station in New York on May 15, 2011. Strauss-Kahn was charged Sunday with attempting to rape a New York chambermaid, unleashing a scandal which could bury his long-held ambitions to be elected the president of France. AFP PHOTO/Jewel Samad

IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn is taken out of a police station in New York on May 15, 2011. Strauss-Kahn was due to appear before a judge on May 16 as he fought charges of attempting to rape a hotel chambermaid, a scandal likely to end his dream of becoming France's president. AFP PHOTO/Jewel Samad