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IMF head to plead not guilty

By the CNN Wire Staff
Dominique Strauss-Kahn became managing director of the International Monetary Fund in 2007.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn became managing director of the International Monetary Fund in 2007.

New York (CNN) -- International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn will plead not guilty to the charges against him, his attorneys William Taylor and Benjamin Brafman told CNN Sunday.

Strauss-Kahn is charged with criminal sexual act, attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment in connection with an alleged sexual assault on a 32-year-old housekeeping employee at a luxury suite in a Manhattan hotel on Saturday.