Reply #4: Dominique Strauss-Kahn undergoes forensic exam in sex case

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NEW YORK — Handcuffed and haggard, International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was escorted by detectives from a New York police station late Sunday in his first public appearance since being accused of trying to rape a hotel maid.

Strauss-Kahn, the early favorite in France's presidential election, was led by detectives to a waiting police sedan in front of a battery of television cameras.

An arraignment expected Sunday night was postponed until Monday. Strauss-Kahn's lawyer William Taylor said testing for evidence delayed the arraignment.

The IMF leader submitted to a forensic medical exam with police looking for scratches or other evidence of the alleged assault.

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