Strauss-Kahn told police he had diplomatic immunity

FORMER IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn told police he had diplomatic immunity shortly after he was detained at a New York airport on accusations he tried to rape a hotel maid, court papers showed.

A redacted timeline of events showed when police removed Strauss-Kahn from an Air France flight to Paris just minutes before it was due to depart New York’s John F Kennedy Airport on May 14 he asked them, “What is this about?”

When told detectives wanted to talk to him about “an incident in the city at a hotel,” Strauss-Kahn was silent and then about 15 minutes later said, “I have diplomatic immunity” and asked to speak with someone from the French Consulate.