Kahn faces second assault claim

THE head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, is facing at least one more allegation of sexual assault — this time by a fellow French native who described him as a “rutting chimpanzee”.

Already in custody for the alleged attempted rape of a New York hotel maid, the 62-year-old French presidency hopeful has now been accused of molesting 31-year-old novelist Tristane Banon as she tried to interview him in a Paris apartment in 2002.

She had spoken of the incident on French television in 2007, albeit without naming 62-year-old Strauss- Kahn, just referring to him as a well-known politician.