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Strauss-Kahn faces frosty welcome on return to France
Former IMF chief left US for first time since his May 14 arrest on charges of assaulting a hotel maid
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, his presidential hopes shattered by a sex assault scandal that rocked his homeland, returned on Sunday to France, where he faces a frosty reception from the public and unease among his political allies (AFP/Getty Images)
The former IMF chief arrived at Paris’s Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport at about 7am (6am British time) with his wife Anne Sinclair. Police escorts whisked the couple through the terminal, past waiting media, and into a car (AFP/Getty Images)
Dressed in a suit and smiling, Strauss-Kahn arrived at his apartment in the luxurious Place des Vosges square in central Paris an hour later (AFP/Getty Images)
Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn (L) and his wife Anne Sinclair (R) arrive at Kennedy Airport September 3, 2011 in New York enroute to Paris (AFP/Getty Images)
Dominique Strauss Kahn leaves his home in Washington D.C. on September 1, 2011 (AFP/Getty Images)
Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) waves goodbye to an unidentified woman as he leaves his home in Washington, with his wife Anne Sinclair, on September 1, 2011 (AFP/Getty Images)
Dominique Strauss Kahn’s homecoming marks the end of a three-month struggle through New York’s criminal court system after he was charged with attempting to rape a New York hotel maid. The case was dropped after her credibility was thrown into doubt (AFP/Getty Images)
The shock arrest in mid-May of the former finance minister, one of France’s most talented economic thinkers, thrust the country’s political landscape into turmoil, with the main opposition Socialists forced to find alternative candidates (AFP/Getty Images)
French media said Strauss-Kahn was expected to make a statement later in the day AFP. (AFP/Getty Images)
