Charged With Attempted Rape IMF Chief Jailed On Rikers Island

The head of the powerful International Monetary Fund will spend the next few days in an 11 by 13 foot cell at New York's Rikers Island jail complex a far cry from the $3,000 a night luxury suite where he allegedly chased a housekeeping employee naked down a hallway and sexually assaulted her.

Dominique Strauss Kahn, a man who has helped bail out desperate countries in need of cash, was himself denied bail Monday by a Manhattan Criminal Court judge.

A haggard-looking Strauss-Kahn who had been a presumptive front runner for the presidency of France was denied bail in a New York courtroom on Monday. By the end of the day, the 62-year-old was "settled" in at the East River compound, said a New York Department of Corrections spokesman who declined to be named.

Strauss Kahn's next court appearance is scheduled for Friday. Until then, he will have no contact with other inmates because he is considered a high profile detainee, the spokesman said.

His new neighbors include 14,000 men and women who have been accused or convicted of a host of crimes committed in New York City.

Just a few days earlier, Strauss-Kahn was staying in a posh suite at the Sofitel hotel replete with its own foyer, conference room, hallway and living room. Police said the IMF chief was naked when he allegedly tried to lock the 32 year old hotel employee in the suite and force himself on her Saturday.