New York (CNN) — The head of the International Monetary Fund has resigned amid mounting calls he step down after being jailed on charges he sexually assaulted a maid in his upscale hotel suite in New York.
In a brief letter to the IMF executive board late yesterday , Dominique Strauss-Kahn proclaimed his innocence.
He said he was stepping down to “protect this institution which I have served with honor and devotion, and especially — especially — I want to devote all my strength, all my time and all my energy to proving my innocence.”
“To all, I want to say that I deny with the greatest possible firmness all of the allegations that have been made against me,” he said.
Meanwhile, Strauss-Kahn’s alleged victim, a 32-year-old Guinean maid for the Sofitel hotel, testified before a grand jury for hours yesterday and will continue her testimony today, according to an attorney representing her.
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Strauss-Kahn’s resignation came as his attorneys are preparing to appeal today to New York’s Supreme Court to release their client on bail.
